2 Dead; Link To Recent Heroin Deaths Investigated

PITTSBURGH -- Police are investigating two overdose deaths in the Pittsburgh area on Thurdsay.

One person died of a heroin overdose on 38th Street in Lawrenceville, according to police.

Residents said that was the second drug overdose in that block in the past year.

"The drug problem around here is bad. People are breaking in here. They stole my tools. Luckily, I got most of them back. I caught the dude up on Butler Street trying to sell them. You knew he was a drug user. Yeah, I found out later he was," said contractor Jason Hunter.

A second person was found dead behind the Church Brew Works.

"There was an empty car. And we all walked by it. Except Ray glanced through the window and saw a man slumped over," said Kevin McCollogh of Church Brew Works. "He was laying down on the seat and he had some money in his hand."

While the two fatalities mark the latest in a string of drug-related incidents in the area, authorities have yet to say if the deaths are related to the fentanyl-laced heroin that has led to six deaths and dozens of overdoses since the weekend.

The drug is being sold in stamp bags marked "Get high or die trying" and "Dynasty" for $10 to $15 each, police said.