Video shows attack on journalist while reporting on a mass overdose in northern California that left 1 dead and 12 severely injured

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• One man is dead and 12 are hospitalized after a "mass casualty" overdose of what is believed to be the narcotic fentanyl at a home in Chico, California.
• Two police officers who responded to the scene were also hospitalized and released.
• KRCR tweeted that one of their reporters, Meaghan Mackey, was attacked while reporting from the scene and is "very shaken up but is okay."

At around 9:12 a.m. on Saturday morning, the Chico Fire Department, Police Department, and Butte County EMS responded to a report of a "mass casualty" overdose that killed one man and left 12 injured, according to KHSL-TV. 

Mike O'Brien, a police captain in Chico, California, said at a news conference on Saturday night that four of the victims were in critical condition, NBC reported. 

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