David Bridges
Key Highlights
- Incident: Derrick Groves was found in an Atlanta home after escaping from a New Orleans jail.
- Footage: News footage shows the interior of the home and the humorous reaction of a neighbor.
- Reactions: Social media users have shared amusing comments on the situation.
- Capture: Groves was captured by SWAT after evading authorities for several months.
News footage has shown the inside of the Atlanta home where Derrick Groves was found, as a woman’s reaction to him taking refuge in her neighborhood has social media crackin’ up.
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What Did the News Footage Reveal About the Home Where Derrick Groves Was Found?
On Thursday, October 9, Fox 8 published footage showing an inside look at the home where Derrick Groves, a man who escaped from a New Orleans jail alongside nine others in May, was found hiding out. Per the outlet, the house’s owner, Richard McQueen, granted reporters access to the “ransacked” space.
Furthermore, additional footage showed that the outlet’s reporter, Gabby Killett, spoke with McQueen as he walked her through the property. He reportedly explained that he rented the home to a young woman; however, he apparently didn’t obtain too much information regarding her background.
Meanwhile, when Killett spoke to a neighbor, apparently living across the street from McQueen’s home, she didn’t hold back on her humorous reaction to the whole ordeal.
How Did Social Media React to the Neighbor’s Response?
Social media users reacted to the update, the inside of the home where Derrick Groves was found, and the neighbor’s reaction in TSR’s comment section.
Instagram user @gemini1986 wrote, “Them old folks knew & was minding their businesses… pops said long as the rent get paid Iont care who in there”
While Instagram user @lovvingdream added, “The way granny laughed & turned got me on full grown tearsssss! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂”
Instagram user @taviecallmemr wrote, “Grandma thinking he in New Orleans and he cross the street 🤣🤣🤣”
While Instagram user @iamyanababii added, “I’m still trying to figure out why all the bubble gum? 😂”
Instagram user @__shineeeee wrote, “The lady laughing is so real bc ikyfl, not across the street from MY house 🤣🤣”
While Instagram user @ms.un_apolo_getic_ added, “Gramps said money talks idc about anything else 🤣🤣🤣”
Instagram user @juscallme_tam wrote, “Mabel say I stayed out dem people business baby 😂😂😂😂”
While Instagram user @nursemesh added, “The police tore that house up.”
Instagram user @bandos.c wrote, “wigs??? so was tht pic rlly him 😭”
While Instagram user @laughingbeauty523 added, “I’m really disappointed that he was found 😔”
Instagram user @shawnice_sanders wrote, “Landlord: ‘In other words… she paid her rent, and I took it. I didn’t ask any questions!’ 😂😂😂”
While Instagram user @iamlamargoode added, “How do you not know when someone actually started renting from you. Out of town or not.”
Instagram user @_sunnyyyyd wrote, “They flipped that house upside down. Prayers to that landlord lol”
What More Is Known About Derrick Groves & His Escape From A New Orleans Jail?
As The Shade Room previously reported, in May, Derrick Groves escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center alongside nine others. At the time, it was reported that the group did so by removing a toilet from a wall, reportedly being aided by the center’s failing locks.
Surveillance footage shows New Orleans inmates escaping from jail and running across the highway 👀 pic.twitter.com/PaQFu2xU67
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) May 17, 2025
The ninth out of the total inmates, Antoine Massey, was captured in June, as previously reported by The Shade Room. Derrick Groves, however, remained MIA until October 8. As The Shade Room previously reported, a tip pointed to Groves hiding out in an Atlanta home. The city’s SWAT team then raided the home and used gas and K-9s to smoke Groves out.
Now, Fox 8 reports that investigators are searching for those who aided Groves with his evasion.
“We know that Groves was not able to be out there for as long as he was without assistance from others,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick reportedly told the outlet. “It’s still an open investigation in terms of those who did help because it is a crime to aid and abet. There are people of interest, and it will be followed through with people charged.”
Meanwhile, Derrick Groves has been extradited to Louisiana, but he was booked into the Louisiana State Penitentiary, a maximum-security jail.
All 10 Orleans Parish escapees are back in Louisiana.
LSP Air Support, VCAIT, FBI and USMS transported Derrick Groves from Atlanta to Baton Rouge, where he was flown to a secure correctional facility. pic.twitter.com/ejXqdaY6GU
— LA State Police (@LAStatePolice) October 10, 2025
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