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Second New York State prison escapee David Sweat is in custody after being shot by police, US media report. | |
They say 35-year-old convicted murderer Sweat was captured near the Canadian border. | |
His prison-break partner Richard Matt, 49, was killed by police on Friday. | |
The two murderers escaped three weeks ago from the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora through the sewer system after using power tools to break out of their cell. | |
The spectacular escape set off a massive manhunt. | |
Prisoner worker Joyce Mitchell has been charged with aiding the inmates in their escape. | |
Prosecutors allege that she gave the men power tools that allowed them to saw through a steel cell wall before bashing a hole through a brick wall and crawling through. | |
Ms Mitchell denies the charges. | |
Matt was serving a prison sentence of 25 years to life for the killing and dismembering of his former boss. | |
Sweat was serving a life sentence for murdering a sheriff's deputy. | |
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