Prince Received Life-Saving 'Narcan' Shot in Illinois: Report

MOLINE, IL — Life-saving efforts took place immediately after Prince's private jet was forced into an emergency landing at the Quad City International Airport a week before his death, according to sources and fire and ambulance records released by the city of Moline.

The jet was enroute from Atlanta to Prince's Minnesota home after what would be his final concert when the musician and songwriter fell ill. The plane made a rapid descent into Moline as the pilot radioed to air-traffic controllers and requested help. Their exchange took place over 7 minutes before the plane landed, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Prince was never identified by name.

Local paramedics were dispatched on an "unresponsive passenger" call.

Prince was unconscious and carried off the plane by his bodyguard at about 1:30 a.m. on April 15. A "heavily redacted" report obtained by the Star Tribune notes paramedics worked to revive Prince at the airport and departed at 2:16 a.m.

Several sources with direct knowledge of the death investigation, however, have told the Star Tribune that paramedics gave Prince a shot of the opioid antidote Narcan, and that Prince had overdosed on an opioid.

Moline paramedics named in the report declined to comment or could not be reached.

Responding to Freedom of Information Act requests, the city of Moline did not release to the Star Tribune or the Quad-City Times information about the treatment or the patient, specifically, citing confidentiality of patient medical records.

Narcan is an anti-opioid treatment with naloxone hydrochloride. The treatment can be administered by injection or by nasal spray. Increasingly, police officers are carrying the shot when they respond to overdose calls.

Six days after the Moline incident, Prince was found dead in an elevator in his home. Opiod painkillers were found on his body, according to authorities in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and the circumstances of his death remain under investigation.

Carver County authorities say a cause of death will not be made public for several weeks until testing and reports are completed. They say foul play and suicide did not take place.

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