Daily Mail "'Shawshank'
escapee Richard Matt was captured and gunned down by cops after three
weeks on the run because he coughed while his partner managed to give
authorities the slip.
"The
convicted murderer, who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in
Dannemora, upstate New York, was shot dead by border protection guards
on Friday after they heard the criminal clear his throat in bushes next
to a cabin they were searching.
"The
officers thought it was animal noises at first, but after scouring the
hut in Malone, just south of the Canadian border, they came face-to-face
with the 49-year-old convict.
Matt,
armed with a stolen 20-gauge shotgun, refused to put his hands up when
ordered by police, so they opened fire and killed him at the scene.
"His
escape accomplice David Sweat is still on the loose, and authorities
have set up what they claim is their strongest perimeter of the search
in dense woodland 47 miles from the prison, but admit they still haven't
seen him.
"Helicopters,
sniffer dogs and a search team of hundreds from a variety of law
enforcement agencies are covering the area, and believe they have the
killer 'contained'."
The lady friend now called "Shawskank"
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