mckinney, texas. new developments in the search for two convicted killers who broke out of a maximum security prison in new york. richard matt and david sweat pulled off a sophisticated plan involving power tools and extensive knowledge of the prison building and an exit through a manhole in the town. but when they emerged a couple who lives in the town came home to find them walking in the yard. i asked them what the hell are you doing in my yard? get the hell out of here. he was like, sorry, i didn t know where i was. i m on the wrong street. he said two convicts took off running. abc news learned a woman who worked at the prison has been questioned by investigators. joyce mitchell is her name. she has now been removed from her job. there is new evidence made public from last week s alleged
now to some new developments. talking about the hunt for two convicted killers. some really bad guys on the run right now. now they have been on the run for three days. richard matt and david sweat, take a look here, they pulled off a sophisticated plan, power tools and insider s knowledge of the prison building itself. now abc news learned investigators have interviewed that woman who worked there. abc s marci gonzalez has the latest from upstate new york. good morning, marci. reporter: good morning to you. investigators have developed over 300 leads and are looking into each including one from a couple possible witnesses. face to face with the escaped inmates. lucky to be alive, man. they could have done anything. reporter: neighbors who live a block from the maximum security prison in upstate new york telling abc news they may have been the first to see david sweat and richard matt after they made their prison break. spotting the convicted killers dressed in jeans walking in
from the new york state prison where police are following up on hundreds of tips. the biggest breaks so far have come from right in the community in the shadow of this prison. abc s gio benitez is there. reporter: the first convicts to break out of this maximum security prison are on the run two days and counting. convicter murderers richard matt and david sweat serving up to life in prison now gone without a trace. police now at this home, an officer in an unmarked car asking us to leave. and the woman who lives here, prison employee joyce mitchell. sources telling abc news she has been interviewed by investigators about the weekend prison break. her neighbors frightened. me and her were scared. i want to find out what is going on. reporter: officials say the two men were last seen in their adjoining cells at 10:30 p.m. friday night for bed check and reported missing the following morning at 5:30 a.m. leaving this note behind. their empty beds stuffed with clothes to make it l
the hunt has been going on for a few days. for the two escaped prisoners from the new york state prison where police are following up on hundreds of tips. the biggest breaks so far have come from right in the community in the shadow of this prison. abc s gio benitez is there. reporter: the first convicts to break out of this maximum security prison are on the run two days and counting. convicter murderers richard matt and david sweat serving up to life in prison now gone without a trace. police now at this home, an officer in an unmarked car asking us to leave. awe the woman who lives here, prison employee joyce mitchell. sources telling abc news she has been interviewed by investigators about the weekend prison break. her neighbors frightened. me and her were scared. i want to find out what is going on. reporter: officials say the two men were last seen in their adjoining cells at 10:30 p.m. friday night for bed check and reported missing the following morning at 5:30 a.m. lea
and there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to their capture. tj, brandi. marci gonzalez, thank you so much. the police released photos of the convicts tattoos, possibly to help identify them. richard s matt tattoos, heart on his left shoulder. a marine corps insignia on his right shoulder. david sweat has rebel inked on his left arm, and letters ifb on the fingers of his right hand. protesters gathered in mckinney, texas, following the confrontation with police at a pool party. have you seen this video? they say black children were targeted when police arrived. the video now seen more than a million times shows the police officer pushing a teenager to the ground and then pulls a gun on her friend. she describes what happened. he told me to keep walking. i kept walking. and then i m guessing he thought we were saying rude stuff to him. he shoved me in the grass. he started pulling back on my