Exzabian Myers told Aiken County deputies that he was “high as f**k” when they responded to calls Thursday that he was trying to carjack random motorists at a Graniteville intersection.
“I’m high as f**k. Take me to jail,” the 31-year-old suspect reportedly said in the middle of the street. Callers to 911 had claimed the man was trying to enter several vehicles and was backing up traffic at rush hour.
According to a sheriff’s report released Monday morning, Myers was already in handcuffs when he tried to run into traffic and kick at a deputy. A sergeant drive-stunned Myers with a Tazer “in hopes of gaining compliance in order to get subject safely inside the vehicle,” the report says.
Inside the patrol vehicle, Myers “began banging his head against the cage in the vehicle,” the report says. “R/O immediately pulled over into the parking lot of Trophies Unlimited and asked for a supervisor. Subject began kicking at the window. Sgt. Dalley arrived and assisted R/O apply a hobble to the subject. At this time, R/O found the subject to be unresponsive and called for EMS.”
The report indicates that Sgt. Dailey administrated Narcan, a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. But they discovered that Myers was not breathing. He was then rushed to Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
The Coroner’s Office was notified on Saturday afternoon that Myers had died, and Sheriff Michael Hunt immediately asked the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to conduct an independent investigation into the in-custody death.
Family and friends of Myers described him a “very good person and a damn good father.”
He was featured in a WJBF-TV story in 2019 for his graduation from a Second Chance Jobs program that gives high school dropouts and ex-convicts another shot at entering the workforce.
“Second Chance just gave me the chance to better my life if I felt like it,” Myers told a reporter for the story. “They allowed me to go forward if I felt like it.”
The TV station said that the Second Chance Jobs program targeted those who dropped out of school or committed a felony. Meyers said he knew first hand how difficult it is to find a job when you make a bad decision.
“I had graduated and got in trouble,” Myers said. “I had a high school diploma, but I couldn’t go to the next level because I waited too late.”
A criminal record for Myers shows a long list of arrests that include drug dealing, felony resisting arrest, failure to stop for blue lights, disobeying a lawful order, DUI, armed robbery, strong armed robbery, weapon possession, leaving the scene of an accident and traffic charges.
See the incident report below.
