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HOUSTON - A 17-year-old has unfortunately died after he took a pill he didn't know was laced with fentanyl.
On Friday, 17-year-old La Porte High School student Christopher Flores was pronounced dead at 2:35 p.m., according to his mother. He would've been 18 on Sunday.
On March 4, Flores was rushed to Texas Children's Hospital after he went to an acquaintance's house and unknowingly took a fentanyl-laced pill.
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He spent more than a week on life support in the intensive care unit.
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Teen on life support after overdosing on fentanyl
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Victoria Salas, his cousin, said Flores was very involved in fitness and had a wide group of friends who supported and loved him. Nearly 100 of them came to the hospital to hold hands and pray.
The family says a toxicology report came back positive for fentanyl.
The La Porte Police Department says they've launched a criminal investigation.
According to Lt. John Kruege, the death will potentially be treated as a homicide case.