2nd US Prison Escapee in Custody

David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, has been shot and taken into custody by U.S. law enforcement officials. Sweat was caught Sunday in the town of Constable, New York, near the Canadian border, two days after a federal agent shot and killed Richard Matt, the other escapee from a maximum security prison in New York. The second escapee was transported to a hospital but his condition was not immediately clear. No police officials were...

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