The last of the 10 inmates accused of escaping from a New Orleans city jail earlier this year by climbing through a hole behind a toilet has been captured, officials said.

Derrick Groves, a convicted murderer, was taken back into custody on Oct. 8 in Atlanta, Georgia, nearly five months after his escape from the Orleans Parish Prison, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office and district attorney's office said in a statement. Groves was captured following a standoff at a residence in southwest Atlanta, officials said.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry celebrated Groves' capture in post on X , thanking the federal, state and local law enforcement officials "who worked tirelessly to put each of these men back where they belong: BEHIND BARS."

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