A teenager has been charged with murder in connection with an overdose death after allegedly selling heroin mixed with another drug.
Officials with Metro Nashville Police said 18-year-old Derrick Huey is accused of selling the drug to at least two people, one of whom died.
Teen charged w/ murder after police say a man died from heroin sold to him. Toxicology report says there was a lethal dose of Fentanyl. @NC5
— Matthew Torres (@NC5_MTorres) February 25, 2016
The drug had allegedly been mixed with fentanyl, which works like morphine and is normally used to treat pain. However, it can be fatal if mixed with heroin or cocaine.
That combination killed one man a month ago.
The victim, identified as James Roy Richardson, Jr., died at the scene on Fern Avenue while his friend was taken to the hospital since he couldn't walk.
The effects of the drug left that man on dialysis for liver failure and nerve damage to the right leg.
Police said Huey admitted to selling heroin not only to those victims, but to other customers around the area.
Huey was arrested and held on a $115,000 bond. He has been scheduled to make his first court appearance at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
