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Escaped Convict Richard Matt Shot Dead By Agent
Escaped murderer Richard Matt was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent Friday and police were pursuing “several leads” to find his fellow escapee David Sweat, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The nearly three-week manhunt for the two escaped killers intensified around 1:51 p.m., when a 911 operator received a call from a motorist who found a bullet in a camper that was being towed, Cuomo said Friday night at a state police barracks in the village of Malone.
Law enforcement swooped in and detected the odor of gunpowder in a nearby cabin, State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said at the press conference. They followed Matt, one of the two killers who escaped a maximum security prison on June 5, through a wooded area and fired at him when he ignored orders to put up his hands, D'Amico said.
Matt had a 20-gauge shotgun with him, though he didn't fire at police, D'Amico said.
Escaped murderer Richard Matt was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent Friday and police were pursuing “several leads” to find his fellow escapee David Sweat, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The nearly three-week manhunt for the two escaped killers intensified around 1:51 p.m., when a 911 operator received a call from a motorist who found a bullet in a camper that was being towed, Cuomo said Friday night at a state police barracks in the village of Malone.
Law enforcement swooped in and detected the odor of gunpowder in a nearby cabin, State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said at the press conference. They followed Matt, one of the two killers who escaped a maximum security prison on June 5, through a wooded area and fired at him when he ignored orders to put up his hands, D'Amico said.
Matt had a 20-gauge shotgun with him, though he didn't fire at police, D'Amico said.
