Chris Barry (Marion Christopher Barry Jr.), the son of former Washington DC mayor Marion Barry has reportedly died from a drug overdose on Sunday (Aug. 14). He was just 36-years-old.
No official cause of death has been determined. However, according to The Washington Post, Barry died after smoking synthetic marijuana.
The younger Barry suffered an apparent drug overdose, those close to him said, although no official cause of death was confirmed Sunday. A D.C. police incident report said that just after midnight, Barry stepped outside of a residence on Pomeroy Road SE and smoked K-2 — a type of synthetic drug — and PCP, a hallucinogen he had struggled with in the past.
“Upon returning,” the report said, Barry acted erratically, “and then he suddenly ‘dropped.’ ”
Barry was found by his girlfriend. He was taken to George Washington University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:11 a.m.
Per his friends, the younger Barry had struggled with substance abuse. He unsuccessfully ran for a Ward 8 council seat last year.
The elder Barry, who infamously was caught smoking crack during a sting, yet still managed to get re-elected, died in late 2014.
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