David Sweat, the surviving prisoner on the run in New York, has been shot and captured alive two miles from the Canadian border.
He was shot twice in the torso after
an officer patrolling the area spotted him brazenly jogging down the
road wearing head-to-toe camouflage.
Sergeant Jay Cook, a 21-year
veteran, got out his vehicle to question the man before recognizing
Sweat. Told to stop, Sweat broke into a run. When he got near a line of
trees, almost vanishing from sight, Cook opened fire.
Sweat was treated by first
responders at the scene then transported to Alice Hyde Medical Center, a
small hospital in Malone, New York, just 40 miles from Clinton
Correctional Facility, where he broke free on June 6.
At 6.25pm, Sweat, with an IV in his
arm, was wheeled out of the emergency unit in a stable condition and
placed in an ambulance bound for the larger Albany Medical Center, 200
miles south.
The ambulance, with a heavy escort
of state police vehicles, left eight minutes later. Local residents
cheered as he left. 'We got you b*****d,' shouted one woman.
Sweat's capture comes two days after
his fellow fugitive, double killer Richard Matt, was shot dead by
police after leaving a clumsy trail of candy wrappers and liquor bottles
in his wake as they fled authorities.
It is believed they were using black pepper stolen from hunting cabins to throw police dogs off their scent.
Addressing reporters on Sunday night, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said: 'The nightmare is finally over.'
source: linda ikeji blog
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