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Report: Ex-Angels Employee Eric Kay Indicted in Overdose Death of Pitcher Tyler Skaggs

A Texas federal grand jury has indicted former Angels employee Eric Kay on two counts in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The indictment, which was filed on Friday morning in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, charged Kay with distributing the fentanyl that caused Skaggs's death in 2019, reports the L.A. Times.

"On or about June 30, 2019 … Eric Prescott Kay, the defendant, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, and the use of said substance resulted in the death and serious bodily injury of [Skaggs]," the indictment said.