Second New York Prison Escapee Said to Be Shot by Trooper
Sunday, June 28, 2015 3:51 PM EDT
David Sweat, the surviving prison escapee on the run in northern New York, was shot by a state trooper on Sunday, according to a person briefed on the matter. His condition was unknown, the person said.
The confrontation with Mr. Sweat, 35, near the town of Constable, N.Y., came two days after a federal agent shot and killed the other escaped prisoner from a maximum-security prison in New York, Richard W. Matt. The agent shot Mr. Matt three times in the head with a semiautomatic weapon, according to results from an autopsy released on
Sunday.
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