A Tennessee excessive schooler has been charged with two counts of second-degree homicide and one rely of drug possession after two classmates died of overdoses this week.

The three juniors concerned have been present in a automobile within the car parking zone of Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School in Somerville, Tennessee, at round 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. 

A 16-year-old and 17-year-old have been discovered useless, and the 17-year-old suspect was discovered unconscious. She can be hospitalized.

The 16-year-old was recognized by her father as Alyssa Thorne. The father, Mark Thorne, mentioned he believes fentanyl-laced cocaine killed her, having spoken to her about it that morning.

“She was telling me that the boys were bringing cocaine to school, and I was telling her don’t mess with that. ‘I don’t want to have to bury you.’ [Those were] my exact words to her, and that night she’s dead,” Mr. Thorne instructed WREG-TV.

The incident occurred simply hours earlier than commencement was scheduled within the faculty’s gymnasium.

Preliminary evaluation of a substance discovered on the scene detected the presence of fentanyl, though it was not specified whether or not the drug was pure fentanyl or one other narcotic laced with it. 

Law enforcement charged the suspect as a juvenile, accusing her of offering the deadly narcotics to the opposite two college students. Neither the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office nor Tennessee’s twenty fifth Judicial District, which accommodates Somerville, disclosed the names of the 2 17-year-olds. 

“This case is tragic. It’s terrible. And unfortunately, it highlights what we’ve been telling the public … about the dangers of fentanyl, how lethal it is and how prevalent it is becoming, and that if you buy any drug on the street, whether you think it’s meth or cocaine or a pressed pill … it very well may contain fentanyl,” twenty fifth Judicial District Attorney General Mark Davidson instructed NBC News.

A listening to will likely be held June 7 to find out whether or not the case will likely be transferred to grownup courtroom.

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