have right now and that should this be true they were willing to expose themselves. they were willing to step out and try to steal a vehicle. they were willing to shoot at the driver they were so upset or in such a desire to stop that driver and, as you say, if this story is true as it s coming out right now, this guy was extremely lucky, number one, to elude these two, and number two, it didn t take law enforcement long in that area. once they get a report like that you send everybody in that area crashing into that area. that confrontation took place with matt. a gunfight took place between the authorities and matt. he was shot and killed but this information that i have also suggests the belief that sweat was in that immediate area if not actually with matt at the time this shooting took place. if that too, is true ed that
change for law enforcement? does it speed up their movement? what changes, if anything in this search? they would like to be able to find him, obviously, in daylight. as you and i discussed, law enforcement rules the night with night vision glasses for those underground and aircraft overhead. ed they re also i m sure bringing in dogs that would have the scent of sweat, and they would be using those dogs. so they re coming at him a lot of different directions but i think anybody in law enforcement would tell you we d rather find him in the daylight than we would be looking for him at night, but again, if they think he s in that area right now they have to press the hunt. this is as close as they believe they ve been to these guys in three weeks. they don t want to lose the ability to find him now. okay. clint van zandt. thanks so much. we ll have more on this breaking news event out of upstate new
and it was described by many people to us as just incredibly difficult to get through. so these guys have been making their way through these mountains through these woods for days. but at least for one of them it s come to an end. and that is 48-year-old richard matt confirmed dead. shot and killed by law enforcement earlier this afternoon. let s turn now to jim calfvanagh. give a sense of the search at this point. does it intensify now that one has been shot and killed? and give us an idea of what we know of the possibility of them splitting up? you re hitting it spot on. they were together and they were very determined not to go back. they are not people that could be facing a trial. they are facing the absolute certainty of the cell. both serving live. sweat killed a police officer. matt a murder here and a murder
malone, where the dna is located they told us about today. so sweat is either going north or south from there. if he s going south it is likely he s going right into the arms of this large contingent of law enforcement. but if he s going north and if he realizes how close the canadian border is. they have cameras all along. you are looking at the map right there. you see how close we are to canada. only a matter of miles. they have cameras on numerous trees all along the border there. they call it buckeye. these are cameras that automatically take a photo when there is a sensor activated. so they have those cameras in force should he have decided to go north. if he s going south he s likely going right into the area where there are numerous law enforcement. so it will be interesting to see how quickly they can capture him. i can tell you they have swarmed that area.
in mexico. with certainty they know they are going back to the cell and they also know they are not going to the honor building. so they are very determined to get away. and i think we may see that matt, as you have discussed might have had a shotgun or a firearm and he was engaged by a officer and killed. now sweat is alone on the mountain. his partner s been killed. he likely knows that. it is very hard to get your mind now set, no matter what great criminal you think you are, to be able to deal with all of this. imagine you are in the north woods literally. you have every officer and agent after you. and the border. it is hard to think straight. i don t think he s going to last very long. he s not got a lot of food. not going to be able to carry a lot. and he doesn t have a partner to enkaurj him. so the good news is hopefully he ll be apprehended without anybody else getting hurt.