Derrick Groves is in prison for a 2018 double shooting during Mardi Gras in New Orleans that killed two people and wounded two others.

What he went to jail for

  • Groves was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder for killing Jamar Robinson and Byron Jackson during a Mardi Gras party in 2018.
  • He was also convicted of two counts of attempted second-degree murder for shooting and injuring two additional victims in the same incident.
  • In a separate case, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in two other fatal shootings, adding to the seriousness of his record.

Sentencing and time in prison

  • A Louisiana judge sentenced Groves to two life sentences for the double murder, plus additional 50‑year terms for the attempted murder counts, ordered to run consecutively.
  • These sentences mean he is effectively imprisoned for life, with the court emphasizing the lack of remorse and the danger he poses to the public.

Other charges and jail escape

  • Before his murder convictions, Groves had been charged with battery of a correctional facility employee in April 2024, to which he pleaded guilty.
  • In 2025, he was one of multiple inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail; he was later recaptured after several months on the run and now also faces charges for his role in that escape.

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