David Sweat was captured Sunday afternoon when a state police sergeant spotted him in the town of Constable and gave chase, shooting Sweat twice in the torso.
He’s in critical condition. Sweat and fellow convicted killer Richard Matt had eluded authorities for about three weeks.
Matt was tracked down and shot dead on Friday.
The family of the veteran state trooper who shot Sweat says he was on roving patrol when he happened to spot the convict.
Judy Cook sats her 47-year-old son, Sgt. Jay Cook, “just happened to be in the right place at the right time” when he shot David Sweat twice Sunday afternoon in the town of Constable, New York, near the Canadian border.
Cook is a 21-year veteran of the state police. He’s a native of the neighboring town of Burke, and his mother says he has been patrolling the area along the border for years.
Officials say Sweat is in critical condition at an Albany hospital.