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Enforcement officers are facing as we speak, as they hunt down that lone remaining fugitive escapee in upstate new york. david sweat is still out there in the heavily wooded area just south of the canadian border. he is running by himself now after his partner in crime was gunned down by police. jean casarez is in malone new york where the shootout took place between the authorities and richard matt yesterday. now the hunt is on for david sweat. what are police saying in terms of when they last ...

Right after this first killing of matt so as time goes on and we drag into saturday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after matt was shot and killed you have to think people in this area are still wary because we dont know how long this will go. police say theyre closing in but who knows. >> you cannot let down your guard yet. thanks so much, chris pollone, appreciate it. lets bring in former fbi profiler candace delong. how difficult should bit for the police to close in on the remaining fugitive? >> ...

Of their efforts here in franklin county new york. not far from the canadian border. investigators have said from the beginning if a major crack in the case happened it would be with the help of the eyes and ears of the public. thats how investigators were led to an area not far from where i am standing here. a tactical team that essentially comprised of federal agents faced off with one of the agents richard matt. officials say he was armed with a shotgun. they confronted him friday afternoon. ...

You back to michael holmes in atlanta, georgia for other news. michael? >> many thanks to you, becky and the team on the ground in tunisia. the latest developments for the two escaped fugitives in the state of new york. police scouring the woods in up state new york leaving no stone unturned to track down david sweat. sweats accomplice richard matt was killed in a shootout with a tactical team. they found a 20 gauge shotgun next to his body. jean casarez has more on how they are tracking down ...

Top of what they believe to be the area of the remaining fugitive he is still at large and will likely be pursued well into the night. griffe jenkins is live in new york. he was inside the search perimeter. what do you know? >> we are just north of lake titus here on route 30. i went inside the perimeter with one of the locals here a guy checking on his daughter. she lives a quarter of a mile from where richard matt is believed to have been shot. where that happened was in the southwest part of ...

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To speculate. thats one of the things as investigators, you never want to speculate. i think if this fugitive is fought alive and hes debriefed i think a lot of it will come out of it. >> okay well zeke unger, thank you very much for weighing in. im sure well see you again before this is over. a bit later ill talk with a former u.s. marshal on where sweat could be and how matts death could affect his tactics. two activists are under arrest in south carolina after this happened. in columbia e...

Were waiting to get details in terms of the status of richard matt whether he is alive or not. also the status of david sweat, whether hes been taken into custody yet or not, but again last we heard, they were chasing him in an area. were trying to find out that area. all we know a couple minutes ago, everything started lighting up and two sources were calling in that in fact he has been shot. richard matt has been shot and david sweat is right now running, being chased by law enforcement, jake....

Steal a weapon or one of the weapons from the cabin. what is clear, according to sources, there was a shootout and richard matt was killed after an apparent carjacking. >> and the hunt is under way for david sweat. i want to get a closer look at the fugitive whos been killed. brian todd has more. >> weve been reporting on these two inmaids in details. heres what we know about richard matt. 49 years old, serving 25 years to life for kidnapping and beating to death his former boss. ricker sons bod...

Fugitive hunt when you are looking for two killers. but now when there is solid information they may have a gun in their hand i think every officer in that area was ready to deal with a threat if he or she saw it. and apparently at least in one and perhaps -- perhaps -- in a second case that may have happened within the last hour. >> and if i may get an analysis from you, clint van zandt, on what sweat is going through right now. is it harder for him to elude? how does his situation change right...