JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- An investigation is underway Friday after officials discovered the cause of death of a Pennsylvania police officer who died in early June.
A Cambria County coroner says the 40-year-old police sergeant, Michael Beblar of the West Hills Police Department, died from cardiac arrest as a result of an overdose.
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The district attorney says the drugs were evidence from some of Beblar's recent and previous cases.
"Mr. Beblar died from a mixed drug toxicity of fentanyl, hydrocodone, and xylazine. The manner of death has been ruled accidental," said Jeff Lees, the coroner in Cambria County.
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State police are investigating the West Hills Police Department's evidence-holding protocol.
Beblar's family says they are shocked and surprised by the apparent drug use.