CA Senator Wiener asks SF agencies to investigate gay man's 2020 death
Following an article in the Bay Area Reporter this week, state Senator Scott Wiener has called on the San Francisco Police Department and medical examiner's office to more fully investigate the 2020 death of a 20-year-old gay man.
Wiener, who is gay and represents San Francisco, sent a letter to SFPD Chief William Scott and Dr. Christopher Liverman, chief medical examiner, stating that the circumstances around Jaxon Sales' death "remain unclear." As the B.A.R.
reported, Jaxon Sales died March 2, 2020 in a Rincon Hill apartment, according to a copy of the medical examiner's report. It lists the cause of death as acute mixed drug intoxication, including gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
The manner of death is listed as an accident. The report also says Jaxon Sales, an Oakland resident, suffered from asthma, and the toxicology report shows he took ephedrine, an asthma medication, though this was not listed among the drugs to which his death was attributed.
