Harrisburg on a daily basis. Id like to thank the Border Patrol , our customs, the fbi, the marshals, the atf, our federal partners, the Chester CountyDistrict Attorney deb ryan and her chief county detective, dave sasser, our Municipal Partners are too numerous to mention here in chester montgomery, delaware , la and bucks counties. We could not have done this without without everyone. I would like to thank from the bottom of our hearts the members of the marlin fire company. I know the media has been in and out of here. The hospitality that they have shown us, the logistics that you need to bring to bear in an operation like this, we would have been hard pressed to do that without them being good hosts to us. Lastly but certainly not least in any way, shape or form to the women and men of the Pennsylvania State police. Thank you. Thank you for your hard work and your diligence. This is my third manhunt with Lieutenant Colonel george bivens. Its not lost on me that it was nine years to the day yesterday for the Blooming Grove ambush. And in all of those operational cycles, there is no person who enjoys more of my trust and confidence. He was tasked with standing this operation up. My confidence in him is marrow deep. He is the consummate professional, and i would now like to turn it over to Lieutenant Colonel bivens to give you the operational rundown of the capture of cavalcante. Lieutenant colonel bivens. Thank you, governor. Thank you, colonel. It is a true pleasure to stand here this morning and talk to all of you about bringing this manhunt to a successful conclusion and without getting anyone else hurt. Most importantly, none of this would be possible, all without the support of this. By up here by others standing throughout this fire hall and by still more who are out there in the field. So let me give you a few details about how this unfolded. As you know, we have been working most recently in a perimeter established in northern Chester County last night, shortly after midnight, a series of events started to unfold. First, we had a Burglar Alarm on at a residence near preiser road. And within the perimeter. To our people investigated that did not did not find cavalcante. There or anyone else. But it brought it started to bring some of our people into that area where we had been searching an area not far from there already with some tactical teams that night there was an aircraft overhead utilizing a flare technology and close to 1 a. M. Picked up a heat signal so that they began to track was west of pa 100 and north of preiser road. Tactical teams began to converge on that location where the heat source was moving. Unfortunate shortly we had a weather system that also came in and we had lightning that was flashing all around and it caused the aircraft to have to depart the area. Tactical teams made a decision to secure that area, that smaller area, as best they could and hold it through the storm. And until we could bring Additional Resources in and bring aircraft back overhead to ensure that we did not have an issue with an escape, that resumed early this morning and shortly after 8 a. M, a tactical teams converged on the area where the heat source was. They were able to move in very quietly. We they had the element of surprise. Cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred, and that did not stop him from trying to escape. He began to crawl through thick underbrush, taking his rifle with him as he went. One of the customs and Border Control teams bortac had a dog with them. They released the dog. Some of our psp cert members were also there. Had him surrounded and the dogs subdued him and team members from both of those teams immediately moved in. He continued to resist it but was forcibly taken into custody. No one was injured and as a result of that excuse me, he did sustain a minor bite wound and we had medical personnel at the scene. And they they took a look at that. Cavalcanti was, as i said, taken into custody. He was transported to our avondale station for further processing and interview. And he will ultimately be transferred to a State Correctional Institute where he will be housed and begin to serve his life sentence. In just a few minutes, ill open this up to some questions, but i before i do that, i want to turn this over to one of our very close partners District Attorney deb ryan. I know she would like to say a few words and again then well be happy to take your questions following that. Thank you. Lieutenant colonel bivins, today is a great day here in Chester County. Our nightmare is finally over. And the good guys won. We owe a debt of gratitude to all of the First Responders for their tireless and dedicated efforts in bringing this fugitive to justice. They worked around the clock and we are deeply grateful to all of them. Our community can finally regain its normalcy and breathe a collective sigh of relief. This would not have happened without the collaboration and efforts on behalf of a multitude of agencies. I need to thank the governor, colonel parris, Lieutenant Colonel bivins, for his unflappable and dedicated leadership of the us marshals, the Chester County detectives, the fbi, us custom and Border Patrol, the department of emergency services, the sheriffs department, and every Single Person who went out into the field in the most horrendous conditions as we had weather problems, we had terrain problems and a and a ton of obstacles that prevented our capture from occurring as as expediently as we wanted. We have the best people in the business and we never lost faith that this capture would occur. We knew that it was just a matter of time. The scope of this manhunt was extremely impressive. The brave men and women who went there went out there every single day are our heroes. And i am proud to be a part of this collective team of people who worked around the clock to bring this man to justice during this monumental challenge. They utilize every piece of advanced Technology Sea dogs, drones, helicopters, every asset available was put out for this capture. I cant express our gratitude. Deep enough to all of them and to the community for their support. We received dozens and dozens of donations, wellwishes and kind support from everyone in the community, and we thank this firehouse for housing us. We know we disrupted their lives for a while. One of the first calls we made upon learning about this capture was to the brandao family, who, as you can imagine, had been living in a complete nightmare. They are so grateful to the men and women who helped with this capture. They can now finally sleep again. I cant thank Law Enforcement enough for their efforts. Thank you. Okay. With that, we will be happy to take your questions. Yes with the helicopter overboard, we saw the arrest taking place. There was some criticism about the photo op that was taken with the fugitive. Can you explain how thats actually a standard procedure or whats the reasoning behind the photo op with the fugitive . You know, im aware that there was a photo op that was taken out there, those men and women worked amazing hard through some very trying circumstances. Theyre proud of their work. Im not bothered at all by the fact that they took a photograph with him in custody. Again, theyre proud of their work. They kept the community safe. I say thanks to them. And good job, sir. You, sir. Did he say anything at the moment that he was captured and you released the name of the k9 officer who bit him during his capture . We will probably not be releasing the name. And in terms of anything that he said, we need to use an interpreter. And he has been taken back to the station. And at that point, we will attempt to interview him at the avondale station upon catch anything, it all. Im not aware of it. If he did, i dont have that information. If your officers were authorized to use lethal force if he didnt actively surrender , was the goal to always take him in alive . Thats always our first, first choice and preference. Again, that option is only to prevent the escape of a very dangerous individual. Had they not been able to contain him, that would have remained an option. Who successfully made the arrest . Which organization . It was a combination. It was a combined group of the Border Patrol and psp got 1 00 went into the van. He was stripped and had his cat does photograph. Is that normal procedure . Yes. The thermal imaging happened at 1 00. Was he in the same location when you found him . Wait, im sorry. Youd asked first man. Well, he asked me when he found him. He was proned out. Im not. Ive not been told that he was asleep. Im told that he was proned out trying to hide and then began to crawl away within the same location. When you got the thermal imaging at one, you found that it was in that close proximity to that . Yes. What was helping him. No one was assisting him at that point . No, sir. What was the agency that was flying the helicopter that first spotted the heat . That was the dea and that was a fixed wing aircraft. Were you worried as Law Enforcement that you had to down the plane and there could be another chance for escape . I mean, thats obviously the plane had to land, but what kind of risk does that did you have to calculate with . Well, you know, as ive told you throughout this investigation, there are always things we have to contend with. Everything isnt scripted and doesnt go perfectly. And so its just another challenge. Worried, i dont think, is the word that i would use. We simply had to adapt. And so we secured that inner perimeter while always keeping our outer perimeter secure so that if he did manage to get out of that inner, we would box him in yet again. How tough an adversary was he . Youve led some very high profile, difficult manhunts. How tough an adversary was he compared to some of the others . You know, i dont know that he was particularly skilled. He was desperate. And ive said that all along. You have an individual whose choice is go back to prison and spend the rest of your life in a place you dont want to be or continue to try and evade capture. He chose to evade capture. He was in good shape, obviously be able to climb, as you saw, to get out of prison. But but ultimately, as i said all along, we had an amazing team assembled here, capabilities that are just very formidable. And i was confident all along that he would eventually be captured. And ultimately, this team and i credit all of them for bringing together their collective experience, the resources and being able to apply that and capture him. Its never easy to find someone who doesnt want to be found in a very large area. So there was previously you said you were reserving comment on if anybody was helping him throughout the search. I know you said no one helped him this morning. Can you say now that hes in custody, whether he received help these last 13 days . There were people who were intent and intent did to assist him. We had been successful to the best of my knowledge. We had been successful in preventing that assistance from reaching him. That a good assessment . Yes, there had been some frustration, some criticism from the public as this was stretching on. Now that its over, do you consider this anything other than a success . No, it was absolutely a success. And i got to tell you, i think by and large, the public stayed amazingly supportive. I had some third grade students stop by yesterday and drop off letters and notes of support for all of these responders. We put them out for them to see at Briefing Time and things. Thats the kind of support we saw from this community. There will always be criticism. There will always be people who think they can do this job better and theyre entitled to that opinion. What i would tell you is, again, i put my faith in this group of experts, this group of seasoned Law Enforcement professionals that dedicated men and women, not only of the Pennsylvania State police, but of all of the other Partner Agencies who went out there every day. Ill put my money on them. Any day of the week. And i believe the Community Supported them and continues to be charged with escape. And when will those charges be filed . Well be discussing with the District Attorney what, if any, charges will be filed. But but for right now, again, there is commitment and he is going to begin serving his life sentence at a state correctional institution. He was his sister. Now she is in the deeper station proceedings that will proceed as had been initiated. Im sorry, i got the eagles hoodie from. I do not. Other than the rifle. What did he out with it . Did he have anything else . Just the clothing and things that he was wearing. Did he did he attempt to try to engage . He did not have an opportunity to. No, sir. Were on the ground as converged. I dont have an exact number, but looking at the teams we were sending in there were in the immediate vicinity. It was probably. 20 to 25. And can you tell us more about what those 20 to 25 looked like . Do they have specific armor . So there you have it, a successful conclusion to this manhunt without any injuries. In the words of the da, this is a great day in Chester County. Our nightmare is finally over. And the good guys won with the capture of 34 year old convicted killer danilo cavalcante. I want to bring in trevor ault, who has been with us from the beginning. Trevor, i think we can all say with confidence that there is just tremendous relief throughout this community. There in Chester County. Absolutely, lindsay. And weve been hearing that from the residents here how disruptive this search has been, especially with how centered it has been only about 25, 30 miles from Chester County prison. There were a lot of people that were expressing their frustration and their fear as they are seeing not only the fact that an escaped murderer was potentially be surrounding their home, but also Law Enforcement moving in and out of the community constantly. And were talking about upwards of 500 Law Enforcement officers and this search finally coming to a conclusion after nearly two weeks. And i think there are a few things that are very telling. Number one, how difficult this terrain is. This is a heavily wooded area. There are a lot of state parks, a lot of crowded fields, corn fields and things like that. It is very easy to hide. Even if cavalcante is spotted. And we know there were more than a dozen confirmed sightings, he still was able to hide over and over again. But it also speaks to the fact that Law Enforcement was steadfast, even as he would slip away. And occasionally he broke through their perimeter. That happened on at least two occasions. They believed that they were able to keep him contained and now, after 13 days on the run, he was still arrested in the same county, Chester County, about 25 or 30 miles away from the prison. I asked them inside, you may have heard, do you consider this anything other than a success . And they said this is absolutely just a success, taking in this dangerous criminal, especially given that he was able to obtain a weapon, that 22 caliber rifle laws. Law enforcement is very satisfied. And certainly, as you have pointed out, this community can finally breathe easy after whats been a wild two weeks. Lindsay and trevor, we heard about those terrain difficulties. But also in this press conference, they talked about the weather conditions last night. Explain those different incidents that they were saying last night led up to this starting out with that Burglar Alarm that was triggered and then they had that heat sensor. But then the difficulties that they had keeping an eye on that through the night, its actually very interesting. Lindsay, because what this means is that a crucial factor in this search, not just overnight, but over the entirety of it, was the weather. I mean, we reported last week as the search was ongoing, they had the helicopter up in the air and they had those thermal imaging cameras. But it was so hot they werent able to detect the difference in the heat signature from cavalcante himself to the area surrounding it so that rendered that thermal imaging at least a little bit useless for the time being. Since then, the temperatures have cooled off a little bit and then after sunset, they said last night they had the burglary alarm. They went into that area, they got aerial views from it. They looked down, detected that heat signature. You mentioned the weather incident. So last night there were some storms. And once lightning came in, they had to take that aerial equipment down for the evening. At least they were hopeful that they had that area contained. We heard from the Lieutenant Colonel. They moved in. A lot of their resources to contain that area. A very small portion of it. Once again this morning, once the storms moved out, which is about 6 00, 7 00 or so, as we as we were getting up this morning, we know that they sent the Aerial Imaging back up. It appears that he was in largely the same area, potentially even sleeping. But according to the Lieutenant Colonel lying down in a very heavily wooded area, very clearly trying to hide. And then they slowly were able to move in to the point that he was completely surprised. And they say and they were able to bring him in with minimal injuries. Lindsay they say other than a dog bite, the only injury. Trevor, our thanks to you throughout this whole manhunt. And were going to now return you to your regularly programing schedu