Fugitive of NY prison shot, killed by police
By News Staff
news@abc6.com
Police have shot and killed one of the two escaped convicts from an upstate
Officials are currently pursuing the other fugitive, David Sweat.
A thousand law enforcement officers have been searching for the pair after an elaborate escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison, three weeks ago.
Matt was found in a remote wooded area not far from a hunting cabin where that found the prisoners’ DNA. Governor Andrew Cuomo says Matt was located after a civilian complained of a gunshot fired at a camping trailer.
State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico says that agents told Matt to put up his hands and shot him when he didn’t comply. Matt had a shotgun but did not use it.
Police are using officers, dogs, and helicopters in the Malone area searching for Sweat.
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