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Escaped New York Inmate Richard Matt Shot and Killed by Police, Search Ongoing for David Sweat
Source: ABC News
Escaped New York Inmate Richard Matt Shot and Killed by Police, Search Ongoing for David Sweat
Jun 26, 2015, 4:28 PM ET
By JOSH MARGOLIN, AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO
via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Escaped convicted murderer Richard Matt was shot and killed by authorities in upstate New York today, according to officials, 20 days after he made an elaborate escape from prison.
Matt was shot and killed by a border patrol SWAT team at about 3:45 p.m. in Elephant's Head, New York, about 20 miles south of the Canadian border and just 50 miles away from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY after he was spotted by a law enforcement officer walking in the woods.
Jun 26, 2015, 4:28 PM ET
By JOSH MARGOLIN, AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO
via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Escaped convicted murderer Richard Matt was shot and killed by authorities in upstate New York today, according to officials, 20 days after he made an elaborate escape from prison.
Matt was shot and killed by a border patrol SWAT team at about 3:45 p.m. in Elephant's Head, New York, about 20 miles south of the Canadian border and just 50 miles away from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY after he was spotted by a law enforcement officer walking in the woods.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/escaped-york-inmate-richard-matt-shot-police/story?id=32060073
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