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11 Overdoses Reported at Baltimore’s Penn‑North, 7 Hospitalized and Expected to Survive

City responders distributed naloxone at the scene following the latest cluster in the same area as July’s mass overdoses.

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Ten people overdosed in the Penn-North neighborhood on Wednesday, according to Baltimore Police. (Mat Schumer/Staff)
Naloxone nasal spray, which can reverse an opioid overdose, is left on a bus stop bench at Pennsylvania and North Avenues following a mass overdose. (Kim Hairston/staff)
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Overview

  • Police said as many as 11 people overdosed around 12:08 p.m. Wednesday at West North and Pennsylvania avenues, with seven transported to hospitals and four declining transport.
  • Hospitalized patients were six men and one woman between ages 30 and 60, and officials said all are expected to survive.
  • The Mayor’s Office of Overdose Response and the Baltimore City Health Department canvassed the neighborhood with community partners, distributing naloxone and providing harm‑reduction information.
  • An investigation is underway into the source of the drugs, Mayor Brandon Scott signaled further arrests and prosecutions of dealers, and no arrests tied to the overdoses had been announced as of Thursday.
  • The corner is the site of July’s mass overdose incident, which lab tests linked to fentanyl, and officials urged tips to Metro Crime Stoppers at 1‑866‑7LOCKUP.