Crime & Safety

Brookfield Police Investigating Drug-Related Fatality

Family of a 2002 Hamilton High School graduate tells the Brookfield Police Department Michael McMann had his first relapse after coming clean from an opiate addiction.

A 2002 graduate of Hamilton High School’s death is under investigation by the Brookfield Police Department after he was found unconscious and not breathing by his grandmother and uncle at a Brookfield home in February.

The fatal drug overdose was 28-year-old Michael McMann’s first relapse after entering drug treatment at a detox facility for an opiate addiction, including for the abuse of oxycodone. Relatives reported McMann was clean until the overdose on Feb. 28, according to a search warrant filed recently in Waukesha County Circuit Court. He seemed “very happy” on Feb. 27 and told his uncle he was receiving a cash advance at work.

McMann returned home from work around 6 p.m. Feb. 28, entered the bathroom at 6:15 p.m. and an hour later he was found hunched over near the toilet, the search warrant states.

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A search warrant affidavit shows a Brookfield detective is seeking evidence in relation to the apparent overdose death. Brookfield police report in the affidavit that McMann made several phone calls throughout the day and placed a 16-second phone call about two hours before he was found by his grandmother and uncle.

McMann was pronounced dead on the scene, despite resuscitation attempts by his uncle, two police officer and Brookfield paramedics.

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A police officer found a syringe, metal spoon, a cotton swab and a lighter in the bathroom where McMann was found. His keys and cell phone were also located in the bathroom, the affidavit stated. 

McMann moved to Menomonee Falls in 2001 to finish high school at Hamilton High School, according to his obituary.


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