when you're out there and chasing a suspect like jay cook. jay cook got out of his car. if you don't want to hurt that person, you can probably shoot that person but you may not kill that person. he hit that guy sweat twice in the upper torso, the upper area of the back. so he survived but it's very difficult to shoot a person and you're running after him. >> i want to bring our guest on set, because i have the rare opportunity to have two law enforcement members who have similar experiences. >> you know what you were passing me a note to talk about what's involved in that type of. have you reached that treeline? you might have turned around if he had a weapon. it's an interesting situation how that sergeant sergeant jay cook was able to take this guy not knowing, perhaps, everything. >> in the '90s, i was involved in a shooting with several police officers. i thank god there were a lot of officers that were able to come to the scene. he was firing his weapon at. . it's the most frightening thing in the world, harris the most frightening thing in the world. fortunately f

when you're out there and chasing a suspect like jay cook. jay cook got out of his car. if you don't want to hurt that person, you can probably shoot that person but you may not kill that person. he hit that guy sweat twice in the upper torso, the upper area of the back. so he survived, but it's very difficult to shoot a person and you're running after him. >> i want to bring our guest on set, because i have the rare opportunity to have two law enforcement members who have similar experiences. >> you know what, you were passing me a note to talk about what's involved in that type of. have you reached that treeline? you might have turned around if he had a weapon. it's an interesting situation how that sergeant, sergeant jay cook, was able to take this guy not knowing, perhaps, everything. >> in the '90s, i was involved in a shooting with several police officers. i thank god there were a lot of officers that were able to come to the scene. he was firing his weapon at. . it's the most frightening thing in the world, harris, the most frightening thing in the world. fortunat

sweat was spotted by a new york state sergeant, is sergeant jay cook. he was approached this afternoon but the sergeant recognized mr. sweat. obviously from his description. he engaged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point, the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. mr. sweat went down. help arrived plane sweat is now in a hospital in stable condition. this happened a mile and a half from the canadian borderer in the town of constable. i had the chance to speak with sergeant cook and congratulate him on his great police work. he was alone when this happened. sergeant cook happens to be from troop b, which is this area. he knew the area very well. he was still alone and was a very courageous act. i said to sergeant cook, who has two daughters, 16 and 17, i said, well, you go home tonight, and tell your daughters you are a hero. with teenager girls that will probably last a good 24 hours and then you will go back to being a regular dad as i well

the new york state police say sergeant jay cook a firearms instructor part of the team on the search, saw him walking down the street, thought he was suspicious and stopped him and he then started to run. that is when police say sweat was shot at least twice in the back and he now is undergoing surgery at a hospital in ma lend ending the three week long desperate search if the two killers and rich mat was shot and killed by a boarder patrol agent on friday and they say he had a shotgun we do not know if this was gun play or if sweat was armed. we are expecting more details in the next 45 minutes from new york governor question me who will brief the media and rick is there, at the ski hodge in malone not far from the hospital. rick has been on the story from the beginning and has the latest. a tremendous day for law enforcement and clearly a day of relief thousands of manhour spent on the manhunt since they escaped back on june 6 after midnight and they have been on the run for 23 days and rich matt for 21 when captured and shot and killed in an area near this location a few miles from

this man, jay cook. and he was also spotted and shot just a mile and a half from the canadian border. sweat, take a look at the picture, dressed in camouflage. we are told he was not armed. another remarkable detail we just learned, police say that he may have been using pepper, just typical pepper, they say picnic style pepper shakers, to cover up their scent and they say that is why they believe their bloodhounds having such a hard time following the scent trail consistently of the two men. we know that david sweat was in the town of constable, new york. this is a very rural, rural area. his capture now brings to an end a three-week-long manhunt this has gripped the nation and gripped certainly the people that live in that area. as you will remember, just about 48 hours ago, friday, late afternoon, that is when his acome place richard matt was shot and killed. for the first time, we are hearing from david sweat's mother. her name pamela sweat. her first interview since her son was captured. watch. >> i

new york state police sergeant jay cook. it was officer cook who spotted sweat near a barn in constable, new york, just two miles from the canadian border. but when sweat took off running, sergeant cook took off after him and shot him twice in the torso. the other deal has been emotionally draining for all parties and that includes david sweat's mother, pamela sweat. she gave an exclusive interview to twc news in binghamton to share her thoughts on her son's capture and the nerve-wracking manhunt. >> it was really rough. with me i couldn't hardly sleep at night and every time one of the cars would move i'd be jumpy. just hoping he would turn himself in. i felt like a big lift was off my shoulders that he was captured and he is alive. he's been in jail all this time. he should have just stayed there. instead of leaving with that other guy. my son knows that if he would have came here i would have knocked him out and had them guys take them to jail because that's just the way i am. i've always done it to him when he was bad. h

sergeant jay cook is with the new york state police. we are told that officer was not hurt in the take do you knowwn. we also heard no other officers were hurt. andrew cuomo is expected to give a press conference at 6:45. vincent, your reaction to police 48 hours after police shot and killed matt the fellow convict, police were able to shoot david sweat. >> i think his name is fitting, sweat. for three weeks he's been sweating bullets hoping not to be caught. of course the public was praying he was caught. today the efforts of law enforcement paid off by capturing him, wounded him but keeping him alive so he can provide information to how these two escaped, who is involved and what was what the ultimate plan was. >> do you think he will talk? >> i think he will. he's looking at additional charges for the escape that could add to many years of confinement for him. i think he'll break and say i don't want to be in the cell 23 24 hours a day. we want freedom behind bars. i think he will talk. i think there's more than palmermiller involved

sergeant jay cook. he was approached this afternoon. the sergeant recognized mr. sweat, obviously from his description. he encountered and engaged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon, hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. mr. sweat went down. help arrived, and mr. sweat is now in a hospital in stable condition. this happened a mile and a half from the canadian border. in the town of constable. i had the chance to speak with sergeant cook and congratulate him on his great police work. he was alone when this happened. sergeant cook happens to be from troop "b," which is this area. so he knew the area very well. but he was still alone, and it was a very courageous act. i said to sergeant cook, who has two daughters, 16 and 17, i said, "well, you go home tonight and tell your daughters that you're a hero. with teenage girls, that will probably last a good 24 hours, and then you'll just go back to being a regular dad, as i well know." this was an extrao

cook. he was on patrol by himself when he spotted sweat and appear hebldrehended him. once sweat is treated for his wounds and recovers he will be heading back to prison but not to the same prison he escaped from. the department of corrections says they have already got a spot reserved for him in another maximum security prison but they're not telling us where. carl? >> nbc's john yang in malone new york tonight. john, thanks. >>> >> there was a stunning explosion over the skies of cape canaveral today. an unmanned rocket bringing supplies to the international space station blew up just two minutes into its flight. it's another setback for nasa and spacex, the company that will one day carry astronauts into orbit. here's tom costello. >> one mission sequence start and liftoff. >> ignition sequence start. liftoff of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> reporter: cast against a deep blue sky, what appeared to be a perfect liftoff from cape canaveral. on the beaches blow, spectators had gathered to

jay cook saw a suspicious man joshing down a road. when confronted sweat ran across an open field and cook opened fire to prevent him from reaching a heavily wooded area. >> bang bang. >> the end of the manhunt coming close to michael doil's window. >> where have never seaver 40 or 50 cop cars and 300 or 400 guys ss ss run up the road with knuns. >> sweat was shot twice. skikd 16 miles south and two days earlier, richard matt was shot and killed by police. autopsy results said matt died of three gunshots to the head. it's not known when or where the pair split up but sweat's dna was found on an object not far from where matt was killed. >> it was a picnic style pepper shakers, and we believe that possibly these two males were using pepper to throw the scent off of the dogs who were tracking them. >> relief and celebration was evident in governor andrew cuomo spoke publicly sunday night. >> the escapees have been dealt with. you couldn't have a better ending. >> investigators are very eager to question sweat. he's really the only perso

jay cook made the capture of david sweat. he broke out three weeks of the maximum security prison. sergeant jay cook spotted someone walking down the road in constable south of the canadian border. cook approached sweat who fled toward the tree line. at that point, sergeant cook fired twice striking sweat. sweat has been taken to the albany medical center. he was found in the spot some 16 miles north of the place where richard matt was killed by a tactical team two days earlier. no word from investigators on when sweat and matt may have broken apart and if sweat was with matt at the time he was shot and killed. john. >> thank you, alexandra. dannemora residents cleared. they also breathed sighs of relief. they were triple checking locks and many slept with guns to be safe. as for david sweat, if he survives officials say his life will change permanently. >> his privileges will be limited. no more honor block. no more freedom of working in a tailor shop. he will be basically 24/7 lockdown for the rest of his life. >> what about some of the others? guard gene palmer has been charged

>> i spoke with sergeant jay cook yesterday, he's local troop b member. we're proud of him. he took the appropriate action necessary, which in this case does involve the use of deadly physical force if necessary. he didn't just leap right to the step protocol. he immediately commanded him to stop. he made positive identification that it was, in fact inmate sweat. he engaged in a lengthy foot pursuit all the while commanding sweat to stop and at the final analysis before sweat could enter a wood line nearly a mile and a half before the canadian border we were concerned he took the necessary action. >> he had to know it was sweat for him to take the time to show due discretion. i think many would agree. do you think there's a chance at this point, what would you put the probability at you're going to get an ability to question sweat? >> we're very hopeful. i'm told he's talking a bit. obviously he's in the care of medical professionals and their priority is to save his life. we hope he continues to talk. our investigators are-- interested in what he has to say. pertaining to e

we cannot go on until we honor jay cook. the hero cop who alone took down david sweat before he disappeared in the woods. here he is a 21-year veteran. he spent most of his career in malone new york. he spotted sweat jogging along the road less than two miles from the canadian border. sergeant cook called out to sweat. the fugitive ran, cook gave chase and then he opened fire. new york governor andrew cuomo. >> i said to sergeant cook who has two daughters 16 and 17 i said well you go home tonight and tell your daughters that you're a hero with teenage girls, that will probably last a good 24 hours, then you'll just go back to being a regular dad. >> sergeant cook's mother told the press republican newspaper, quote, he's not used to being shoved in the spotlight this. he happened in the right place at the right time. he's very sharp. we're extremely proud of him. a whole community is relieved this morning. a resident in constable has been living on pins and needles. good morning, audra. >> good morning. >> thank you so much

fast-acting sergeant jay cook. there he is. sweat is now in custody. he's recovering at a new york hospital after being wounded in the torso. sweat was captured after being spotted jogging alongside a road. when sergeant cook approached him in his patrol car, sweat took off and that's when sergeant cook exited his car, chased sweat on foot and then opened fire before sweat could disappear into the thick woods. now that the manhunt is over authorities are hoping to put all their focus on the investigation. >> i'm told he's talking a bit. obviously he's in the care of medical professionals, and their priority is to save his life. we hope that he continues to talk. our investigators are very keenly interested in what he might have to say not only as it pertains to his escape and the department of corrections of course would follow up on that but from my perspective how he managed to oelude capture for the last 23 days. >> so let's bring in cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney danny cevallos. welcome. they're trying to question this guy right no

he spoke to a neighbor who knows jay cook. >> sea hero, there is no question about that i have known him for over 30 years and this is something extraordinary. when i heard this it didn't surprise me. a week ago i asked him when are you going to catch this guy. >> said be patient with me, i will eventually. jay is resting. i asked him how much sleep he got last night and he said i didn't get hardly any. so, i'm sure his adrenaline is still going. >> and griff joins us from plattsburgh, new york. griff? >> hi, greta. that's right. the hometown hero. sergeant cook pays for a meal i would be surprised. also the u.s. border protection and tactical unit who shot and killed richard matt. they are tweeting out pictures today of that unit. we have to remember it was a combination of all law enforcement, both the hometown heroes and border protection and all those state troopers who successfully brought this nightmare to answered. and now that it's over, everyone is wondering how did they escape? we may not know unless david sweat tells us exactly every step of the way. we do know he was talk

>> reporter: sergeant jay cook. you know kendis there have been a lot of twists and turns in this entire ordeal and i can tell you, this is the man that you wanted to take that shot. he's a firearms instructor, sergeant jay cook, who spotted him. he spotted him running toward the treeline. he knew that was the opportunity. if he wanted to get him, he had to get him then and there. so, he took that shot. he took a couple of shots and fired, hitting him right in the torso. >> incredible response. and our congrats to the police department there. abc's kenneth moton reporting live. kenneth, thanks so much. >> reporter: thank you. >>> nasa says the three-man crew on board the international space center is in no danger of running out of supplies, despite the explosion of a rocket carrying supplies. that explosion happened just over two minutes into the rocket's flight from cape canaveral, florida, yesterday morning. more than 5,200 pounds of cargo were on board the spacex rocket. the company's ceo, elon musk, says the exp

sergeant jay cook with the new york state police. sergeant jay cook the one we are told shot twice david sweat, but he was not shot in a way that he was not killed. jonathan your reaction as someone in the field. they spotted him, this sergeant spotted him walking down the street seemed odd, realized that was the convicted murderer they were looking for. to be able to carry this out and shoot him without killing him? >> first off him walking down this cleared area which he was walking through that is a fire break is a common mistake that people like in the field of battle will make where they walk roads, they walk clearings because they're trying to expedite their moviement, but at the same time they're going to give away their movement. i think the officer engaging him was justified. i don't know if he was trying not to kill him or that was just the angle he took the shot. the point was to eliminate the threat. if he went down he didn't have a weapon 2579 then the officer stopped shooting. sweat did not have to have a weapon present

sweat was spotted by a new york state police sergeant sergeant jay cook. he was approached this afternoon. the sergeant recognized mr. sweat, obviously, from his description. encountered and engaged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. mr. sweat went down help arrived and mr. sweat is in a hospital in stable condition. this happened a mile and a half. i had a chance to speak with sergeant cook on his great police work. he was alone when this happened. sergeant cook happens to be from troom troom. but he was still alone and it was a very courageous act. i said to sergeant cook who has two daurlts. tell your daughters that you're a hero with teenage girls that will probably last a good 24 hours, and then you'll go back to being a regular dad, as i well known. sfwlz this was. this is the first escape. if you were writing a movie plot they would say this is overdone. you have hacksaws delivered by a facilita

new york state trooper jay cook who you see there. saw a man jogging, recognized him as david sweat. ordered him to stop. he was shot twice in the torso as sweat was about to disappear into the woods. sweat in serious condition but investigators will try to get as much information out of him as possible. questions like where were they the last 23 days? how did they evade police? who might have helped them in the big escape? one of the two people charged in the investigation will be back in court next hour corrections officer gene palmer. who denies knowing anything about the plan and not charged with helping the pair break out. msnbc's adam reiss in constable, new york where sweat was caught. life returning to normal slowly for the people up there. are they jubilant relieved? both casino how are the cows feeling? >> reporter: all of the above, toure. two words for you. nightmare over. i can tell you everybody here is breathing a sigh of relief. they're opening their windows. they're going outside. kids are riding their bike. they're a

sergeant jay cook found someone walking in the town of constable. sweat took off running. sergeant cook fired twice striking sweat twice. he has been taken to albany center for treatment. he was unarmed at the time he was confronted. he was found 16 miles north of the place where richard matt was captured two days earlier. no word from investigators on when sweat and matt may have broken apart and whether or not sweat was with matt at the time he was killed. john and christine. >> and dannemora, new york home of the prison residents cheered. residents breathed a sigh of relief after sleeping with a gun handy. as their lives go back to normal david sweat's life, will change permanently. >> privileges limited. no more honor block. no more freedom of working in a tailor shop. he will be in 24/7 lockdown for rest of his life. >> prison guard gene palmer has been charged with destroying evidence and helping them escape. palmer provided them tools with exchange for information. a person briefed on the inquiry says they have been gathering information on the cabins and fields for

the man who shot david sweat is sergeant jay cook, on patrol in constable. sources said they had been there since yesterday because of tips and leads that led them to the location so they patrolled them he spotted david sweat walking along the road at some point and shot him and sweat is being treated for the wounds. the state police are holding the news conference. s with sweat carries a weapon? dehe point it? were there shots exchanged? richard matt had a 20 gauge when he was caught and he did not comply with orders and he got three bullets in the head from the autopsy report released today. matt was shot and hit three ties in the head. september was not skilled and treated for the injuries. a clue that may have led police to the region north of malone could have been pictures from trailer cameras there is a photo that may be richard matt and david sweat walking in front of a trail camera showing matt holding a shotgun and it is not clear but it looks like sweat may be carrying a rifle. it is unconfirmed. perhaps authorities have more imaging show are whet

but wanted to let everybody know that it is sergeant jay cook of the new york state police. and i guess congratulations are in order for him today. tell us a little bit more, zeke, about what was going through dav david sweat's mind? >> of course, being delusional at this point, there wasn't a lot going through his mind except trying to exist. for some delusional reason, trying to make it to the border or over it. and this is the mindset of somebody who has been on the run study for 22 days. we knew this was going to happen and we called it since the beginning. it was worked effectively by law enforcement, not chasing red herrings. this is what we came up. came one another one in custody. >> clint van zandt, i hope you're still with us. >> i am. >> what do you think lies ahead for david sweat. to be ve obviously, nothing very good, but what do you think? >> i think 23 hours a day should he survive his wounds, 23 hours a day, he is going to be looking at very close walls and -- his cell walls and i doubt if he is going to have anywhere close that he can look out a window or a

instead, two shots from jay cook resulted in the headlines people are waking up to now. a long awaited headline with the three-weeknight mare. it's over for the people here. >>> let's bring in former deputy warden for the new york city corrections department. great to have you here. we want to see if it came down the way it was supposed to. what do you think about how they found the guy and how the sergeant acted? >> they were hyperindividual lent poise zed. the sergeant on routine parole saw someone that looked like mr. sweat. he identified him. he gave the command, police don't move and he decided to move. under the law of new york article 35 a police officer can shoot a fleeing felon. >> we were wondering about that because he wasn't armed and he was running away. we have all sorts of debate whether that's okay. you are saying when it's a dangerous fugitive it is okay. >> article 35 allows you to use deadly force to stop a felon who is charged of a felon. the police officer was spot on. >> a cop killer and escaped convict. we are not going to have too many people figh

those injuries were suffered during a show down between sweat and long time police sergeant jay cook. he was on patrol when he spotted sweat and called out to him. >> he spotted a mail that was jogging along the side of the road. he recognized him to be david sweat and he was likely to make it to a tree line and possibly could have disappeared and fired two shots from his service weapon his hand gun hitting sweat twice in the tornado. >> he could feel the scent from canine units trying to pick up his trail. there are a lot of guests that took him an hour away from the woods to here. sweats own mom says she wished it would have wrapped up sooner. >> i wish he would have gave up a long time ago. >> the police presence here wound down very quickly after news spread sweat had been stopped. something we obviously did not see. this morning david sweat in the hospital. another alleged accomplice another prison worker jeangene palmer we will see in court later on today>> all right. peter doocy live for us from the scene. new overnight another escaped murderer with an eerily similar story davi

new york state police say the take down happen when sergeant jay cook was on routine patrol in the small town of constable. sweat started running concerned he would disappear into the woods, cook opened fire hitting sweat in the torso. police believe sweat and matt were together recently, both men were captured by the photo taken by a trail camera on wednesday. dna found on a pepper shaker. >> we believe possibly these two males were using pepper to throw the scent off the dogs. >>> a lot of questions remain, investigators plan to talk to sweat eventually, but again he remains in critical condition. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> okay katherine, thank you for that. >> a man is in critical condition after shooting in philadelphia's port richmond section, it happened before 11:30 on the 30,000 block of frank ford avenue. the 20-year-old victim was shot in the abdomin. he ran to a nearby takeout beer store where he was found. the suspect fled in a grand marquis. police found the vehicle on tulip street. the two men inside the car were taken into question. >> the entire shooting

authorities say new york state police sergeant jay cook was patrolling alone near the canadian border sunday when he saw sweat walking along the road. sweat took off running when cook spotted him. >> he realized sweat was going to make it to a tree line and he fired two shots. >> reporter: swelt's partner, richard matt, was shot and -- sweat's partner was shot and killed saturday. >> people who live near the maximum security prison say they are looking forward to life getting back to normal. tell me your feeling this morning. what is this like for you? >> it is relief. the first good night's sleep i have had. >> reporter: late sunday night, grateful residents showed up at the prison to cheer all the law enforcement officials who worked on the manhunt. >> a lot of men going home with sore feet tonight that are going to relax and everybody gets to enjoy the fourth of july next week. >> reporter: authorities are waiting to question sweat when his condition improves. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> meanwhile, the prison guard accused of giving the inmates tools packed in frozen bee

the dramatic take down when sergeant jay cook was alone on a routine patrol spots sweat on a roadway, sweat takes off running, he shoots hitting sweat twice in the torso. >> i heard a couple of gunshots and within another 30 seconds the place was flooded with police cars. >> reporter: police believe sweat was with fellow escapee richard matt until recently. both men captured in the photo taken by a trail camera on wednesday. matt was shot and killed by a border patrol team on friday. investigators retracing the men's sweat finding sweat's dna on pepper shakers at the camp revealing how they may have avoided capture for so long. >> we believe they were using pepper to throw the scent off the dogs who were tracking them. >> reporter: still, so much more for sweat to explain about their escape and weeks on the run once investigators question him at albany medical center where he was rushed last night. and sweat is listed in critical condition. doctors won't say much more about how he is doing, other than he has a few more days of hospitalization ahead of him breakfast -- before he can be

even knowing it was our local jay cook that got the last one. i mean it just fills you with a sense of pride. >> reporter: tonight authorities say their investigation on how the two inmates was able to escape is ongoing and it has led to a weeder erwider look at clinton correctional facility and heroin trafficking inside. sweat still recovering and authorities still questioning him eager to find out more details and eager to put him back behind bars. >>> next -- can our nick watt spot a ufo on mount shasta. certainly going to try. >>> and avril lavigne, is rewright her happy ending as she tries to bounce back from a mysterious disease that changed her life. ♪ so much for my happy ending ♪ . . powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to 3 days. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief. seriously? you're not at all concerned? about what now? oh, i don't know. the apocalypse? we're fine. i bundled renter's with my car insu

. >>> authorities say new york state police sergeant jay cook was patrolling alone near the canadian border sunday. sweat took off running when cook spotted him. >> he realized sweat was going to make it to a tree line and fired two shots. >> reporter: sweat's partner, richard matt, was shot and killed by police friday. the two convicted killers broke out of prison june 6th. >> people who live near the maximum security prison say they are looking forward to life, getting back to normal. >> reporter: what is there like for you? >> it is re relief. the first good night's -- it is relief. the first good night's sleep we have had. >> a lot of men are going home with sore feet tonight that are going to relax, and everybody gets to enjoy the fourth of july next weekend and not look over their shoulder. >> reporter: authorities are waiting to question sweat when his condition improves. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> another escaped prisoner is back in custody. 29-year-old christopher north carolina kneel was serving time in north carolina. the kitchen worker is now charged with help

new york state police sergeant jay cook saw a suspicious man jogging down a road. when confronted sweat ran across an open field, and cook opened fire to prevent him from reaching a heavily wooded area. >> just bang bang. >> he ended the manhunt, coming close to michael doyle's window. >> i've never seen 40 50 cop cars and i've never seen 300, 400 guys show up with guns. >> reporter: sweat was struck twice in the torso and treated on scene before being transported to an area hospital. 16 miles south and two days earlier, sweat's partner in the escape richard matt was shot and killed by police. autopsy results released sunday say matt died of three gunshots to the head. it's not known when or where the pair split up but according to police, sweat's dna was found on an object not far from where matt was killed. >> it was picnic-style pepper shakers, and we believe that possibly these two males were using pepper to throw the scent off for the dogs who were tracking them. >> reporter: relief and celebration was evident as governor andrew cuomo spoke publicly sunday nig

sergeant jay cook was on routine patrol when he spotted sweat. sweat started running concerned he would disappear into the woods, he opened fire hitting the fugitive twice in the torso. police believe sweat and matt had been together until recently, both men were cap you ared in this -- captured in this photo taken by a trail camera wednesday. >> we believe that possibly these two males were using pepper to throw the scent off of the dogs who were tracking them. >> reporter: there are still a lot of questions and investigators plan to talk to sweat eventually, but again he remains in critical condition at the hospital. live in the satellite center, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thanks. >>> this is new this morning a similar story going on in north carolina where an inmate who escaped from a prison has been recaptured. tips led to christopher mcneil who escaped on saturday, 33-year-old kendra miller has been charged with helping mcneil break free. she also a prison employee who worked with him in the kitchen. as they had they had a s

his name new york state police sergeant jay cook. the firearms instructor who grew up near here and was driving by himself when he saw the man from the wanted posters joog u there a residential area. sergeant cook had to make a choice, let him get away or shoot him. >> at some point running across a field he realized that sweat was going to make it to a tree line and possibly could have disappeared and he fired two shots from his service weapon his handgun hitting sweat twice in the tore so. >> reporter: we were standing feet away from the ambulances that slowly shuttled sweat to a local hospital. but that facility was not equipped to treat his pair of gunshot wounds so sweat is now in albany medical center in critical condition. once done at the hospital it will be back to jail. david sweat was not armed like his partner in crime richard matt. and now his own mother says she's just happy he made it through the manhunt alive. >> i'm glad he's not dead. i don't. i wish he would have gave up a long time ago. >> reporter: there are stil

it was sunday afternoon new york state police sergeant jay cook spotted him and chased after him before shooting him twice in the torso a mile and a half from the canadian border. >> he spotted the male who was jogging and recognized him to be david sweat and he turned and fled on foot. he realized he was going to make it to the tree line and fired two shots from his service weapon. >> reporter: this man recounted what he saw. >> he was just about at the tree line, if he would have got in the tree line they wouldn't have got him. >> reporter: sweat was rushed to a nearby hospital and medical center in albany in critical condition. back on june 6, sweat and matt broke out of a maximum security prison in upstate new york. authorities revealing they were using pepper to throw dogs off their trail. officers tracked them down and used dna on food and getting surveillance images like these. minutes ago we've been informed that sweat's condition has been upgraded from critical to serious and will remain in the hospital for a few days. two prison workers have been charged in connection with the

new york state trooper sergeant jay cook. >> as he was driving down the road he spotted a male who was basically jogging up along the side of the road. he approached him. and as he exited the car the man turned to him, he says hey, come over here. >> the male who sergeant cook saw was david sweat. only about two miles as the the crow flies from the canadian border. >> the male ignored him. called out again. at which time the male turned around kind of look what do you want from me? and he recognized him to be david sweat. >> sergeant cook says sweat took off from the street into the field. the sergeant chased after him. he was afraid that sweat would run into the woods and disappear. he fired two shots. and the manhunt was over. >> this very rural area has many amish residents. in the aftermath, vehicles were being searched by police. including amish buggies to make sure only residents were allowed back into the area where the capture was made. gene burke and paul meldrom were visiting a family whose home and barn were adjacent to where sweat was caught. >> you see the barn. 600 feet o

sergeant jay cook is being called a hero. >> he was just about at the tree line, if he had gotten to the tree line they wouldn't have gotten him. >> officials say the men used pepper to throw the police dogs off the trail. officers tracked them down using leads from dna and surveillance images. if sweat survivors he faces a long list of charges. >>> greek's debt crisis spark chaos around the globe this noon. as we look live at the dow jones average which is down 200 points about 3 hours into the trading day. concern is building ahead of a crucial vote on sunday that could have greece leaving the euro zone. karen travers is in washington. >> reporter: u.s. stocks are down over concerns. greek financial crisis. the prime minister announcing a surprise referendum to allow greece's citizens to have a stay in the debt. greece has been in final problems for the past five years. they've in negotiations on how to get out of trouble. a popular vote to decide whether greece accepts the tough terms offered by its creditors. >> greece's exit from the euro zone has never been. >> reporter: s' a l

. >> authority say new york state police sergeant, jay cook, patrolling alone near the canadian border sunday when he saw sweat walking along the road. sweat took off running whether sweat saw him. >> saw he would made it to a tree line corks have disappeared, fire two shots. >> swift assenter nerve richard matt shot and killed by police on friday. the two convicted killers broke out of prison, june 6. people who live near the maximum security prison say they're looking forward to life getting back to normal. tell me, your feeling this morning, what's this like for you? >> grateful resident showed up at the prison to cheer law enforcements who worked on the manhunt. >> a lot of men there going home with sore feet tonight, that are going to relax and everybody gets to enjoy the fourth of july next weekend not look over their how older. >> authorities are wait to go question sweat, when his condition improves. in malone new york kenneth craig, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> as we continue this noon, it is lunchtime. you hungry. >> we are going to show you a new craze that's coming to phila

sweat was spotted by a new york state police sergeant, sergeant jay cook. >> reporter: cook was on patrol alone and outside the search area as he approached sweat, the convicted killer started to run. >> he realized that sweat was going to make it to a tree line and possibly could have disappeared and he fired two shots from his service weapon. >> reporter: sweat was captured about 16 miles from the area where border patrol agents shot and killed his accomplice richard matt on friday. >> these were really dangerous, dangerous men, both matt and sweat. they were killers. >> reporter: overnight, dozens gathered outside the clinton corrections center the place the killers burrowed out of on june 6th. a sigh of relief for a community that spent more than three weeks on the lookout and on edge. this morning, police say they identified sweat's dna on a pepper shaker they believe he may have used to mask his scent and throw off search dogs while he was on the run. jay gray, nbc news, malone, new york. >>> on the same day that three-week effort finally came to a close a bit of a deja vu. in north

. >> reporter: hours earlier sergeant jay cook who was on routine patrol alone spotted sweat two miles from the canadian border. this image shows the fugitive covered in blood as the veteran officer shot him twice in the torso as he tried to get away. >> you wish it didn't have to happen in the first place but if it had to happen this is the way you you'd want it to end. >> reporter: they managed to evade capture for three weeks. sweat's mother wishes he would have stayed where he was. >> reporter: sweat and matt broke out of the correctional facility in dannemora using power tools. they believe they were using pepper to throw off dogs who were tracking them. the family of the sheriff's deputy killed david sweat 13 years ago say his capture is not the end of the story. they say they want law enforcement to get o the bottom of the story so, quote, no other family has to relive the nightmare the way they have. ail alison? >> thank you, mark. a group of officers posed for a photo outside of the prison. >>> an inmate who escaped from a north carolina prison season back behind bars. christo

this is part of the tree line where police sergeant jay cook was afraid that sweat would run into hide and prolong the search that went on over three weeks. what we are seeing a sense of relief in the community. so many decided to head elsewhere where the search got too close to their doorstep. and we are hearing from broom county sheriff, who employed the deputy who was brutally shot and killed by david sweat. i spoke to him. the sheriff saying that today's events providing a sense of relief not only for the law enforcement family but his loved ones as well. this weekend will mark the anniversary that he was shot and killed on that fourth of july day. not only a reaction from upstate new york but over other parts of the state as those two shots ending so much uncertainty and fear for the residents here in upstate new york. >>> our cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes joins us from d.c. just how stunning is it that david sweat and richard matt were able to elude authorities for weeks and at least be as free as they were for this amount of time? >> i think it is pretty amazing that t

. >> reporter: the dramatic takedown happening as sergeant jay cook, alone and on a troll in constable, new york, spots sweat on a road way. sweat takes off running. cook goes amp him. he shoots hitting sweat twice in the torso. >> she said i heard a couple of gunshots. within 30 seconds, the place was flooded with police cars. >> reporter: police believe sweat was with rach ard matt until wednesday. matt was shot and killed on friday. >> they've done an excellent job. >> reporter: investigators retracing the men's tracks finding sweat's dna on pepper shakers at a camp. >> we believe they were possibly using pepper to throw the scent off for the dogs that were tracking them. >> reporter: still so much more for sweat to explain, thasht escape and weeks on the run. once investigators question him here at albany med kag center where he was rushed last night. and we're told sweat is listed in critical condition. doctors won't say much else about how he's doing. except that he'll be here for several more days. >> of course the new york governor calling sweat -- the officer that took down sw

. >> reporter: sweat nearly made it to the border on sunday but sergeant jay cook spotted the qukt in fatigues looking ragged. when he tried to run sergeant cook fired twice hitting him in the torso. several teens say they believe they saw sweat earlier that day trying to hitch a ride. >> he said he needed a ride in a weak voice. >> reporter: the teens didn't give him a ride and instead called the police tip line. on friday sweat's partner in crime matt was shot by a tack knickcal team. his last night likely spent here a camper on the edge of a busy road. police say they will charge sweat with felony escape but he was already serving a life sentence. >>> girls got in letter from a former mob boss. james whitey bull gar expressed remorse and sadness about his life of crime in a letter to the high school students. the girls were working on a history project and decided to write to him. he is spending the rest of his life in prison. months later they were shocked to receive a handwritten note. >> he actually said at one point that his life is going to come to an ensoon so from directly j

. >> reporter: jay cook, who was alone on routine patrol spotted sweat in the town of constable, 2 miles from the canadian border border. the 21 year veteran shot him twice in the torso as we tried to get away. as sweat continues to recover here, authorities have launched a full investigation into how he and richard matt managed to evade capture for three weeks. >> sweat's mother pamela wishes he would have just served out his time. >> i wish he would have just stayed where he was. >> reporter: sweat and matt broke out of the clinton correctional facility using power tools. authority believe the pair were using pepper to throw off dogs who were tracking them. mark albert, cbs news, albany new york. >> a prosecutor says sweat will likely be charged with escape, burglary, and other counts. >>> biden stopped by sunday prayer services as a show of support for the congregation. the community is still healing after nine people were shot dead at a bible study there earlier this month. biden's visit came just hours before the funeral services for one of the victims. >>> another shark attack off

sweat was spotted by a new york state police sergeant, sergeant jay cook. he was approached this afternoon. >> reporter: cook was on patrol alone and outside the search area when he approached sweat, and convicted killer started to run. >> at some point running across a field he realized that sweat was going to make it to a tree line an possibly could have disappeared and he fired two shots from his service weapon. >> reporter: sweat was hit in the shoulder. medics rushed him to nearby alice hyde medical center where he was treated and transferred to albany medical center a more secure level one trauma facility. >> at the time his condition is listed as critical. >> reporter: more than 1200 police and federal agents had been focused on the thick woods and rugged terrain in this area of upstate new york where sweat's accomplice, richard matt, was killed by a border patrol agent friday. >> today ends with good news. these were really really dangerous men, matt and sweat. they were killers. >> reporter: good news that spread quickly. many gathering outside the

but sergeant jay cook found him first. the 21-year veteran of the new york state police spotted the convict in fatigues, looking ragged. when he tried to run, sergeant cook fired twice, hitting him in the torso. four teenagers believe they saw sweat earlier that same day, trying to hitch a ride. >> he just said he needed a ride in like a very weak voice. >> reporter: the teens didn't give him a lift and instead called the police tip line. on friday sweat's partner in crime matt was shot and killed by a border tactical team. his last night likely spent here, a dirty rundown camper on the edge of a busy road. matt probably realized he wasn't going to be able to stay here long without being discovered. what he really needed was a vehicle. and on friday an rv traveling on this very road was hit by a gunshot. >> reporter: the driver called 911. the tip that would eventually lead police to matt's hideaway. but sweat slipped through and was taken down by one alert state trooper with a good shot. it all happened on this rural road

. >> the new york state police officer being called a hero this morning is sergeant jay cook. officialings say sergeant cook thought sweat looked suspicious told him to freeze and when he didn't, shot him twice in the tore so before he could run for a tree line. one person who is particularly grateful for his effort is the sister in law of sweat's victims. she took to facebook writing, quote, feeling so thankful for all of the members of law enforcement that have spent the last three weeks away from their families to track down these animal pps um certain that kevin was watching over all of you. >>> and another case in north carolina, a convicted killers who officials say escaped with the help of a prison employee has been recaptured. 29-year-old christopher mcneill was discovered missing from a prison 40 miles southeast of charlotte. he was back behind bars last night. a 33-year-old prison worker is facing several charges in connection with that's cape including aiding and abetting a fugitive as well as have sex with an inmate. >>> an attempt no resupply the international spa