ARLINGTON, Texas – Officials have released new information about the death of a former University of Houston men’s basketball player, Reggie Chaney.
On Monday, an autopsy showed that Chaney, 23, died from a fentanyl overdose. The report also said his death was accidental.
According to the Arlington Police Department, on Aug. 21, officers were called to an apartment in the 2400 block of Cypresswood Trail at around 12 p.m. after the tenant reported finding Chaney, who was a family friend, unresponsive in a bedroom. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Officers said they recovered a small bag containing what appeared to be drug residue near Chaney’s body. The bag was sent to a lab for testing and came back positive for trace amounts of fentanyl, authorities said.
Police said they learned through their investigation that Chaney was staying with this family friend for a few weeks ahead of his planned departure overseas to begin his professional career.
Now that the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has officially ruled that Chaney’s death was caused by fentanyl toxicity, detectives plan to conduct an additional follow-up investigation.
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