Milwaukee County medical examiner investigates six overdose deaths over the weekend

At least six people died of overdose deaths in Milwaukee County over the weekend, including five within a 24-hour period.

A 37-year-old man pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of Orchard St. was the latest victim, according to the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office.

Four died in Milwaukee and one each in South Milwaukee and West Allis as authorities continue to grapple with an ever-worsening opioid crisis.

The medical examiner's office responded to an overdose death of a 33-year-old man in the 500 block of S. 75th St. in Milwaukee at 2:21 a.m. Saturday. Between that death and the 37-year-old man Sunday evening, four others died.

Those victims were a 55-year-old man in the 1800 block of Rawson Ave. in South Milwaukee; a 38-year-old man in the 2500 block of W. Mitchell St. in Milwaukee; a 36-year-old woman in the 10200 block of W. Cleveland Ave. in West Allis; and a 38-year-old man in the 3200 block of N. Weil St. in Milwaukee.