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Sweat took a calculated risk that the chances were better in he simply got on to the road looking like an ordinary hunter and, you know, assuming that he was far up north, far enough north that he wouldn't be spotted and the sergeant alone and actually was the one who shot and took him down is remarkable. that he was only a mile and a half from the canadian border. which would have been another game changer. we have talked about the game changers a lot. all of this to me is remarkable and one thing to point out and that also is that the dna from matt and sweat was identified together a week ag...

Sergeant. he was establishing a perimeter post as a sergeant. he approached him. he did a fantastic job. i think he did a courageous and brave act of policing and the governor said we've commended him, and i couldn't be prouder of him. >> how did sweat get so far from that area in constable? how do you get up that way? >> you've been around here the last three weeks like we have. the terrain is so dense, you can't see five feet in front of you. if you stayed in the tree line you wouldn't have been able to see him from the road. it's not impossible. >> were there standing orders to the 1300 or ...

It took 22 days. but we can now confirm as of two days ago as you know mr. matt is deceased. and the other escapee mr. sweat is in custody. he's in stable condition. and we -- let's give a big round of applause to the men and women of law enforcement for doing a great job. [ applause ] it has been a long, long time. but as you've heard and the superintendent will go into further detail, mr. sweat was spotted by a new york state police sergeant. sergeant jay cook. he was approached this afternoon. the sergeant recognized mr. sweat. obviously, from his description. and encountered and engaged mr...

Talk to authorities? has he said anything either to the officer or the sergeant before getting shot and after since being taken into custody? >> well his injuries he was shot twice in the torso and he's considered in stable condition. he hasn't been interviewed by our investigators. obviously we're looking to interview him. there are a lot of blank spaces between the time they left dan he -- danna more prison. >> do you think someone who saw him was tipped off and that led to the officer finding him? >> not today. today it was routine patrol by the sergeant who spotted him on the side of the r...

Description. encountered and engaged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. mr. sweat went down help arrived and mr. sweat is in a hospital in stable condition. this happened a mile and a half. i had a chance to speak with sergeant cook on his great police work. he was alone when this happened. sergeant cook happens to be from troom troom. but he was still alone and it was a very courageous act. i said to sergeant cook who has two daurlts.