Smell of gunpowder led to escaped inmate

MALONE, N.Y. - Police looking for a murder convict who escaped from a maximum-security upstate New York prison three weeks ago have narrowed the search area after killing an inmate who escaped with him.

Police are using officers, dogs and helicopters in an area about 22 square miles centered on Titusville Mountain State Forest in Malone. Just days ago the search area was up to 75 square miles.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says escapee Richard Matt was killed Friday afternoon by a border patrol agent from Vermont. Fellow escapee David Sweat is on the loose.

Full story: WJFW

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