He was shot in the vicinity of Lake Titus, N.Y., near the Canadian border. The second escapee, David Sweat, is still on the run, with police in close pursuit.
Dozens of law enforcement vehicles were converging on an area south of Malone, 27 miles (43 km) northwest of the Clinton Correctional Facility, from which the pair staged an elaborate escape that was discovered on June 6.
The two convicted killers were believed to have been headed for Canada after searchers in the third week of the manhunt found items they had dropped, police said on Friday.DNA testing on the undisclosed items was underway to see if it matched Sweat and Matt, said New York State Police Major Charles Guess.
The maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., is about 20 miles (30 km) from Canada."They dropped some items and left others behind," Guess said at a news conference earlier Friday in Malone, New York, about 35 miles (55 km) northwest of the prison and about 10 miles (15 km) from the Canadian border. He declined to identify the items or say where or when they were found.
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