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| New York escapee Richard Matt killed; David Sweat still on the run |
| 2015-06-28 |
[CNN] Richard Matt, one of two escaped murderers from an upstate New York maximum-security prison, was shot and killed by officers involved in a massive three-week manhunt, Gov. Andrew SonnyCuomo said Friday. Officers are still pursuing runaway David Sweat but Cuomo said there was nothing to confirm his location as of Friday night. Still, "several leads" were being pursued on his whereabouts, the governor said. The search involving about 1,100 officers has transformed life in sleepy hamlets and towns shadowed by the Adirondack Mountains. For three tense weeks, residents have coped with incessant rumors, constant roadblocks, the buzz of helicopters, state troopers in the schools and homes under lockdown as authorities have pursued more than 2,000 tips into the escapees' whereabouts. Law enforcement finally closed in on Matt around 1:30 p.m. when police received a call of shots fired near Route 30 in the vicinity of Malone, New York, according to law enforcement officials briefed on the matter. About 20 minutes later, more gunshots were heard. The driver of a recreational vehicle called 911 when he heard the initial shots. He kept driving and called 911 a second time when he realized his camper was hit, the officials said. Investigators traced the site of the initial gunshots to about eight miles back from where the driver stopped and discovered the bullet hole in the back of his camper. Officers came upon a cabin where they smelled gunpowder, as if a weapon recently had been fired, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 (from the link) :"...expected to survive." DAMMIT JIM, I'm a doctor, not a sharpshooter. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-06-28 21:14 |
| #2 Mortally wounded I would hope. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-06-28 17:57 |
| #1 Breaking: Fugitive David Sweat Shot And Captured… [LINK] |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-06-28 16:10 |