US escaped convict shot dead by police
US authorities have shot dead one of the two murderers who had been run for three weeks after breaking out of a New York prison.
A CONVICTED killer who broke out of a maximum-security New York prison three weeks ago has been shot dead by authorities, as they continue to hunt for his fellow escapee.
RICHARD Matt, 49, was killed in the upstate town of Malone, less than 16 kilometres from the Canada border.