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Sweat, who was hiding under a truck, said the deputy opened fire first. then sweat got to his feet and started firing. one of sweat s bullets hit tarsia in the stomach, reportedly striking his small intestine and a kidney. as the deputy struggled for his gun, sweat jumped into another vehicle and ran over the deputy, dragging him with the car across the parking lot. he was still alive when one of the other suspects then charged out of the woods, picked up the deputy s gun, which he had dropped, and shot him, point blank, twice, in the face. sweat was charged after police found a hand drawn map and sketch of the fireworks store with sweat s fingerprint on it. now sweat was also heading to prison, where he would meet richard matt for the first time, and, other inmates say, quickly become friends. the relationship made closer by the fact that both are housed in what s called the honor block at clinton correctional facility, a prison block reserved for inmates who have gone years without s ....
Perhaps just as cunning and dangerous was david sweat. at 35, he is supposed to spend the rest of his life behind bars here for killing sheriff s deputy kevin tarsia. after sweat and two other men had robbed a fireworks and gun store, the deputy confronted them. his sister spoke by phone with anderson cooper. i never put it out of my mind. i always think about what he did, and how awful this guy is. it was july 4th, 2002. deputy tarsia pulled into the parking lot where the men were parked. in court, the three suspects shared what happened next. sweat, who was hiding under a truck, said the deputy opened fire first. then sweat got to his feet and started firing. one of sweat s bullets hit tarsia in the stomach, reportedly striking his small intestine and a kidney. as the deputy struggled for his gun, sweat jumped into another vehicle and ran over the deputy, ....
Broken rickerson s neck. she said he told her it was an accident. perhaps just as countrying and dangerous was david sweat. at 35, he is supposed to spend the rest of his life behind bars here for killing sheriff s deputy kevin tarsia. after sweat and two other men had robbed a fireworks and gun store the deputy confronted them. his sister spoke by phone with anderson cooper. i never put it out of my mind. i always think about what he did, and how awful this guy is. it was july 4th, 2002. deputy tarsia pulled into the parking lot where the men were parked. in court, the three suspects shared what happened next. sweat, who was hiding under a truck, said the deputy opened fire first. then sweat got to his feet and started firing. one of sweat s bullets hit tarsia in the stomach, reportedly striking his small intestine and a kidney. ....
Sealed his fate saying he testified to her that he had broken rickerson s neck. she said he told her it was an accident. perhaps just as cunning and dangerous was david sweat. at 35, he is supposed to spend the rest of his life behind bars here for killing sheriff s deputy kevin tarsia. after they had ronald a fireworks and gun store, deputy tarsia confronted them. tarsia s sister spoke by phone with anderson cooper. i never put him out of my mind. i always think about what did he and how awful this guy is. it was july 4, 2002. deputy tarsia pulled into the parking lot where the men were parked. in court the three suspects shared what happened next. sweat who was hiding under a truck said the deputy opened fire first. then sweat got to his feet and started firing. one of sweat s bullets hit him ....
Sealed his fate testifying he confessed to her he had broken rickerson s neck. she said he told her it was an accident. perhaps just as cunning and dangerous was david sweat. at 35, he is supposed to spend the rest of his life behind bars here for killing sheriffs deputy kevin tarcia. after sweat and two with others robbed a fireworks store, the deputy confronted them. his sister spoke by phone to anderson cooper. i never put him out of my mind. i always think of what he did and how awful this guy is. reporter: it was july 4th, 2002, deputy tarsia pulled in to the parking lot where the men were parked. in court the three suspects shared what happened next. sweat who, was hiding under a truck, said the deputy opened fire first. then sweat got to his feet and started firing. one of sweat s bullets hid ....