Posted on 06/28/2015 1:00:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
MALONE – David Sweat was shot by a state trooper in the Town of Constable Sunday afternoon, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said.
Sweat is bleeding badly, according to the source who called his wounds “life-threatening.”
The Press-Republican also reported that David Sweat was shot. The paper said he is seriously wounded.
Constable is just north of Malone, where Matt was shot Friday afternoon, and just south of the Canadian border.
More than 1,300 federal, state and local officers were hunting for Sweat in the dense woods of Franklin County in the northern Adirondack Mountains.
More than a dozen state police cars were seen racing away from the Malone barracks shortly after 3 p.m.
Earlier Sunday, law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said David Sweat’s DNA was found on a pepper shaker in an area about a mile away from where Matt was shot.
But it was unclear as to whether Sweat was near Matt when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection tactical team opened fire on him with a semi-automatic weapon and shot him three times in the head.
The pepper shaker was found in an area where authorities believe Matt and Sweat were resting, the source said.
The pepper wasn’t for seasoning food, the law enforcement source said. Pepper is often used by people on the run who are trying to throw off K9 units. Ralph “Bucky” Phillips, who escaped from the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden, tried the same tactic when he was on the run in 2006.
The new DNA evidence is the best indicator that Sweat could still be in the dense woods of Franklin County, in the northern Adirondack Mountains.
As two days passed since Matt was killed, speculation had grown that Sweat had somehow eluded the hundreds of law officers searching for him.
The last time there was any confirmation of his whereabouts came last weekend when DNA tests confirmed both men had been at an Owls Head hunting camp reported burglarized on Saturday. Matt’s DNA turned up at another burglarized cabin in the area Wednesday, but they was no evidence – either forensic or sightings – of Sweat.
That was until the tests on the DNA from the campsite came back Friday.
In the meantime, autopsy results on Matt’s body came back that showed his three days on the run were grueling – and that he met a quick and bloody end.
“Dr. Michael Sikirica determined the cause of death to be severe skull fractures and brain injuries due to gunshot wounds to the head,” a statement from State Police about the autopsy results said.
Matt was shot three times by a Vermont-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection Tactical Unit member who discharged several rounds from a semi-automatic weapon, officials said.
Also, the autopsy, conducted Saturday at Albany Medical Center, revealed that Matt probably spent most of the last three weeks in the outdoors.
He was shot about 40 miles west of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, from which he and Sweat escaped through the pipes June 6.
Bug bites were found on Matt’s lower extremities, along with “blisters and minor abrasions consistent with living in the woods for three weeks,” the statement read.
The Buffalo News reported Sunday that Matt was also ill and drunk when he was shot. A law enforcement source revealed that soiled underwear was found Wednesday in a burglarized cabin. The DNA on the underwear was matched to Matt and indicated he was sick, possibly from drinking bad water or eating spoiled food. The source also said Matt’s body had a strong odor of alcohol. The owner of a cabin that had been burglarized found empty booze bottles.
Time to clean out the Prison. Fire the Superintendent, Fire all the guards that worked that block. This is utter buffoonery. Complacency and failed security.
I see police brutality protests coming up....but may be not, I don’t think Sharpton can find his way into town of Constable!
That lady prison guard friend of his did not supply him with a all terrain vehicle.
I can now understand why you are so messed up lol..
That’s right, all the criminal needs is a dumb and naive love starved woman guard.
What kind of warden was running the joint anyway?
hah! you people in Vermont keep electing Bernie Sanders as your senator.
Nys dept of corrections has experienced a dramatic reduction in workforce since Cuomo took office. Many items that retire are not rehired and many offices are working with 2/3 of their former numbers. My department has gone from 18 to 13 employees since he was elected.
Nys dept of corrections has experienced a dramatic reduction in workforce since Cuomo took office. Many items that retire are not rehired and many offices are working with 2/3 of their former numbers. My department has gone from 18 to 13 employees since he was elected.
The cops who shot Matt were not just cops, but a US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TACTICAL TEAM. Let that sink in...now isn’t amazing that they can find and plug a desperate felon trying to get OUT of the USA, through a thick forest, but they seem chronically unable to locate thousands upon thousands of illegals streaming IN across our southern border in a friggin’ DESERT???
You are absolutely right..if only these same Border Patrol Tactical Team agents were to work this hard on getting illegals OUT of America we might have something to work with here..but they don’t, because their hands are tied, Obama and his cronies have told them not to do their jobs, to make sure these illegals get in so there is not much they can do
Oddly enough, the media is ignoring that action, and going overboard on saluting the NYSP’s actions today. It is bizarre how little coverage the Customs takedown of the guy on Friday has received.
I noticed that as well! Doesn’t fit into the MSM template, so it goes down the memory hole;)
Squeal like a pig for me ;)
“Apparently the ambulance is waiting for a turtle to finish crossing the road.”
If I were the driver of that ambulance, I’d be inclined to wait for the turtle to cross the road and give additional time, just in case other turtles are looking to cross as well. I’d probably want to make a stop at a gas station and pick up a few provisions. It could be a wait out in those rough woods before Sweat is found. Oh, and might want to fill up and see about an oil change somewhere, too.
Difference is — they’re ALLOWED to catch the felon try to make his way out of the country.
Yes, but we also get when someone is joking around.
Shoulda killed him and saved the taxpayers a bundle of money.
They actually did an episode on prison escapees and various tricks to throw off the bloodhounds. They did try black pepper but the dogs weren’t fooled at all. I’d be curious to know if there is some technique to it or if this is just a cover-up of police ineptitude.
Two hits in the chest, running man, almost bled out - it's not like they didn't try.
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