opened fire. they were all in that area. david sweat taken about 3 miles from the canadian border. he s being treated at a local hospital in that area. unclear what his condition is. he was gaunt. it appeared he was carrying what appears to be some sort of knife holster on his waist. we re being told he was not armed, certainly was not armed with a firearm it appears. he was caught a significant distance from where the fugitive richard matt was shot and killed just friday. so over the course of 48 hours, we know that he was able to make it from malone, new york, all the way to constable, new york. that means he covered about 20 miles. we re told also that he was walking a trail between two they call it a fire break. what they do is make these roads in between the woods so that if there is a fire, they can better
look right behind me you can see right here as law enforcement continues to come up. because they continue to come to this hospital one by one, they re being guide from the law enforcement in the street. i did hear one officer tell another they are expecting medical equipment to be delivered to this medical center. this is an acute care facility. 73 beds. it is not a trauma center but it is an acute care center. as you can see let s pan over here. look at the smiles on these people s faces. they feel safe again. how are you doing? pretty good. i m glad they re caught. if one person got hurt even would know them. it would be hard for us to get back to normal living. reporter: that s the community standing out here in the rain poppy, because they just want to applaud law enforcement. jean, stay with us. i do want to talk to our viewers about the picture you re seeing on the side of the screen.
camouflage. quickly realized two miles south of the canadian border this, this is the man that 1,200 plus officers have been hunting for night and day. this happening just about 48 hours to the minute since his fellow convicted murderer richard matt was shot and killed. remember richard matt was armed. we also learned from and sand ya field reporting that it does not look like david sweat was armed. we do know he s being treated at a local hospital. it does not appear that any officers were hurt in this takedown. but we are trying to confirm that with all of our sources. we ve got full team coverage on the ground. deborah, what have you learned? this happened a little bit after 3:30 this afternoon. law enforcement saw david sweat walking towards him, ordered him to stop. apparently did not and that s when the new york state trooper
we re told it was a new york state trooper who is the one that shot him. you have to keep in mind that the people in that area searching for him, they were the best of the best all tactical units, people with extreme experience in tracking these individuals, tracking individuals like this. so we are now told though that he has been taken to the hospital. he was shot twice. again, he was clearly wearing clothing that he much stolen from a hunting cab. do we know what condition or rather, we know what the condition is we know he s live. we re trying to clear this picture. let me ask you, what do you know about what happened? was there a fire fight? did he have a weapon? did he surrender freerly? it s unclear. based on the photograph, it looks like he has something on his hip, perhaps some sort of a knife. we understand that he was shot, it appears from law enforcement
erts over the last hour who have been able to dissect this. again, david sweat, 35 years old, the second suspect, he has been captured he has been shot twice, he s been hospitaled and being treated now. more of the breaking news. you are in the cnn newsroom. poply harlow is in new york who will pick it up from here. 5:00 eastern. i m poppy harlow. we begin with breaking news this hour in the search for an escaped convicted murderer. cnn has learned that david sweat has been shot by new york state police. he has been taken into custody alive. he was shot twice in an open field in the town of constable that is just 2 miles south of the canadian border. he was on the run for 23 days when he was captured. right now, he askis being treated inside of a hospital.