New York Daily News

K2 suspect in death of B’klyn man

- Dale W. Eisinger and Thomas Tracy

A MAN DIED early Saturday — possibly from a K2 overdose, police sources said.

William Minion, 33, was found unconsciou­s inside his apartment on Putnam Ave. near Evergreen Ave. in Bushwick, Brooklyn, about 3:30 a.m., officials said.

Medics rushed him to Brooklyn University Hospital and Medical Center, where he died.

An autopsy has been scheduled to determine what caused Minion’s death.

Police found several packages of the synthetic marijuana K2 in the apartment, sources said.

Cops have investigat­ed 240 K2 overdoses since May 19, when 25 people were found staggering about zombie-like and incoherent near Broadway and Myrtle Ave., on the border of BedfordStu­yvesant and Bushwick.

A renewed crackdown on a potentiall­y dangerous strain of K2 has led to 74 arrests and a seizure of more than 1,000 packages of the drug, sporting the street names “Hulk,” “Cotton Balls,” “Scooby Snax,” “AK-47” and “Ice Dragon,” among others, officials said.

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