he has been taken back to the station and at that point we will attempt to hear from him at the avondale station. i'm not aware of it. if he did, i don't have that information. >> you are officers were authorized to use lethal force. >> that's always our first choice and preference to -- that option is to prevent the escape of a dangerous individual. had they not been able to contain him, that would have -- >> it was a combined group of the border patrol and psp. >> [inaudible] is that normal procedure? >> yes. >> was he in the same location >> [inaudible] >> he was proneed out. i'm told he was proneed out trying to hide and began to crawl away. >> [inaudible] >> it was in that close proximity to that, yes. >> [inaudible] >> no one was assisting him at that point. >> [inaudible] >> that was the dea. it was a fixed wing aircraft. >> were you worried that law enforcement that there could be another chance for escape? the plane had to land. what kind -- >> as i've told you throughout this investigation, there are always things we have to contend with. everything isn't scripted and doesn't g

he is being brought to the avondale facility. the state facility there right now. that's where cavalcante is going. you mentioned that we will learn a lot more from lieutenant colonel coming up at 9:30 and i'm sure federal assets will be there as well. this has been all hands on deck for the past 14 days. and just thinking back at all the different parts of this manhunt, cavalcante breaks out two weeks ago, he breaches the first perimeter. when the trail camera captured him at longwood gardens just south of the original perimeter. authorities moved south to encircle longwood gardens. that was the moment that everybody really felt that they were going to capture him but he was able to sneak past troopers and steal a van from a dairy farm 3/4 of a mile away from the search perimeter. the keys were left inside that van. then he brought it here. that is why we're here, this is the last part of this search, the van was dumped two miles from where we are right now and the questions were at the time was he receiving help? did he get in another car? did he steal another ca

where are we now in we are at the avondale barracks of the state police. he will be processed there and they'll take another set of prints to match. they're going to take a mug shot and do whatever their normal arrest processing is. there will be a medical screening which is, you know, they've done the preliminary version, but a guy did fire shots at him so you have to make sure is there a wound? is there a graze wound, does he need medical treatment? does he need treatment for -- >> the scalp. >> the interview phase is going to have to come with a miranda warning. >> right. >> which will have to be done through the interpreter. someone who has been in jail since 2021 and operating in the scope of a prison is probably well schooled in the idea of wnot talking to authorities, but they'll have to go through that process to see if he wants to waive nah and then it's going to be off to state prison. there may be things that can happen here. he may be charged and it's likely he'll be charged with escape. there may be the desire to question him about who, if any

he was transported to our avondale station for further processing and interview, and he will ultimately be transferred to a state correctional institute where he will be housed and begin to serve his life sentence. in just a few minutes, i'll open this up to some questions, but i -- before i do that i want to turn this over to one of our close partners, district attorney deb ryan. i know she would like to say a few words. we'll be happy to take your questions following that. >> thank you, lieutenant colonel bivens. today is a great day here in chester county. our nightmare is finally over and the good guys won. we owe a debt of gratitude to all of the first responders for their tireless and dedicated efforts in bringing this fugitive to justice. they worked around the clock, and we are deeply grateful to all of them. our community can finally regain its normalcy and breathe a collective sigh of relief. this would not have happened without the collaboration and efforts on behalf of the multitude of agencies. i need to thank the governor, colonel paris, lieutenant colonel bivens for his u

from avondale, pennsylvania.>> reporter: state police say once in motion the capture of danelo cavalcante today happened within five minutes. tonight he's in custody at s.c.i. phoenix, a maximum security prison northwest of philadelphia, to serve a life sentence for first-degree murder. >> the search for danelo cavalcante is over. the subject is now in custody. >> reporter: now police are revealing how the massive search came to a dramatic end. >> our nightmare is finally over, and the good guys won. >> reporter: police say a burglar alarm went off within their search perimeter just after midnight. about an hour later an aircraft using thermal technology picked up a signal. and just before 8:00 this morning tactical units surrounded cavalcante as he tried to escape with a stolen rifle. but law enforcement released a k9 to hold him. >> he continued to resist but was forcibly taken into custody. >> reporter: cavalcante was seen wearing a philadelphia eagles football sweatshirt, his face bloodied from a dog bite inj

from avondale, pennsylvania, good evening, nikki. >> reporter: state police say once in motion, the capturenutes. tonight, he is in custody at sei phoenix, a maximum-security prison northwest of philadelphia to serve a life sentence for first-degree murder. >> the search for danelo cavalcante is over. the subject is now in custody. >> reporter: now, police are revealing how the massive search came to a dramatic end. >> our nightmare is finally over, and the good guys won. >> reporter: police say a burglar alarm went off within their search perimeter just after midnight. about an hour later, an aircraft using thermal technology picked up a signal. and just before 8:00 this morning, tactical units surrounded cavalcante as he tried to escape with a stolen rifle, but law enforcement released a k-9 to hold him. >> he continued to resist, but was forcibly taken into custody. >> reporter: cavalcante was seen wearing a philadelphia eagles football sweatshirt, his face bloodied from a dog bite injury to his scalp. >> out of nowhere, everybody started to congregate back by the shed. >> reporter: jim

i'm told you saw the video of him being put in the truck, he is going to state prison in avondale, theyround crews and aviation right now. the search perimeter is this ways, i assume they will be removing the blockages they put up. we -- speaking to one person that lived relatively close to the prison. there was another prison escape in the same way, where you saw cavalcante walk up between two walls, just three months prior. there was mixture of frustration and a lot of appreciation for the work law enforcement has been doing. everyone is happy, i don't believe word has traveled too quick. i want to mention that border patrol was involved in taking cavalcante into custody and his mother spoke with the "new york times" saying he's trained for survival. she talked about his poor upbringing in brazil and that prepared him for the conditions he experienced out there. this guy was 5 feet tall and 120 pounds. his sister didn't cooperate with authorities and was arrested by ice agents and cavalcante presumably will have the same fate. he came to the united states illegally after the murder yo

he was transported to our avondale station for further processing and interview, and he will ultimately be transferred to a state correctional institute where he will be housed and begin to serve of his life sentence. in just a few minutes i'll open this up to some questions, but before i do that i want to turn this over to one of our very close partners, district attorney deb ryan. i know she would like to say a few words and then, again, we'll happy to take your questions following that. deb? >> thank you, lieutenant colonel bivens. today is a great day here in chester county. our nightmare is finally over, and the good guys won. we owe a debt of gratitude to all of the first responders for their tireless and dedicated efforts in bringing this fugitive to justice. they worked around the clock, and we are deeply grateful to all of them. our community can finally regain its normalcy and breathe a collective sigh of relief. this would not have happened without the collaboration and efforts on behalf of a multitude of agencies. i need to thank the governor colonel paris, lieutenant colone

he was transported to our avondale station for further processing and interview. and he will ultimately be transferred to a state correctional institute where he will be housed and begin to serve his life sentence . in just a few minutes, i'll open this up to some questions, but i before i do that, i want to turn this over to one of our very close partners district attorney deb ryan. i know she would like to say a few words and again then we'll be happy to take your questions following that. thank you. >> lieutenant colonel bivins, today is a great day here in chester county. our nightmare is finally over. and the good guys won. we owe a debt of gratitude to all of the first responders for their tireless and dedicated efforts in bringing this fugitive to justice. they worked around the clock and we are deeply grateful to all of them. our community can finally regain its normalcy and breathe a collective sigh of relief. this would not have happened without the collaboration and efforts on behalf of a multitude of agencies. i need to thank the governor, colonel parr

as we see now, the vehicle has pulled up to the state police barracks in avondale, pennsylvania, and, danelo cavalcante. appears to be shirtless under that thermal blanket, being led into the police barracks, mika. >> yep. watching this in avondale, pennsylvania, this is an incredible moment for the residents of chester county, pennsylvania, who has been on edge for the past two weeks wondering how this would come to an end and if his escape would prolong and perhaps people would be brought into it hurt, perhaps even murdered. those questions legit given that he was convicted and sentenced to life for stabbing his girlfriend to death. this man received a life sentence a week before his escape. he shimmied out of a prison and was able to climb out and escape and elude authorities for two long weeks. we see that the pennsylvania state police are now getting ready to have a press conference, hopefully we'll learn more about his capture, how it went down, but we do know so far that he was ultimately surrounded and captured at a tractor supply facility in pennsylvania and that they used t

. >> harris, right now he is at an avondale station being questioned but he will go to a state prison facility. he will not go back to chester county prison where he escaped two thursdays ago. the big update today he was taken into custody by the state troopers as well as border patrol team and this all started at about midnight last night when the home alarm went off in what was the search perimeter. the home alarm went off and troopers were already in the area. they went to check it out and brought in the federal resources with the aviation units and picked up on thermal imaging at 1:00 a.m. an hour after the home alarm went off. cavalcante caught a lucky break and bad weather rolled in and had to pull the aviation units out. teams were able to track cavalcante and seven hours later at 8:00 a.m. this morning those tactical teams and border patrol teams made it in. they surprised him with canine officers. bit by one of the dogs. the big takeaway here, harris, is that nobody was injured. no shots fired. people continuously have passed our camera and have driven by honking their horns.

authorities cities cutting off his clothing before making their way to a state facility in avondale, pennsylvania. the. dogs subdued him. he continued to resist, but was forcibly taken into custody . cavalcante made his escape from the chester county prison on august 31st after being handed a life sentence for the brutal stabbing death of his girlfriend. surveillance video catching him scaling a wall before jumping from the roof during his time on the run. cavalcante was captured on multiple surveillance cameras, including several times at a botanical garden. just a few miles from the prison. the search escalating monday night after cavalca broke into a private residence and stole a 22 caliber rifle. he was ultimately captured near that home. the homeowner saying his family is now breathing a huge sigh of relief. we are so excited. my daughter actually was the one who saw it first and we were just celebrating seeing it on the on the tv. so very happy. we've had nightmares every night. chester county prison is under heavy scrutiny, as cavalcante escape was the second from the facility

he was loaded up into the bear cat after being questioned at the avondale facility, south of where heed. but he is going to serve his life sentence in a state prison facility, so that's where we believe he's going. we will find out when we track this bear cat video. as we look back on this manhunt, i'm struck by the luck that was involved in cavalcante making it as far as he did. you think back to the original escape, the tower officer has been fired for failing to see or report that escape, it happened on labor day weekend, and police have investigated multiple break-ins after his escape. people on vacation, they were not home, that helped him. and then his luck started to run out after he found the keys inside that van that helped him breach one of the search perimeters and then come here farther north in chester county and people sort of in this community have wondered how much of this had to do with skill, his mother told the "new york times" that his suffering in his upbringing in brazil played a role and prepared him for this, of course he's only five feet tall, 120 pounds, does

look, this is the moment danelo cavalcante was escorted out of an armored truck by officials at the avondale state police barracks just before 9:00 a.m. stripped down to just his underwear and shoes wrapped in a foil blanket. the capture the result of nearly two long weeks of efforts by 500 members of law enforcement to bring the escaped fugitive to justice. they took cavalcante by surprise, tipped off by a nearby resident's home alarm tracking him down using thermal heat technology and mobilizing a highly specialized police unit until just after 8:00 a.m., a police dog pinned down cavalcante before a single shot could be fired. >> tactical teams converged on the area where the heat source was. they were able to move in very quietly. they had the element of surprise. cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred. that did not stop him from trying to escape. he began to crawl through thick underbrush taking his rifle with him as he went. one of the customs and border control teams bortac had a dog with them. they released the dog. some of our cert members were also ther