[Washington Examiner] A Los Angeles TV reporter and anchor's death is being treated as a possible drug overdose.Chris Burrous, 43, a popular KTLA Morning News journalist and weekend host, was found unresponsive on Thursday at a Days Inn in Glendale, Calif. Authorities headed to the motel after a man Burrous was with reported that he had passed out and was possibly not breathing due to an overdose, Glendale Police Sgt. Dan Suttles said at a press conference.
KTLA reported that firefighters first on the scene arrived to find Burrous' male companion, whom Suttles described as "a friend," trying to save him. The man "quite honestly did a good job of trying to render aid," according to Suttles. Paramedics then took Burrous, who had been with the channel since 2011, to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
There was no indication that Burrous' death was a suicide, Suttles said.
"Detectives will be awaiting the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office report for a determination of the cause of death and to assist in bringing the investigation to a conclusion," Suttles wrote in a press release.