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2 students of the Santa Rosa City Schools dead, 2 other teenagers who were taken to the hospital after the overdose of drugs, says the police, the police say

Around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, the SRCS students were found by a friend in a bedroom in a house in Santa Rosa. The police also examined the death of two other members of the SRCS community at the age of 19 and 21 who were not related.

A 21-year-old man from Santa Rosa was arrested after the authorities claimed that he had caused the fatal overdoses of Two students from the Santa Rosa City schools who were discovered on Saturday evening.

Ramon Nunez, who was arrested by narcotics investigators on Sunday, press release on late Sunday.

Around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, the SRCS students, a 16-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man, were found by a friend in a bedroom in a house in the 2100 block of the Brookwood Drive in Santa Rosa. the police said.

Emergency staff were called to the scene, but the teenagers were declared dead shortly after the medical staff.

The investigators found on site to consume drug use as well as information that Nunez identified as a suspected dealer from which the drugs were bought, the police said.

The investigators try to determine whether this incident is associated with a “similar significant overdose”, which was reported on Saturday around 5:15 a.m., and took part with two girls aged 14 and 16, the police said.

In this incident, the girls were both admitted to the hospital after alleged fentanyl overdoses, the police said and added that the names of the girls and the names of the schools in which they participate are not published because they are both minors and one Investigation takes.

According to Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Patricia Seellens, the girls were still hospitalized from Sunday evening, but the police had not been updated on their conditions.

The department examines to determine whether the fatal overdoses are connected to the hospital stays, said Seellens.

“It was an active examination,” she added. “The investigators have not yet gone home.”

The 16-year-old, who died, was a student at the Santa Rosa High School, and the 18-year-old who died was a student at the Montgomery High School, said Seffens.

“The names of the deceased victims are not published at this point due to the age of the female victim and the identification of both victims by the forensic doctor of Sonoma,” says the press release.

Nunez was arrested after the police found him in his vehicle, which was the Santa Rosa Avenue in the parking lot of a retail business in the Block of a Retail Business in the Block 1900 in the Block 1900 on Sunday.

“During the service of (a) search command, detectives found narcotics and other articles that indicate narcotics sales such as packaging material, in particular small plastic bags with an unmistakable black peace sign -logo,” said the police.

“Based on the investigations, Detective believes that Nunez sold the narcotics that caused the death of the teenagers in this incident and examined the possible connection from Nunez to other overdosing incidents in Santa Rosa,” added civil servants in the press release.

A few hours before the Santa Rosa police published their press release on these incidents, officials from the Santa Rosa City School District gave a message about parents, employees and families over three current district students and a graduate whose death was examined by Santa Rosa Police.

When clarifying the information contained in the SRCS press release, the police said that “two of the students are the 16- and 18-year-old victims found in the residence in Brookwood Drive.

“The third is a 19-year-old male and former SRCS student, and although drugs are suspected in his death, it is unlikely that the deaths in Brookwood will be related. The fourth student is a 21-year-old man who assumes that he died for natural reasons. All four deaths are currently being examined, ”added the officials.

SRCS officers described the deaths as “tragic news” and asked parents, students and employees to support each other “while we navigate this in -depth loss together”.

“Our hearts are broken by the loss of these young life,” said SRCS superintendent Daisy Morales in the termination of the district. “As a community, we have to combine to support each other and find strength in our mourning.”

Here is the complete explanation that was published on Sunday at 9:15 p.m. by the Santa Rosa police department:

On Saturday, February 22, 2025, at around 8:15 p.m., the Santa Rosa Police Department (SRPD) communication center received a 911 call from a house in the 2100 block of the Brookwood Drive with regard to possible overdose of narcotics. A guest arrived in the residence and let himself go into the house when there was no answer to the door. She went into her friend's bedroom and saw her friend, 16-year-old woman and an 18-year-old who no longer reacted to a bed. SRPD officials and medical staff hurried to the scene. However, both victims were passed by the medical staff shortly after arrival.