1 employee dead, 4 others treated for suspected drug overdoses at Austin’s Buckshot Bar
Five people were treated for suspected drug overdoses at a downtown Austin bar early Tuesday and one of them later died, authorities said.
Officers responded to a 911 call around 3 a.m. reporting multiple overdoses at Buckshot Bar at 519 East Sixth St., the Austin Police Department said in a statement. When officers arrived, they found several people in need of medical attention and administered Narcan — a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses — to five individuals.
https://www.statesman.com/news/article/buckshot-bar-austin-overdoses-east-sixth-street-21026265.php
Wow. The Statesman even has a Google map. The bar is situated between Coyote Ugly and Jim Jim’s Water Ice.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has opened its own investigation.
I missed this at the end.
I suspect the bar has seen it’s last day of operation. I hope the owners just close up shop and move on. They may even want to skip town (if they were not among the decesased or [I cannot think of the proper word to use here. It is not an overdose as any dose of the substance is over doing it It is also not an injury or illness.]