there was a second set of tracks located near the scene of that shooting where federal agents are believed to have shot and killed richard matt. again, it s indication that it s still a very fluid situation here in franklin county wolf. and there seems to be a lot more police activity on the scene where you are right now. looks like as they say themselves in hot pursuit of this second convicted killer. yeah, one thing we haven t noticed, we haven t seen those air assets that we did notice early on after the story really broke. however that could potentially change or at least from our vantage point we haven t seen that. we have seen officers speeding by us. but at this point you do see that just regular folks are being turned away. the actual people who live here that are already beyond this roadblock here are allowed to drive out of the area. but if you re trying to get into the area without a badge at this point, wolf that s not going to happen. it s been three hours since the
on the scene shot and killed richard matt. they re on the search for david sweat. we ll check back with you for more information. we re following two other breaking stories, including the historic ruling by the united states supreme court clearing the way for same-sex marriage in all 50 states. and we re also following president obama s truly remarkable eulogy for the pastor killed in the charleston church massacre. let s get more on all of this. joining us is the naacp president and ceo, cornell william brooks. also joining us are cnn anchors anderson cooper and don lemon. cornell, first to you, what was your reaction to the president s powerful words, the emotional side of him that clearly was evident in that eulogy? well i was extraordinarily moved. as a former minister in the ame church i know that a eulogy does first one thing, it reaches out and comforts the grieving
grab him before night fall. and we don t know if david sweat is going to give up and fight or whatever. we have no clue. we have no idea at this point and the fact that they re bringing in lighting equipment to use at night up there means there s a possibility they could end up with either a hostage situation or weather he goes into a house and takes people or a barricaded subject where he huk hunkers down. i think that s why they re bringing lighting equipment out there. remember all of this break today came in including the shooting and death of richard matt, a 9- -1 call from an individual who saw something suspicious. it underscores how important it is to get the calls and to follow up on the leads. that s right. and that s exactly what someone did. i guess in that area so much attention about these guys. everybody is probably on alert. they did the right thing.
when richard matt approached officers armed with a shotgun. we know that officers eventually shot at richard matt. he is now dead. but the search for david sweat continues. authorities are focused in an area south of titus lake right now. that s not far from the area where a lot of the searching has gone on. authorities have been very tightly focused on the town of malone over the last day 0 two days because of another reported burglary at a cabin where investigators found evidence the two fugitives had spent some time there. they found more items in the area that led police again to believe the men were in the area. finally those two sets of shots fired leading authorities to the location of richard matt. david sweat still on the loose. but authorities taking every precaution pursuing every lead trying to close in on him. our cnn colleague gary tuchman headed up toward the canadian border and he reports back that at two of the checkpoints, u.s. customs and border protection
out, and noticed that there was a gunshot in the camper. and this is about 20 minutes after he heard the initial gunshots. this driver of the camper called 911 again, made a second call to 911, to alert authorities about what happened. and we ve learned, wolf that authorities converged on that area from all different police agencies and apparently according to sources, border patrol tactical units shot and killed richard matt who was armed with a shotgun. we know a shoot-out did ensue. the question is does david sweat also have a weapon? that is the big concern, wolf. it s a huge concern right now, whether or not david sweat, who s still on the loose, is armed. the authorities have to assume he is. very very dangerous. this guy s a convicted killer. i want to go to cnn s polo sandoval on the ground in upstate new york. what are you seeing where you are? i sense there s a lot of the police activity.