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1 person dead after apparent heroin OD in Jeannette

JEANNETTE, Pa. — A person died Wednesday night after an apparent heroin overdose inside a Jeannette home.

A source told Channel 11’s Melanie Gillespie that the person was found dead around 6 p.m. of a heroin overdose at a house in the 300 block of South Fifth Street.

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According to the same source, stamp bags found at the scene were not the ones U.S. Attorney David Hickton mentioned during a press conference Wednesday about a recent spike in overdoses in western Pennsylvania.

No additional information was immediately available.

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