Ten days after a bold escape from the Orleans Justice Center rocked New Orleans, two fugitives remain at large — one of whom carries a legacy of one of the city’s darkest chapters. Among the remaining escapees is 27-year-old Derrick Groves, the grandson of Kim Groves, a woman whose 1994 assassination was ordered by a corrupt New Orleans police officer.
Groves, who was awaiting sentencing for multiple homicide convictions, is the subject of an intense manhunt involving local, state, and federal law enforcement. He and fellow fugitive Antoine Massey are now the only two fugitives still missing after the May 16 mass escape involving 10 detainees.
A Family Marked By Tragedy
Derrick Groves’ name has become tragically familiar to the city of New Orleans— not only because of the violence he’s accused of, but also due to the trauma embedded in his family history. His grandmother, Kim Groves, was fatally shot in front of her home after reporting police misconduct. The hit was ordered by then-New Orleans Police Department officer Len Davis, whose callous celebratory phone calls were later played in court. Davis was sentenced to death in the federal system but had his sentence commuted to life without parole earlier this year. The shooter, Paul “Cool” Hardy, remains imprisoned.
Although Derrick was not yet born when his grandmother was executed, those close to the family say the trauma cast a long shadow over his upbringing. Gail Slack, a family friend and neighborhood matriarch who helped raise Groves, recalled him as a sweet child who tutored her son and spent time doing homework at her home.
“A small child hearing how his grandmother was killed by police — yeah, it had a big factor in him,” Slack told WWL Louisiana. “But he’s still my Derrick. He’s still my baby.”
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