4YO Dies From Fentanyl Exposure Inside Brooklyn Shelter, Parents Being Questioned

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A 4-year-old boy died after he was exposed to fentanyl inside a Brooklyn shelter – and both parents are now being questioned by police, sources said Wednesday.

The young boy was suffering an apparent medical episode when first responders arrived at the Women In Need shelter on Glenwood Road near East 46th Street in Flatbush just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, police said.

Workers from the volunteer ambulance service Hatzolah administered Narcan to the unconscious, unresponsive boy, who also had bruising on the right side of his stomach, according to law enforcement sources.

Hatzolah members asked the boy’s parents if any fentanyl or drugs were kept in the home, and they said yes, the sources said.

The volunteer EMTs then called 911 and rushed the boy to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was initially listed in critical condition and died that night, according to the sources.

Investigators later found drug paraphernalia in the apartment, which will be tested, sources said.

Boy, 4, dies from fentanyl exposure in NYC shelter — despite emergency workers administering Narcan: sources

The young boy was suffering an apparent medical episode when first responders arrived at the Women in Need shelter on Glenwood Road near East 46th Street in Flatbush just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, poli…

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[Sugar Cookie]

The parents of a 4-year-old boy who died after having a medical episode inside a Brooklyn women’s shelter have been charged with child abandonment, according to the NYPD.

Mariam Elkayam, 26, and Yitzchok Sklar, 32, were also charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said. They have not been charged in the child’s death.

The child was sick with a viral infection at the time of his death, sources told PIX11 News. Police were also investigating whether the child had ingested drugs, possibly fentanyl, sources said.

The medical examiner will determine his cause of death.

https://pix11.com/news/crime/parents-of-child-who-died-in-brooklyn-charged-with-abandonment-nypd/

 

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Well, at least they didn't lie.
But they killed their kid! Smdh.