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The Latest: Search continues for surviving NY prison escapee

New York State officers search for convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat, Friday, June 26, 2015, in Malone, N.Y. Matt was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in a wooded area about 30 miles from the prison on Friday, and Sweat is on the run, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) New York State officers search for convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat, Friday, June 26, 2015, in Malone, N.Y. Matt was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in a wooded area about 30 miles from the prison on Friday, and Sweat is on the run, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

By Associated Press June 27, 2015 1 min read

MALONE, N.Y. (AP) – The latest on the manhunt following the escape of two convicted murderers from a maximum-security prison (all times local):

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8:45 a.m.

Searchers who tracked and killed one murderer who broke out of a northern New York prison three weeks ago are combing the same heavily wooded area for the surviving escapee.

Officers continued to focus Saturday on rugged terrain 30 miles west of Clinton Correctional Facility as they looked for David Sweat, who escaped from the maximum-security prison June 6 with Richard Matt. Police manned roadblocks in the neighboring towns of Malone and Duane as a helicopter buzzed over the woods.

Matt was shot to death Friday by a border patrol team responding to a civilian complaint about a gunshot fired at a camping trailer. Authorities say Matt was armed and failed to respond to an order to raise his hands.

Police said Friday night that they had no confirmed sightings of Sweat.