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David Sweat shot by trooper, bleeding badly
Buffalo News ^ | June 28, 2015

Posted on 06/28/2015 1:00:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

MALONE – David Sweat was shot by a state trooper in the Town of Constable Sunday afternoon, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said.

Sweat is bleeding badly, according to the source who called his wounds “life-threatening.”

The Press-Republican also reported that David Sweat was shot. The paper said he is seriously wounded.

Constable is just north of Malone, where Matt was shot Friday afternoon, and just south of the Canadian border.

More than 1,300 federal, state and local officers were hunting for Sweat in the dense woods of Franklin County in the northern Adirondack Mountains.

More than a dozen state police cars were seen racing away from the Malone barracks shortly after 3 p.m.

Earlier Sunday, law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said David Sweat’s DNA was found on a pepper shaker in an area about a mile away from where Matt was shot.

But it was unclear as to whether Sweat was near Matt when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection tactical team opened fire on him with a semi-automatic weapon and shot him three times in the head.

The pepper shaker was found in an area where authorities believe Matt and Sweat were resting, the source said.

The pepper wasn’t for seasoning food, the law enforcement source said. Pepper is often used by people on the run who are trying to throw off K9 units. Ralph “Bucky” Phillips, who escaped from the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden, tried the same tactic when he was on the run in 2006.

The new DNA evidence is the best indicator that Sweat could still be in the dense woods of Franklin County, in the northern Adirondack Mountains.

As two days passed since Matt was killed, speculation had grown that Sweat had somehow eluded the hundreds of law officers searching for him.

The last time there was any confirmation of his whereabouts came last weekend when DNA tests confirmed both men had been at an Owls Head hunting camp reported burglarized on Saturday. Matt’s DNA turned up at another burglarized cabin in the area Wednesday, but they was no evidence – either forensic or sightings – of Sweat.

That was until the tests on the DNA from the campsite came back Friday.

In the meantime, autopsy results on Matt’s body came back that showed his three days on the run were grueling – and that he met a quick and bloody end.

“Dr. Michael Sikirica determined the cause of death to be severe skull fractures and brain injuries due to gunshot wounds to the head,” a statement from State Police about the autopsy results said.

Matt was shot three times by a Vermont-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection Tactical Unit member who discharged several rounds from a semi-automatic weapon, officials said.

Also, the autopsy, conducted Saturday at Albany Medical Center, revealed that Matt probably spent most of the last three weeks in the outdoors.

He was shot about 40 miles west of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, from which he and Sweat escaped through the pipes June 6.

Bug bites were found on Matt’s lower extremities, along with “blisters and minor abrasions consistent with living in the woods for three weeks,” the statement read.

The Buffalo News reported Sunday that Matt was also ill and drunk when he was shot. A law enforcement source revealed that soiled underwear was found Wednesday in a burglarized cabin. The DNA on the underwear was matched to Matt and indicated he was sick, possibly from drinking bad water or eating spoiled food. The source also said Matt’s body had a strong odor of alcohol. The owner of a cabin that had been burglarized found empty booze bottles.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: canada; captured; constable; davidsweat; jailbreak; leo; malone; manhunt; newyork; richardmatt
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To: SamAdams76

Drudge seems to take weekends off


101 posted on 06/28/2015 2:34:59 PM PDT by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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To: ALASKA

You’d think he could afford by now to hire a helper.


102 posted on 06/28/2015 2:36:27 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: TomGuy

Her position???....Is that an unintended pun?


103 posted on 06/28/2015 2:36:53 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (s)
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To: Ditter

Read this...It tells you everything about this slimebag.......

http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/public-safety/2015/06/10/david-sweats-brutal-path-prison/71017500/


104 posted on 06/28/2015 2:37:35 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 19 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I thinking it is bad copping. The cop needs to go back to the range for practice.


105 posted on 06/28/2015 2:39:41 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: prisoner6
After a week of horrible news...finally, something good.

Amen to that.

106 posted on 06/28/2015 2:42:22 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

There are concerns that these 2 broke into some of the isolated cabins in the area. There might be persons they encountered who were hurt or even killed.

Officials have been recommending that people who have friends/relatives in those cabins contact them to see if they are safe.


107 posted on 06/28/2015 2:42:55 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Bad guy, he,s toast now.


108 posted on 06/28/2015 2:52:27 PM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: TomGuy

Seems like her position was flat on her back.


109 posted on 06/28/2015 2:55:36 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Liberals are like the Taliban and ISIS....destroying cultural icons they don't like.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Think about it. Scumbag kills a cop. The cops catch him. The court puts his ass in jail and the guards let him out. Who needs a parole board?.


110 posted on 06/28/2015 2:56:33 PM PDT by jmacusa
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To: Ditter

Regarding Matt, see post #44.

As for Sweat, he murdered a sheriff’s deputy, correct?


111 posted on 06/28/2015 2:57:20 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Liberals are like the Taliban and ISIS....destroying cultural icons they don't like.)
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To: jmacusa

LOL! I know right.


112 posted on 06/28/2015 2:57:32 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 19 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Knees, too, per some recent articles.


113 posted on 06/28/2015 3:04:34 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: PROCON

Oh gee, I hope they didn’t expend more than 7 bullets apprehending the POS. Cuomo will get his panties in a wad!


114 posted on 06/28/2015 3:06:30 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Sweat shot by trooper, bleeding badly

He should do his best.

(what, no tears)

115 posted on 06/28/2015 3:06:31 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
-Matt was also ill and drunk when he was shot.-

Ill and drunk is no way to go through life, son!

116 posted on 06/28/2015 3:10:42 PM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

In the laundry room...between the sheets.


117 posted on 06/28/2015 3:38:31 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (s)
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To: GreyFriar

lol


118 posted on 06/28/2015 3:40:19 PM PDT by ecomcon
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To: rinf
Wouldn't that be an "assault weapon"?

No. That is a "patrol rifle". Yours is an "assault weapon".

119 posted on 06/28/2015 3:44:33 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Paisan

But could he eat fifty eggs?


120 posted on 06/28/2015 3:50:19 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ JR.R. Tolkien)
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