Toxicology reports indicate Christopher Arrion Burgess had methamphetamine in his blood.

Burgess, 16, of Eureka, was shot at about 2 p.m. Oct. 23 in a gulch behind the 2200 block of Chester by Eureka police Officer Terry Liles.

The toxicology reports were released to the Humboldt County Coroner's Office at about 11:15 a.m. Friday, Coroner Frank Jager said.

EPD Chief Dave Douglas said the blood taken for the toxicology testing -- done at a laboratory in Fresno -- was drawn while Burgess was at St. Joseph Hospital, just after the shooting.

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