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Escaped N.Y.  Prisoner Richard Matt Fatally Shot By Police
Richard Matt   one of the escaped inmates from the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York  has been killed by police officers  reports say.
After nearly three weeks on the run  one of the two convicted murderers who broke out of a New York state prison has been killed. Officers tracked down  Richard Matt  in northern New York.  He  was shot near a cabin where investigators said earlier that they had found evidence of at least one of the escaped prisoners. Zach Hirsch of North Country Public Radio is on the line to talk about the latest developments. Hi  Zach.
MARTIN: New York governor  Andrew Cuomo  had a news conference tonight  and  along with police officials  spoke about how  Richard Matt  was killed. What details did they give?
HIRSCH: So they said there had been these burglaries in the area over the last few days. And then someone reported that their RV was shot at  so police came to that area where they - and they found a cabin where  Richard Matt  had been. And Joseph D'Amico of the New York State Police detailed what happened next.
D'AMICO: A tactical team met up with  Matt  in the woods  challenged  him   and  he  was shot dead by border patrol at that time. We recovered a .20 gauged shotgun from  Matt 's body at the location.
MARTIN: What about the other convict  David Sweat? Do we assume  he 's still at large?
HIRSCH: Yes. So there's no reason to think  he  wasn't with  Richard Matt   but no one has actually reported seeing  him . And they said  he  could still be out there.
HIRSCH: Yeah. So these are men who committed some really brutal crimes. They're both convicted murderers serving life sentences. David Sweat murdered a sheriff's deputy. Richard Matt is convicted of two murders. And these were pretty brutal crimes.
Escaped N.Y.  Prisoner Richard Matt Fatally Shot By Police
[TGT]one of the escaped inmates from the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York  has been killed by police officers  reports say.
After nearly three weeks on the run  one of the two convicted murderers who broke out of a New York state prison has been killed. Officers tracked down  [TGT]in northern New York.  [TGT]  was shot near a cabin where investigators said earlier that they had found evidence of at least one of the escaped prisoners. Zach Hirsch of North Country Public Radio is on the line to talk about the latest developments. Hi  Zach.
MARTIN: New York governor  Andrew Cuomo  had a news conference tonight  and  along with police officials  spoke about how  [TGT]was killed. What details did they give?
HIRSCH: So they said there had been these burglaries in the area over the last few days. And then someone reported that their RV was shot at  so police came to that area where they - and they found a cabin where  [TGT]had been. And Joseph D'Amico of the New York State Police detailed what happened next.
D'AMICO: A tactical team met up with  [TGT]in the woods  challenged  [TGT]   and  he  was shot dead by border patrol at that time. We recovered a .20 gauged shotgun from  Matt 's body at the location.
MARTIN: What about the other convict  David Sweat? Do we assume  he 's still at large?
HIRSCH: Yes. So there's no reason to think  he  wasn't with  [TGT]   but no one has actually reported seeing  [TGT] . And they said  [TGT]  could still be out there.
HIRSCH: Yeah. So these are men who committed some really brutal crimes. They're both convicted murderers serving life sentences. David Sweat murdered a sheriff's deputy. Richard Matt is convicted of two murders. And these were pretty brutal crimes.