David Sweat, the second escaped prisoner from Clinton Correctional Facility in New York, has been caught and the manhunt is over:
BREAKING: Sources tell Action News escaped inmate David Sweat has been captured; manhunt is over
— WBNG ActionNews (@WBNGActionNews) June 28, 2015
Sources say David Sweat HAS been caught. Manhunt is over. No word on his condition. #BREAKING #PrisonBreakNY
— Kerry Longobucco (@KerryWBNG) June 28, 2015
Reports from NBC News and The New York Times say Sweat was shot by a state trooper near Constable, New York, very close to the Canadian border.
Officers emerged from the wooded area where they were searching for Sweat moments ago:
A lot of officers just got out of the woods and are now congregating off rt 27 #PrisonBreakNY @CBS6Albany pic.twitter.com/d6G9Ni4Amn
— Lynne Falsetti (@CBS6Lynne) June 28, 2015
Richard Matt, the other prison escapee, was found and shot dead just two days ago in upstate New York, as the manhunt for Sweat continued.
Update- 4:09 pm EST: Reports have been trickling out about Sweat’s condition:
4:02 p.m.: Two ambulances with a caravan of police arrive at Alice Hyde Hospital in Malone. #PrisonBreakNY
— Lois Clermont (@EditorLois) June 28, 2015
4:04 p.m.: Sweat rolled in on stretcher, IV poles showing. #PrisonBreakNY
— Lois Clermont (@EditorLois) June 28, 2015
Source tells @TheBuffaloNews that Sweat has been shot and is bleeding badly. His injuries are considered life-threatening.
— Maki Becker (@makibecker) June 28, 2015
Update- 5:20 pm EST: CNN releases first picture of Sweat just after the arrest:
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