Second New York State prison escapee David Sweat is in custody after being shot by police, US media report.
They say 35-year-old convicted murderer Sweat was captured near the Canadian border.
His prison-break partner Richard Matt, 49, was killed by police on Friday.
The
two murderers escaped three weeks ago from the maximum security Clinton
Correctional Facility in Dannemora through the sewer system after using
power tools to break out of their cell.
The spectacular escape set off a massive manhunt.
Sweat
was shot and seized in the town of Constable on Sunday, Franklin County
Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill was quoted as saying by the Associated Press
news agency.
Sheriff Mulverhill said the prisoner was now in hospital, but added that he had no information on his condition.
Matt was shot dead near the town of Malone. The
pair had been making their way through rugged forests in upstate New
York, stealing food and guns from woodland cabins along the way.
US officials have charged prison worker Joyce Mitchell with aiding the two inmates in their escape.
Prosecutors allege that she gave the men power tools that allowed
them to saw through a steel cell wall before bashing a hole through a
brick wall and crawling through.
Ms Mitchell denies the charges.
Clinton correction officer Gene Palmer is also accused of aiding the convicts.
Officials
allege that he gave Sweat and Matt the frozen hamburger meat Ms
Mitchell had used to hide hacksaw blades and a screwdriver.
Mr Palmer's attorney said his client had no knowledge that the meat contained the escape tools.
Matt was serving a prison sentence of 25 years to life for the killing and dismembering of his former boss.
Sweat was serving a life sentence for murdering a sheriff's deputy. Manhunt timeline
5 June: David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora
6-7 June: Possible sighting of pair in Dannemora
9 June: Search focuses on Willsboro area after another possible sighting
10 June: Police close off Route 374 between Dannemora and Cadyville and search expands to neighbouring Vermont
11 June: Police dogs find food wrapper and footprint at suspected camp site near Dannemora
15 June: Prison worker Joyce Mitchell pleads not guilty to aiding the prisoners
24 June: Prison worker Gene Palmer charged with aiding the prisoners
25 June: Richard Matt is shot and killed near the Canadian border
27 June: David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border
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