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A Madison man was charged Thursday with first-degree reckless homicide for allegedly injecting his friend with a dose of heroin that caused his death last year.

Justin J. Morse, 26, injected heroin into the arm of Kevin A. LeRette, 24, on March 11, 2013, at Morse’s apartment on Madison’s North Side before LeRette died, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

Told that his friend was dead, Morse said, “Really, you’re kidding me. Oh my God, you’ve got to be kidding me. Can I please hug my girlfriend because I’m probably going to prison,” the complaint states.

A warrant was issued Thursday for Morse’s arrest.

According to the complaint, police were called to Morse’s Pierstorff Street apartment the morning of March 11, 2013, where they saw LeRette unresponsive on the floor, and Morse standing nearby.

LeRette was taken to St. Mary’s Emergency Center in Sun Prairie, where he was pronounced dead about two hours later.

According to the complaint: