ONLY ON ABC7NEWS.COM: ABC7 obtains San Francisco police report on death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) –
ABC7's I-Team has obtained the police report on the death of San Francisco Public Defender, Jeff Adachi. The 59-year-old was pronounced dead on Friday, Feb. 22, but no cause of death has been given.
The San Francisco Police Department report released to ABC7's Dan Noyes shows the Medical Examiner tried to call off police from responding to scene. Officers deemed that "suspicious" and rushed to the scene anyway.
EXCLUSIVE: ABC7 I-Team has obtained police report on Friday's death of Jeff Adachi, including photos of apartment where paramedics found the SF Public Defender who died later at the hospital. Working the story for 11. #ABC7now pic.twitter.com/hYqzYMQ4M7 — Dan Noyes (@dannoyes) February 24, 2019
Tonight, SFPD confirms they are now assisting the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) on a death investigation. They are not the lead agency into the investigation. The cause of death is yet to be determined, but the police report says "no signs of foul play".
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