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Maximum security prison. sergeant jay cook spotted someone walking down the road in constable south of the canadian border. cook approached sweat who fled toward the tree line. at that point, sergeant cook fired twice striking sweat. sweat has been taken to the albany medical center. he was found in the spot some 16 miles north of the place where richard matt was killed by a tactical team two days earlier. no word from investigators on when sweat and matt may have broken apart and if sweat was w...

Richard matt he was shot and killed on friday. a crowd cheered governor andrew cuomo. you can hear the cheering as he announced the nightmare is over. >> today ends with good news. these were dangerous men. both matt and sweat. they were killers. mr. matt killed at least two people. mr. sweat killed the sheriffs deputy in broom county in a savage way. these were dangerous people. we could not tolerate them being on the loose. >> fortunate no one was injured during the three-week manhunt. cnns al...

Border. >> david sweats condition has been downgraded from stable to critical. he has been seen by trauma and vascular surgeons where he was taken and air lifted because they could not handle his injuries. those injuries were suffered during a show down between sweat and long time police sergeant jay cook. he was on patrol when he spotted sweat and called out to him. >> he spotted a mail that was jogging along the side of the road. he recognized him to be david sweat and he was likely to make it...

They were killers. mr. matt killed at least two people. mr. sweat killed a sheriffs deputy in broom county in a savage way. we could not tolerate them being on the loose. >> cnns alexandra field has the latest. >> reporter: christine, john, a trooper hailed as a hero by governor cuomo. the fugitive on the run after three weeks after breaking out of prison. sergeant jay cook alone on the patrol when he spotted someone in the town of constable, two miles south of the canadian border. cook approach...

The markets in the region are down across the board. most of them down more than 2%. that includes shan highghai the nikkei and the hang seng. we will look at that more in the next 30 minutes. after more than three weeks and hundreds of law enforcement officers scouring new york state a massive manhunt is finally over. cop killer david sweat is in critical condition at a new york hospital this hour after being taken down near the canadian border by a lone sergeant on foot patrol. >> he was sho...

People. mr. sweat killed a sheriffs deputy in broom county in a savage way. these were dangerous people. we could not tolerate them being on the loose. >> cnns alexandra field at the scene of the capture with the latest. >> reporter: christine, john, a singleton new york trooper hailed as a hero guy governor cuomo. he captured david sweat. on the run for three weeks. sergeant jay cook alone on a patrol when he spotted someone walking down a road in the town of constable two miles south of the ca...

Enforcement effort that was out there, again the collaboration, the resources or lack thereof for richard matt and david sweat, i just thought they were running out of time. i knew it was different to survive in a wooded area just as different for law enforcement to find them as for those guys to survive. indeed. chief, you know jay cook the man who spotted sweat on sunday and finally took him down. how is he doing today? >> um i talked to his brother around noon. he told me he hadnt slept all n...

The fbi launching an investigation into whether convicted killers richard matt and david sweat were part of a drug trafficking ring. possibly a heroin ring. we will have more in a moment. david sweat shot and captured by police yesterday. tonight is in serious condition. speaking though for the first time about his escape. here is what he is telling investigators. he is talking about life on the run with richard matt. he is telling them how they planned their getaway. here is a picture of sweat ...

Sweat to the area here in upstate new york. eventually richard matt confronting agents there at the start of this weekend. eventually shooting and killing the suspect there and yesterday, again, that major break in the case and the arrest of david sweat here in new york. just to add perspective here if things were so close. off in the distance here not too far beyond that tree line is the u.s./canadian border. there was major concern he is so close to escape. instead, two shots from jay cook res...

Being an escaped murderer that mr. cook was justified in using deadly force to apprehend him. >> that manhunt has come to an end. richard matt was shot and killed on friday. good morning, bring us up to date. >> reporter: good morning, francis. this three-week manhunt ended and it ended right here, a mile and a half from the canadian border. david sweat walking down this road. sergeant jay cook on patrol by himself. he saw him and said can i help you? sweat started to run and he shot him in the ...