AUSTIN — Two people have been arrested on first-degree murder warrants in the drug-overdose death of 19-year-old Austin Community College student Ethan Westgard, Austin police said Thursday. Westgard was found unresponsive June 11 in a residence hall at St. Edward’s University, 3001 S. Congress Ave., after police were called to the campus for assistance. CPR was attempted, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Westgard was living in university housing through a St. Edward’s program that provides housing options for college students in the Austin area. His mother, Naomi Westgard, said he planned to begin his second year at ACC in the fall and had a talent for music. An autopsy found that Westgard died from the toxic effects of fentanyl, mitragynine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, alprazolam, buprenorphine and gabapentin, according to police. Investigators said the drugs were supplied by Jordan Breck, 22, and Alysia Rodriguez-Mabry, 27. Murder warrants for both suspects were issued Sept. 8. Rodriguez-Mabry was arrested Sept. 16 on Durwood Street in Austin by the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force. Breck was arrested Thursday by the same task force. The department is investigating Westgard’s death as Austin’s 40th homicide of 2026. The arrests came after a week in which five people were hospitalized following suspected overdoses on East Sixth Street, possibly involving what authorities described as a “bad batch” of drugs. Brandon Filla of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force said investigators used information from Austin police, along with surveillance and interviews, to locate the suspects. “We can conduct surveillance, do interviews and so on in order to track down these violent offenders to bring them before justice in hopes to bring closure to these victims,” Filla said. Austin-Travis County EMS Capt. Christa Stedman said increasingly potent drugs are contributing to the danger in the community. In response to recent overdoses, first responders have begun delivering naloxone, the overdose-reversing medication, directly to bars in Austin’s Entertainment District. “There’s really no reason not to carry it because it’s easy to use, and you can save somebody’s life,” Stedman said. St. Edward’s said naloxone is available from campus police officers and in buildings across the university property. ACC previously offered counseling and mental-health support to students and faculty after Westgard’s death, but a college spokesperson said the school had no additional details to provide.