Richard Matt, one of two men who escaped from a maximum security jail in the US has been shot and killed by police.<br /><br /> Matt had been serving life at the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York state for the torture, murder and dismemberment of his boss in 1997.<br /><br /> David Sweat, who carried out the elaborate escape with him on June 6 is still on the run.<br /><br /> Police think he may be close to the location where Matt was shot – around Lake Titus, near the Canadian border.<br /><br /> The pair broke free by cutting through their cell walls and sneaking along pipes within the jail before jumping out of a manhole outside the walls of the prison.<br /><br /> Police have advised the public not to approach Sweat, who was serving life for shooting death a Sheriff’s deputy.
