Prince drug death shock: Doctor's son facing probe over prescription pills

A DOCTOR’s son who dialled 911 when Prince was found dead in a lift faces an “illegal pills” probe.

PROBE: Police will quiz the doctor's son who found Prince dead

Police will quiz Andrew Kornfield over the drug Suboxone he brought for the star.

He never actually administered the drug – used to wean people off painkillers such as Percocet, to which Prince was addicted – because he was dead by the time he arrived at his Paisley Park mansion, outside Minneapolis.

Police will examine if he was properly qualified to administer the drug and if he was allowed, under tight US laws, to transport it from California over state borders to Minnesota.

TRAGIC: The singer was found unconscious in a lift

His lawyer is battling to keep him out of jail, say US reports.

Kornfield’s dad Howard is a renowned addiction specialist, who had been set to treat Prince.

But he was busy and sent his his “practice consultant” son to “assess the stricken star and devise a treatment plan.”

ADDICT: Prince was reportedly hooked on painkillers

HELP: Doctors planned to treat Prince, but were too late

Howard planned to follow his son to treat Prince 24 hours later.

There is no suggestion Andrew Kornfield did anything wrong.

US sources say the police probe will focus on three possible pills “abuses”.

They will look at if doctors overprescribed the Purple Rain star’s medication.

While aliases the singer and his doctors may have used and the pharmacies that made up the prescriptions will be investigated.