Officials announced they had reason to believe Sweat and Matt, who escaped June 6 from theClinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, were planning to head to the border in a final play for freedom. As a result, U.S. and Canadian law enforcement sent reinforcements in an effort to squeeze the escapees and keep them from potentially making it out of the country.
Sometime before 2 p.m. Friday, a person pulling a camper near Duane, New York, heard a sound and later discovered after pulling into a campsite that there was a bullet hole in it, state police said.
After that, a tactical team was deployed to a nearby cabin near Elephant's Head, New York, about 20 miles south of the Canadian border.
Inside, they noticed the smell of gun powder. While searching the grounds, investigators noticed movement and heard coughing, state police said.
At about 3:20 p.m., State Police Sgt. Jay Cook was on a routine patrol in the area of Constable, New York, about 1.5 miles south of the Canadian border, when he spotted Sweat on a road, police said.
Cook ordered him to stop, but Sweat started to run, police said.
Cook then opened fire, striking Sweat twice in the torso, police said.
Sweat, who was serving a life sentence after he was convicted of killing a sheriff's deputy, was not armed, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said. No law enforcement personnel were injured during the capture, an official briefed on the manhunt said.
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