Jarvis Evans
Jarvis Evans died in late July 2021 while held at the Johnson Detention Center in Laurens County, South Carolina, and was taken to a hospital. According to a wrongful death lawsuit his family filed against the Laurens County sheriff, he was found unresponsive in his holding cell. The lawsuit alleges that officers placed him in a restraint chair with a spit mask, stunned him with a Taser three times, and denied him medical care for his injuries. The sheriff's office said it asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate and conducted an internal review, and the sheriff has declined further comment.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (neglect alleged). The family's wrongful death lawsuit says deputies put Jarvis Evans in a restraint chair with a spit mask, stunned him with a Taser three times, and denied him medical care for his injuries.
Reported by: family and their lawyers in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Laurens County sheriff (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Laurens County sheriff over his death at the Johnson Detention Center in July 2021, and no dollar amount is reported.