Robert De Niro's Grandson Leandro Dead astatine 19

Further details surrounding the death of Robert De Niro's grandson, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, person travel to light.

The 19-year-old died from a suspected overdose aft helium was allegedly sold fentanyl-laced pills, according to his mother Drena De Niro, who is the daughter of Robert and his ex Diahnne Abbott.

"Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet inactive sold them to him," she wrote successful the comments section of a July 3 Instagram post. "So for each these radical inactive f--king astir selling and buying this s--t , my lad is gone forever."

Leandro was recovered unconscious and unresponsive wrong a New York City residence astir 2:20 p.m. section clip July 2, a spokesperson for the NYPD told E! News. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Later that evening, Drena confirmed the decease her "beautiful saccharine angel," penning successful a tribute to Leandro connected Instagram.

"You person been my joyousness my bosom and each that was ever axenic and existent successful my life," the 51-year-old, who shared Leandro with artist Carlos Mare, wrote. "I privation I was with you close now. I privation I was with you. I don't cognize however to unrecorded without you but I'll effort to spell connected and dispersed the emotion and airy that you truthful made maine consciousness successful getting to beryllium your mama."

Prior to his passing, Leandro was a budding histrion with credits successful 2018's A Star Is Born and Cabaret Maxime—both of which helium appeared alongside his mom.

"None of this is close oregon just and my bosom hurts successful a mode I ne'er knew imaginable portion inactive breathing and hardly functioning," Drena shared successful a July 4 post dedicated to her son. "You didn't merit to dice similar this but I tin lone judge that God needed a beardown almighty angel successful their army."

She added, "I'm holding you each 2nd of each infinitesimal I'm my bosom and memories until I'm with you again. My bosom is breached forever. Me daddy and your household emotion you, I emotion I emotion you with each bushed of my crying heart."