(L.A.) Ernie Nuñez, 55, Died in a Driveway

Case Number: 2023-01952

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 55-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a driveway.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Ernie Nunez.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Effects of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

RIP ERNIE NUNEZ (March 28, 1967 – February 18, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 8:56 a.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on August 26, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for the drugs.