THE CAMPUS SHOOTING A THE
CONNECTION TO MINNESOTA.
OTHER BIG NEWS OF THE DAY
INVOLVES PRINCE.
TEST RESULTS CONFIRM THAT HE
DIED FROM A DESCENDAL OVERDOSE
OF PAIN KALELERS.
THEY -- PAIN KILLERS.
THEY SAID HE TIDE FROM THE
AMOUNT OF FENTANYL.
AND HE WAS FOUND DEAD AT HIS
PAISLEY HOME IN CHANHASSEN.
IN THE WEEKS SINCE HIS DEATH,
THERE WERE SIGNS THAT PAIN KALE
LEVERS WERE THE LIKELY CAUSE.
Reporter: WE NOW KNOW IT WAS
A POWERFUL OPIATE.
AND IT IS LEAK MORPHINE BUT
MORE POTENT.
IT IS USEDED TO TREAT PATIENTS
WITH PAIN AND PAIN AFTER
SURGERY.
FENTANYL CAN BE ADDICTIVE.
IF YOU ARE BEING PRESCRIBED
A PRESCRIPTION PAIN KILLER.
TO BE AWARE, THAT IT COULD BE A
LETHAL MEDICATION AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE SAFETY
ASPECTS OF IT.
Reporter: IT WAS IN EARLY
APRIL THAT PRINCE WAS MAKING
NEWS BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH AND
NOT MUSIC.
HE LANDED IN ILLINOIS AND HE
WAS UNCONSCIOUS ON THE PLANE
AND GAVE HIM NARCAN AND AND
THAT REVERSES OPIOID OVERDOSES.
AN ATTORNEY FOR A THEM HELD A
NEWS CONFERENCE AND SAID PRINCE
WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING
HELP FROM DR. KORNFELD, HE MET
WITH THE SINGER AND PLANNED TO
COME HIMSELF THE NEXT DAY BUT
WHEN THE SON ARRIVED AT PAISLEY
PARK ON APRIL 21st.
PRINCE WAS FOUND DEAD IN AN
ELEVATOR.
NOW, THAT MEDICAL EXAMINER'S
REPORT ALSO SHOWS THAT AT THE
TIME OF DEATH, PRINCE WAS
112 POUNDS.
PEOPLE MAY KNOW HE STOOD AT
5 FEET 3 INCHES TALL AND THAT
THE DRUG FENTANYL WAS
SELF-ADMINISTERED.
YOU CAN WEAR A PATCH OR
ADMINISTERED THROUGH A PATCH OR
TAKEN AS A PILL.
PRINCE'S FRIENDS HAVE SAID HE
HAD HIP SURGERY YEARS AGO TO
DEAL WITH PAIN THAT HE
EXPERIENCED FROM ALL THE YEARS
OF PERFORMING ON STAGE IN THE
SIGNATURE HIGH HEELS HE LOVED
TO JUMP AND DANCE AND IT IS
POSSIBLE ALL THE YEARS OF
PERFORMING TOOK A TOLL ON HIS
BODY.
THIS CAUSE OF DEATH REFLECTS
WHAT WE ARE SEEING NATIONALLY.
