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That's when sweat took off, nearly making it to the woods when cook opened fire. >> the terrain is so dense, you can't see five feet in front of you. if sweat made the tree line he would have been gone. >> sweat and his deceased partner in crime, richard matt used pepper to throw off tracking dogs. >> we had difficulty tracking so it was effective in that respect. >> reporter: matt was killed in a shoot out with police. >> it was an extraordinary circumstance. the first escape in over 100 years, but one escape is one too many. >> reporter: now, chris, law enforcement saying because of where he...

It was fairly effective in that respect. >> the dramatic capture coming 48 hours after matt armed with a shotgun was killed in a shootout with police. >> it was an extraordinary circumstance and the first escape in over 100 years, but one escape is one escape too many. david sweat was unarmed when he was captured fop give you some perspective, he was about 16 miles away from where richard matt was shot and killed on friday afternoon. he was about two miles south of the canadian border. officials worry that is where he was heading. over the last three weeks, 1300 law enforcement officials were ...

His scent. as for matt, he too may have eluded police had it not been for critical mistakes including a sudden urge to cough just as officers moved in revealing his location. let's begin with our jean casarez. jean you were there last night, the breaking news as we just learned late in the day that the officers had indeed shot and killed richard matt. i wonder what the police presence is like where you are right now. >> reporter: well it's intense. it is very intense. it's an urgent manhunt, because they know that they got richard matt but now they are after david sweat. we have confirmed they...

A great point and we're right here where the search is on today. this is a manhunt that's been put into second gear today. this one man david sweat convicted murder is on the loose. behind me you see the checkpoint and people live beyond that checkpoint. there are residence there. of residence can get in. because of the checkpoint they're talked to and interviewed. their trunks are searched in the area. we know that law enforcement from the federal, state and local level and tribal police are out today. there's a silence today. we're not hearing the helicopters out above us. we know that the t...

It's hard to say. i think a quick reaction a quick decision sometimes. that's up to the officer's discretion. if he thinks he can catch the person at this point, i don't think there was necessarily anything to indicate any danger in terms of a weapon or anything like that. or a serious charges. so he may have thought to pursue the person. and if he thinks that he can catch the person that would certainly lend lend it to to him pursuing him. otherwise what we've tried to impress upon the officers is rather than pursuing them on foot call out the other resources, you've got other officers in the...