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McDonald's evacuated after man with heroin passes out in bathroom

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was found Tuesday on the bathroom floor at the McDonald’s at Monroe Road and Sardis Road North in southeast Charlotte.

A 911 caller told police that the man had passed out on the floor. The man, later identified as Kristopher Anderson, had heroin mixed fentanyl, police said.

McDonald's was evacuated and the Charlotte Fire Department’s Hazmat unit along with CMPD’s Clandestine Laboratory Response Unit responded to the scene.

[IMAGES: Crews decontaminate McDonald's]

More than 10 grams of the suspected heroin was seized.

Anderson was treated at Presbyterian Hospital and was released. He was charged with trafficking heroin.

(Kristopher Anderson)

The McDonald's will remain closed to the public until it is decontaminated by a private company hired by them, police said.

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