(L.A.) Aveon James, 23, Died on a Sidewalk

Case Number: 2024-13732

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 23-year-old Latino male that occurred on a sidewalk.

The coroner’s office identified the young man as Aveon James.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Combined Effects of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl

RIP AVEON JAMES (August 25, 2001 – August 29, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday at 5:56 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on December 29, presumably after the results of tox screening had come back from the lab.

This is considered an accidental, i.e., unintentional, drug overdose.