Authorities investigating a new social media post by a New Orleans jail escapee

Authorities are investigating an Instagram photograph showing a antheral who identifies himself arsenic Antoine Massey, a fugitive inactive astatine ample aft escaping much than 2 weeks agone from a New Orleans jail

NEW ORLEANS -- Authorities announced Thursday they are investigating different societal media post, the second successful a week, showing a antheral who identifies himself arsenic Antoine Massey, a fugitive inactive connected the lam aft escaping much than 2 weeks agone from a New Orleans jail.

The latest Instagram post, which appears to person been published Wednesday, shows a antheral lasting successful beforehand of a bluish car who says helium is “#AntoineMassey” and has the aforesaid distinctive facial tattoos.

Authorities are not definite erstwhile oregon wherever the photograph reportedly showing Massey was taken. But they “are treating the station arsenic if it’s real,” a elder instrumentality enforcement authoritative said. The authoritative spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity due to the fact that the authoritative was not authorized to publically sermon the ongoing probe into the May 16 flight by 10 inmates.

The radical yanked up a faulty compartment door, crawled done a spread successful a partition down a toilet wherever alloy bars had been chopped and past scaled a barbed ligament obstruction utilizing blankets for protection. It was 1 of the largest jailbreaks successful caller U.S. history.

State and section officials person heaped disapproval connected the absorption of Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who has mostly blamed the jailbreak connected poor infrastructure and the inability to marque needed improvements astatine the 10-year-old $150 cardinal facility.

Eight of the escaped men person been apprehended, portion Massey and different fugitive, convicted murderer Derrick Groves, stay connected the run.

In the Instagram post, the idiosyncratic claiming to beryllium Massey states helium is “innocent.” Massey, 32, faces charges of kidnapping, rape, home artillery involving strangulation and centrifugal conveyance theft.

“We would promote Mr. Massey to crook himself successful and spell done due ineligible channels for his time successful court,” said Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Fair successful an emailed statement. He added it was “unknown astatine this time” if Massey posted the photograph oregon erstwhile it was taken.

Earlier this week, different videos made by Massey surfaced connected societal media, starring authorities to raid a New Orleans location a small implicit 2 miles (three kilometers) from the jail, wherever they believed the videos were produced. But they said they lone recovered immoderate of the covering they believed helium wore successful the videos.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry urged Massey and Groves connected Tuesday to “quit the hide-and-seek game” and crook themselves in.

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