MALONE, N.Y. — David Sweat, the surviving prison escapee on the run in northern New York, was shot by a state trooper on Sunday, according to a person briefed on the matter. His condition was unknown, the person said.
Another person, with knowledge of the matter, said that Mr. Sweat, 35, was alive and in custody.
The confrontation with Mr. Sweat, near the town of Constable, N.Y., came two days after a federal agent shot and killed the other escaped prisoner from a maximum-security prison in New York, Richard W. Matt. The agent shot Mr. Matt three times in the head with a semiautomatic weapon, according to results from an autopsy released on Sunday.
