Man convicted of murder in fentanyl overdose where victim was abandoned in SUV
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
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Dauphin County jurors on Wednesday voted to convict a Swatara Township man for third-degree murder after a three-day trial related to the 2017 death of Zach Myers, 24.
Prosecutors said Andrew Shirk, 44, purchased fentanyl in North Philadelphia that he, Myers and a woman ingested together in a room at the Super 8 Motel parking lot, 4131 Executive Park Drive. Shirk had been living at the motel.
When Myers started showing signs of an overdose, prosecutors say, the pair dragged Myers outside using a blanket and put him in his SUV, where they abandoned him to go to a convenience store and back into the motel room. The pair called police at about 8:15 a.m. Oct 1, 2017, more than four hours after he was left in the vehicle and after the pair got rid of evidence from the room.