Police search the house where a New Orleans jail escapee was believed to have filmed a video asking for assistance.

A source close to the investigation revealed that authorities have conducted a raid on the residence of one of the two remaining escapees from a New Orleans prison. This particular escapee had allegedly shot an Instagram video asserting his innocence. 

Antoine Massey, 33, was not located during the raid, the source told Fox News. 

During the raid, officials discovered clothing that belonged to the escapee, Massey, at the residence. The Associated Press reported this information based on details provided by an anonymous source. It was Massey’s own relatives who alerted the police to the location. 

The Instagram video, which has since been removed, featured Massey denying that he broke out of jail on May 16. Instead, he claimed that he had been released from custody. 

A screenshot from a video that appears to show New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey. (@_007chucky via Instagram)

Over the past two-and-half weeks, LSP has led the manhunt to capture the escapees, with help from local and federal partners. So far, eight of the men have been brought back into custody. 

Derrick Groves, 28, a four-time killer, is the only other inmate besides Massey who has not been captured. He was being held in the jail while awaiting sentencing for an October 2024 guilty verdict in a double homicide during Mardi Gras in 2018. After he was convicted, he pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter.  

Massey was in jail pending a trial on charges of domestic abuse involving strangulation, theft of a motor vehicle and a parole violation. This is the fourth time that Massey has escaped from police custody.

Law enforcement search for a fugitive that escaped a prison in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Massey’s sister, 31-year-old Daishanae Massey, is one of 14 people who have been arrested for allegedly aiding the escapees either before or after they broke out of the jail. 

Groves and Massey each have a $50,000 bounty on their heads from various agencies involved in the manhunt.