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RADAR AND THEIR UPDATES ON ROAD CONDITIONS. AND OMAHA FATHER IS STARTING A NEW YEAR WITHOUT HIS SON. ADAM LOUISVILLE SCOUSER SAYS HIS 16 YEAR OLD DIED FROM A FENTANYL OVERDOSE IN NOVEMBER. WHEN WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK ABOUT THE SPIKE IN THE USE OF THE DEADLY DRUG OMAHA AS DIVISION OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT SEIZED NEARLY. 4.7 MILLION LETHAL DOSES OVER A FIVE STATE REGION IN 2022. WELL, TONIGHT, WILLIAM SHATNER SAYS HE WANTS TO WARN OTHERS OF FENNELL’S DEVASTATING IMPACT. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 ABBIE PETERSEN IS LIVE WITH THAT. ABBIE. THIS IS ADAM. JAY. WE WILL SHOWER. KNOWN AS A DJ WHO WAS YOUNG AND HAD PLANS, BUT HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT IN NOVEMBER. NOW HIS DAD HOPES TO MAKE SURE NO PARENT WILL EVER HAVE TO FEEL HIS PAIN. DECEMBER FOUR. THAT’S WHEN, A.J., WE WILL. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO START AT METRO TECH TO PURSUE HIS DREAM OF BEING AN ELECTRICIAN. BUT THAT DAY NEVER CAME. I STILL CRY EVERY DAY THINKING ABOUT IT. A.J. DIED NOVEMBER 11, AND HIS DAD, ADAM WHIPPLE. SCOUSER SAYS IT’S BELIEVED TO BE A FENTANYL OVERDOSE. NOW HE’S SHARING A STORY. HE WAS ALSO A CURIOUS 16 YEAR OLD AND HE WAS CURIOUS ABOUT DRUGS. ACCORDING TO LOUISVILLE SCOUSER, IT’S SOMETHING HE SAYS THEY HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MULTIPLE TIMES. HE GOES, DAD, WHY WOULD ANYBODY PUT SOMETHING IN THE DRUGS? DON’T THEY WANT REPEAT CUSTOMERS? THEY’RE NOT GOING TO NOBODY WOULD HURT ME. HE DIDN’T THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD EVER DO ANYTHING TO HURT HIM BECAUSE HE WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HURT ANYBODY ELSE. EMILY MURRAY WITH THE OMAHA DIVISION OF THE DEA SAYS DRUG TRAFFICKERS MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THE PRODUCT THEY’RE PUSHING. HAS RETINOL IN IT, BUT IT’S A DRUG THAT SHE SAYS IS, QUOTE, FLOODING OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO REALIZE THAT SENTINEL IS MIXED IN AND BEING MIXED IN WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING OUT THERE NOW. ACCORDING TO THE DEA, FENTANYL IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE AND 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN HEROIN. IT’S A TRAGEDY TO LOSE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE HAVE. AND JUST TWO MILLIGRAMS ENOUGH TO FIT ON THE TIP OF A PENCIL COULD KILL YOU. WE WILL SHOWER ONCE PEOPLE WATCHING TO KNOW THIS IS REAL AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. IT’S REALLY DANGEROUS. AND I JUST WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN AND GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN THAT THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. LOUISVILLE GILES ROAD SAYS HE PLANS TO SHARE A STORY WITH HIGH SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES IN THE FUTURE. THE DEA WANTS TO REMIND PEOPLE TO ONLY TAKE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS