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Official: Escaped murderer Richard Matt is fatally shot by police, David Sweat still on run

One of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape from an upstate maximum-security prison three weeks ago was shot and killed Friday in a gunbattle with law enforcement officers in a wooded area

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Jun 26, 2015, 11:46 PM

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