A 4-year-old boy is fighting for his life at a Brooklyn hospital after being exposed to fentanyl at a women’s shelter on Tuesday, law enforcement sources said.
Detectives are now questioning the tot’s parents about the reported overdose inside a shelter at 4612 Glenwood Road in Flatbush.
According to police sources, officers from the 63rd Precinct responded to a 911 call of a child having a medical emergency at the location at about 8:09 a.m. They arrived and found the youngster who had suffered symptoms from an apparent overdose.
EMS administered Narcan to the boy before rushing him to Maimonides Medical Center where he was still listed in critical condition as of Tuesday evening.
Sources familiar with the incident report that while the location is a Women in Need shelter, husbands are permitted to visit in the daytime hours. The boy’s mother and father were allegedly found to be ingesting fentanyl at the time, exposing the child to the drug.
Both parents have been taken into custody for questioning; charges against them are pending.
A large police and medical presence, including hazmat teams, were still combing the crime scene into the night Tuesday.
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