Baton Rouge Man Arrested For Attempted Murder Already Has Three Murder-Related Arrests

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Video surveillance from Benny's Bar on North Street shows that Derrick Bryant, 45, initiated a physical altercation the night of Nov. 13, according to Bryant's arrest report. The fight continued into another part of the bar not visible on the cameras, but the victim reemerged visibly bleeding.

Baton Rouge police responded to the scene and found the victim with multiple stab wounds on his back and the front of his torso. The victim told officers he had been involved in a fight with an unknown subject.

Police wrote in the report that the victim's medical records indicated he suffered a collapsed lung as a result of his injuries.

Then Sunday night, the victim spotted the man, who was later identified as Bryant, at another bar and told police the man was the aggressor in the November fight. Bryant was taken into custody.

Police said Bryant admitted to fighting with the victim but said he was simply defending himself after being attacked and denied stabbing anyone. Bryant's account of the incident contradicted video surveillance, police wrote in his arrest report.

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Officers also found that Bryant has an extensive violent criminal history, including arrests on first-degree murder in 1992 and attempted first-degree murder in 1997. He was convicted of attempted second-degree murder and manslaughter in 1998.

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