Updated(2): Two NY Convicted Killers Escaped; One Shot Dead By Police, Other Shot and Captured

Posted June 6, 2015 5:34 PM ET; Last updated June 28, 2015 4:34 PM ET


David Sweat, left, and Richard Matt escaped Saturday from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York. Both are convicted killers.

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Fugitive prisoner David Sweat is ​in ​police custody after getting shot during a confrontation with searchers, sources told The Post on Sunday afternoon.
Sweat, 35, “is down” and medical workers are “working on him,” one source said.
Sweat’s capture in upstate New York follows the fatal shooting of fellow killer Richard Matt, 49, by a fed on Friday.http://nypost.com/2015/06/28/cops-capture-escaped-killer-david-sweat/

Escaped prisoner David Sweat shot, in police custody
By Jamie Schram and Selim Algar
New York Post
June 28, 2015 | 4:01pm

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Escaped killer Richard Matt was shot and killed by the State Police deep in the woods of upstate New York on Friday afternoon, law enforcement sources told The Post.
The other fugitive, David Sweat, was being hunted by the cops in the wilderness area around Lake Titus — about 50 miles west of the Dannemora prison from which they escaped on June 6.
http://nypost.com/2015/06/26/escaped-killer-richard-matt-shot-in-woods/

Escaped murderer Richard Matt shot and killed by police
By Jamie Schram and Selim Algar
New York Post
June 26, 2015 | 4:21pm

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Two convicted murderers made a daring escape from a maximum-security prison by drilling through cell walls,stealing through plumbing tunnels and then climbing out a manhole, authorities said Saturday. A massive search is underway.
Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, are dangerous and should not be approached, New York state police warned. Officials at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora called state authorities after both men were missing from a 5:30 a.m. bed check.

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Sweat is a 5-foot-11 white male with brown hair and green eyes, weighing 165 pounds, police said. He has tattoos on his left bicep and his right fingers.
Matt is a 6-foot white male with black hair and hazel eyes, according to police. He weighs 210 pounds and has tattoos including "Mexico Forever" on his back, a heart on his chest and left shoulder and a Marine Corps insignia on his right shoulder.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/convicted-killers-escape-n-y-prison-article-1.2248902

Two convicted murderers, one of them a cop killer, escape from New York maximum-security prison
BY DEBORAH HASTINGS
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 12:24 PM
Updated: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 5:09 PM