By Associated Press - Monday, July 29, 2019

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Authorities say a dozen people died of apparent drug overdoses this past weekend in Milwaukee County.

The medical examiner’s office says three of the 12 died in less than one hour Sunday. And in less than five hours Saturday, five people died of suspected overdoses.

The majority of the deaths are in Milwaukee. Autopsies are scheduled for Monday.



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