KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Two School Resource Officers and a school nurse were exposed to fentanyl at Sequoyah High School Tuesday, officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office told WVLT News. The three staff members exposed were treated and are stable.
“The two officers and the nurse was given Narcan and transported to the hospital. All are stable,” Chief Deputy of the MCSO Chris White said.
Officials originally told WVLT News that the fentanyl came from a 17-year-old student’s vape pen, but School Resource Officer Captain Rusty Vineyard later said that none of the drug had been found in the pen’s cartridge. He was not able to disclose details of how the overdoses occurred, however, he said the student who brought the vape pen was taken into custody and charged.
