Another Inmate Dies in Tarrant County Jail

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report regarding the death of Javonte Lakendrick Myers.  Mr. Myers was only 28 years of age at the time of his death.  We provide information in this post obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone regarding Mr. Myers’ death. 

Mr. Myers was originally incarcerated at approximately 3:41 a.m. on June 17, 2020.  He died on June 19, 2020 at 4:50 p.m. 

The custodial death report provides very few details regarding Mr. Myers’ death, and what lead to it.  The entire summary reads as follows:

“On June 19, 2020 at approximately 1628 hrs. Inmate Myers, Javonte was discovered in his cell unresponsive. A code was called and medical personnel responded to treat the inmate. An AED was placed on him and chest compressions were initiated. The AED stated to continue chest compressions. No shocks were advised nor administered. Inmate Myers was declared deceased by Medstar EMT at 1650 hrs.”

The Tarrant County jail has had a significant number of deaths in recent weeks.  While death can certainly happen at any age, it seems highly unusual that Mr. Myers would have died at the age of 28 when purportedly being observed by jailers in the Tarrant County jail.  Hopefully, an appropriate investigation will be conducted into Mr. Myers’ death. 

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.