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MALONE, NY —Law enforcement officers on Friday shot and killed one of two prisoners who escaped a maximum security prison in New York three weeks ago and are still pursuing the second escapee near the Canadian border, authorities said.

Richard Matt, a 49-year-old convicted murderer, was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol officers after he was discovered in a wooded area in the town of Malone, according to the New York State Police.

Authorities were still searching for the second prisoner, David Sweat, a 35-year-old imprisoned for killing a sheriff’s deputy.

Officials said they cannot confirm the whereabouts of Sweat, but have no reason to believe he was not with Matt recently and still in the area.

Malone is located 27 miles (43 km) northwest of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, where the convicts staged their elaborate escape and were found missing on June 6. Nearly 1,100 law enforcement officers have been involved in the manhunt.

Authorities closed in on Malone after two burglaries were reported this week at backwoods cabins, and items believed to have been dropped by Matt were discovered, said superintendent of the New York State Police Joseph D’Amico.

Matt was found after a motorist reported that someone shot at his camper around 1:51 p.m.

A cabin in the area of the shooting was searched and officers found signs that a gun had been fired inside and someone had recently left, D’Amico said.

While searching the nearby woods, officers heard coughs, which is when they encountered and killed Matt, D’Amico said.

Matt was armed with a 20-gauge shotgun when he was killed. According to authorities, Matt did not fire at police during the encounter.

Dozens of law enforcement vehicles have converged on the area and are continuing the search for Sweat.

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