The body of Scott Sterling, son of Clippers owner Donald Sterling, was found late Tuesday at a beachfront residence in Malibu after what authorities called an "apparent drug overdose."
Homicide detectives responded to 22600 Pacific Coast Highway (map) at about 11:30 p.m. after receiving a call for a welfare check at Malibu Beach Villas. The caller told responding Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies he had not heard from Scott Sterling, 32, for "several days."
Sterling was pronounced dead at the location, but a cause of death was not immediately available from the coroner's office. Sterling died of an "apparent drug overdose," according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Coroner's Office.
Sterling was found unresponsive inside the unit in which he resided, according to investigators.
A coroner's van was at the residence -- records show the property is owned by Donald Sterling -- early Wednesday. An autopsy will be conducted before an official cause of death is determined.
The autopsy probably will not be conducted until Thursday or Friday, coroner's officials said.
Donald Sterling, who acquired the Clippers in 1981, is among the longest-tenured NBA owners. The team was located in San Diego at the time, and Sterling relocated the franchise to Los Angeles in 1984.
Sterling, an attorney and real estate magnate, has homes in Malibu and Beverly Hills, according to the Clippers web site. Beverly Hills police interviewed Scott Sterling after responding to the Beverly Hills home in 1999 for a report of a shooting, but prosecutors did not file charges.
A long-time friend of Scott Sterling suffered non-life threatening injuries in the shooting after the two were involved in an altercation, according to police.
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