just a few steps off the highway, an abandoned trailer, where it turns out richard matt found shelter. inside, insects and spider webs, old sleeping bags and a closet, silverware sitting in an old mason jar, and a teapot still on the stove. john shodat lives right across the street. to my knowledge, he had been staying there a few days. and on the day after his birthday, on friday, he decided, apparently, to shoot at a passing camper. probably to slow them down and maybe, you know, commandeer it and take them somewhere. but they kept going. law enforcement are closer than ever. they carefully close in on richard matt, who is found lying here, behind a tree, armed with a shotgun, and in hiding. a cough gives him away. matt is just a five-minute walk from the abandoned trailer when law enforcement shoot him dead. a tactical team from customs and border protection met up
just a few steps off the highway, an abandoned trailer, where it turns out richard matt found shelter. inside, insects and spider webs, old sleeping bags and a closet, silverware sitting in an old mason jar, and a teapot still on the stove. john shodat lives right across the street. to my knowledge, he had been staying there a few days. and on the day after his birthday, on friday, he decided, apparently, to shoot at a passing camper. probably to slow them down and maybe, you know, commandeer it and take them somewhere. but they kept going. law enforcement are closer than ever. they carefully close in on richard matt, who is found lying here, behind a tree, armed with a shotgun, and in hiding. a cough gives him away.
just a few steps off the highway, an abandoned trailer, where it turns out richard matt found shelter. inside, insects and spider webbs, old sleeping bags and a closet, silverware sitting in an old mason jar, and a tee pot still on the stove. john shodat lives right across the street. to my knowledge, he had been staying there a few days. and on the day after his birthday, on friday, he decided, apparently, to shoot at a passing camper. probably to slow them down and maybe, you know, commandeer it and take them somewhere. but they kept going. law enforcement are closer than ever. they carefully close in on richard matt, who is found lying here, behind a tree, armed with a shotgun, and in hiding. a cough gives him away. matt is just a five-minute walk from the abandoned trailer when
to my knowledge he had been staying there a few days and on the day after his birthday, on friday, he decided apparently to shoot at a passing camper, probably to slow them down and maybe, you know, common commandeer it and take them somewhere but they kept going. reporter: the driver of the camper called police and the trail got hot. police were told that camper had been hit by what appeared to be a gunshot and authorities had a big clue ultimately they headed in the direction of the trailer. by that point, matt had already headed back into the woods. he made a fatal mistake when he coughed, tipping police off to where he was hiding. this is where police found richard matt and shot and killed him. about a five-minute walk from the trailer. and this was his final hiding place, only 200 feet from the people traveling on route 30. gary tuchman, cnn, malone, new york. amazing view there. thanks to gary for.
take a look. nothing. a couple of blankets in here. closer examination, there are sleeping bags. and on the side of the closet a bunch of newspapers from 1994. right across the street from the trailer, lived john shodat. to my knowledge he had been staying there a few days. the day after his birthday friday, he decide to shoot at a passing camper, probably slow them down. and commandeer it and take them some where. they kept going. reporter: the driver of the camper called police. and the trail got hot. police were told the camper had been hit by a gunshot. and authorities had a big clue. ultimately they headed in the direction of the trailer. by that point matt headed back into the woods. he made a fatal mistake when he coughed. tipping police off to where he was hiding. this is where police found richard matt and shot and killed him. a five minute walk from the