Father and son die of apparent drug overdoses after birthday party
Brooklyn NY Oct 30 2017 A father and son in Brooklyn told their significant others they were going outside for a late night smoke following a birthday party — and then died of an apparent drug overdose, police said.
Joseph Andrade, 44, and his son Carlos, 22, had been inside with their wife and girlfriend at an apartment on 27th St. near Fourth Avenue in Greenwood when they both excused themselves around 3 a.m.
Carlos and his girlfriend were visiting from Maryland with their children, ages 1 and 4, according to a relative who refused to identify themselves. It’s not clear whose birthday was being celebrated.
The two men said they were going outside to smoke cigarettes but never returned.
The women eventually grew nervous and went outside to look for them and found the two lying in the street in front of the building.
The son’s body was discovered just inside the doorway, a relative said. He was blue in the face.
The women called 911 and responding officers administered Narcan, a drug that reverses the effects of an overdose, and rushed them to Lutheran Medical where they died.
Police sources said it’s believed the men may have snorted a mixture of heroin and fentanyl.
A family member who asked not to be identified said Carlos was a devoted father to a young child and was not really a drug user, adding that the older Andrade may have had addiction issues.
Andrade worked on and off as a mechanic, a neighbor said.
Another neighbor, who knows the family and asked not to be identified, echoed the relative’s sentiment.
“The father had a problem,” the neighbor said. “People knew. I was surprised Carlos was involved. He was a good son.”
A potent opioid, fentanyl was involved in 44 percent of overdose deaths in 2016. That’s up from 16 percent in 2015, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The number of fatal overdoses plaguing the city have been on the rise, hitting 937 deaths in 2015. Yet a shocking projected total of 1,300 people are believed to have succumbed to drugs in 2016— mostly from heroin and painkiller overdoses.”
The father and son’s deaths are under investigation and the cause will be determined by the medical examiner, officials said.
New York Post
