DATE/TIME: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 / 12:40 p.m.
INCIDENT: Deputy Finds Unresponsive Person and Saves His Life
LOCATION: Vine Street and Lynwood Street, Bloomington
VICTIM: 32-year-old Male Transient
SUMMARY: On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, Deputy Garcia-Perez responded to an unrelated report near the intersection of Vine Street and Lynwood Street. While looking for a possible suspect in a wash area north of Interstate 10, east of Cedar Avenue, Garcia-Perez located an unresponsive 32-year-old male transient who was turning purple, his eyes rolled back in his head, and there were signs of a recent drug overdose. While Garcia-Perez evaluated his condition, the male stopped breathing
Garcia-Perez began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for about five minutes and the male began to breathe again. Personnel from the San Bernardino County Fire Department, and American Medical Response, arrived and treated the male with Narcan. He regained consciousness and was transported to a local hospital where he was expected to survive. Deputies later learned he had overdosed on fentanyl when Garcia-Perez came across him.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Fontana Sheriff’s Station at (909) 356-6767. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may contact the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Sergeant M. Gordon / Deputy A. Garcia-Perez
Station: Fontana
Phone No. (909) 356-6767
Case No. 032202998
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
