Scott Weiland 911 Call Released: ‘I Think He’s Dead’

A 911 transcript reveals the moment when Scott Weiland’s
bandmates found the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman’s body on his tour bus
in suburban Minneapolis last month.

Weiland died of a toxic combination of drugs and alcohol. He
was 48.

According to the transcript obtained Wednesday by The
Associated Press, an unidentified caller tells a Bloomington 911 dispatcher
that Weiland was “stiff” and “not moving.”

“I think he’s dead,” said the caller, who asked
for an ambulance. “No, he’s not breathing.”

Later the caller said Weiland was “hard as a rock right
now, not, not moving” as another dispatcher began telling the caller to do
chest compressions on Weiland. There was no heart defibrillator on the bus, the
caller said.

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A Bloomington police report said Weiland’s tour manager,
Aaron Mohler, found Weiland on the bus on Dec. 3 and could not wake him. The
report said Mohler then called drummer Joseph Castillo, who couldn’t find a
pulse on Weiland.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office has said
Weiland had cocaine, alcohol and the amphetamine MDA — a drug similar to
ecstasy — in his system. The medical examiner also noted a history of
cardiovascular disease, asthma and multi-substance dependence. His death was
ruled accidental.

Weiland’s band Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts had been
scheduled to play in Medina, Minnesota, on Dec. 3, but the show had been
canceled a week earlier due to poor ticket sales.

Weiland’s three-decade career in music also included solo
albums and a spot in the supergroup Velvet Revolver.