The two prison escapees might have been sighted in a town called Friendship, NY near the Pennsylvania border.
Watch below a report from CNN:
NBC News is reporting that New York State Police say they have a confirmed sighting of escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat near Friendship, New York.
The town of Friendship is about 87 miles southwest of Rochester.
We are sending a crew to Friendship and will have updates on this story tonight on News 10NBC at 11.
BREAKING: The New York State Police say they have a confirmed sighting of escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat near Friendship, NY.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) June 20, 2015
NBC News Field Operations team on-sight reports a tight perimeter with multiple police helicopters in Friendship, NY in escapee search.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) June 20, 2015
Residents in Friendship, NY told to stay inside, lock their doors- troopers search nearby railroad tracks for escaped prisoners @JennSchanz4
— Denise R. Bradley (@DemonRB) June 20, 2015
Restaurant manager tells @BuzzFeedNews cops went into Friendship NY businesses, told them to “shut down and go home.” #PrisonBreakNY
— Salvador Hernandez (@SalHernandez) June 20, 2015
Now: Intense search related to #nyprisonbreak near Friendship, NY. Cloudy, 5 mi. visibility there now. Low clouds won't help air search.
— Michael Page (@MichaelPageWx) June 20, 2015
Awww.. how poignant for the two guys to head towards a town called “friendship.” Adorable.