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One NY Escapee Killed by Border Patrol

posted by takyon on Saturday June 27 2015, @12:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the considered-armed-and-dangerous dept.

"gewg_" writes:

The Daily Beast reports

Escaped murderer Richard Matt was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent Friday after he and fellow escapee David Sweat tried to carjack a camper vehicle, law-enforcement [said]. [...] The camper's driver called 911 and authorities finally caught up to the men since they broke out of prison on June 6.

Matt was shot in the vicinity of Lake Titus, approximately 10 miles west of Owl's Head, where police said Monday they had found evidence that Matt and Sweat had broken into a cabin this week.

[...] A trail camera outside of nearby Whippleville [...] photographed both men and showed Matt holding a shotgun. [...] Matt was convicted for kidnapping, killing, and dismembering his boss in 1997 before fleeing to Mexico--where he fatally stabbed an American and was serving a 20-year sentence.

Related: How Two Escaped Killers Could Completely Disappear Off the Grid

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @02:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @02:35AM (#201959)

    They embarrassed the corrections system, the local police, county, state, and FBI. No way were they both going to come back alive whether they were dangerous or not. Now that they got their blood, will the other be taken in as a prize to parade on tv or will he come back in a bodybag too?

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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @02:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @02:41AM (#201962)

    Both are convicted murders who did not get the death penalty. It's never too late to fix that. One down, one to go.

  • (Score: 2) by Farkus888 on Saturday June 27 2015, @02:59AM

    by Farkus888 (5159) on Saturday June 27 2015, @02:59AM (#201967)

    Frein was arrested alive and relatively unscathed. The truth is the higher police forces are generally better behaved. Any local involved in this search will be on their best behavior hoping for a shot at moving up an agency. The public across the country knows the name and face of the fugitive. It is much safer for this guy than being unknown until after the arrest goes wrong like the cases of police abuse that lead to your distrust.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @03:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @03:10AM (#201968)

    Policy in Texas is to shoot escaped murders on sight. No chance of getting away this way.