Pennsylvania Manhunt: Escaped killer steals rifle, homeowner fires shots | LiveNOW from FOX

I want to give you guys the latest updates on that

escaped

prisoner who

escaped

the Pennsylvania

killer

, please live on your screen. We are still looking for Danello Cavalcante. Let's go to that press conference unedited and unfiltered. 500 law enforcement officers are engaged in securing the perimeter and conducting searches, we are mobilizing additional resources as we speak and are planning for an extended operational period if necessary. Cabo Conte is considered armed and extremely dangerous. He is now armed with a .22 caliber

rifle

with a telescopic sight and a flashlight mounted throughout the night. We passed or sent several reverse 911 messages to residents within a three-mile radius of this incident and posted information on social media in an effort to inform the public and keep them safe.

We also notified the affected schools about this incident very early in the morning and the decision was made to close schools in the O J Roberts School District for today. The current perimeter includes PA 23 to the north, PA 100 to the east of Fairview and Mill Roads to the south and Iron Bridge and County Park. In the West, we ask residents in and around this area to insure their homes, outbuildings and vehicles. It is imperative that anyone with information regarding Cavalcante contact us immediately so we can act in a timely manner. They can call 9-1-1 or our council.

Line at 717-562-2987-717-562-2987 We will answer questions at this time. Do we think he is hurt? We have no reason to believe that he is injured as a result of that shooting. I think he's just trying. to survive and avoid being captured right now sir yes, we have considered you dangerous from the beginning, that does not change anything, we have always considered you a risk, now we absolutely know that you have a weapon, yes, you know where you have been. I think so he has been in that area before we are not evacuating homes at this time we are asking residents to be vigilant and relock their doors.

Call us if there are any problems or concerns. There were several

shots

. Don't know. I have that number uh at this point uh not as a result of anything with the search. We've had some minor incidents or issues with officers on the perimeter and things like that, but nothing directly related to the search. I'm not going to comment. As for any help he may or may not have received, what I will tell you is that at this point I believe he can no longer receive help and he is in that perimeter and we will actively search until we find him.

Yes, now looking at the firearm and it has a general location in the container, it is imperative to push now, especially in an emergency, the firearm. We sure have been pushing every time we had it contained from the beginning. We have viewed this as a high priority at all times. Case in point, the search area is probably about three miles from east to west and two to two and a half miles from north to south. It is a large area, forested and mountainous terrain. It's not something that's just about sending some people in and searching, as I said, we've had several tactical teams operating there at night.

We continue to have teams operating there. Now it will take a long time to clear that entire area and we will do it, but we will continue until Locate it, can you tell us about a difficulty area around Long Drums to search? Is this equally difficult, more or less difficult? Do you know some similar challenges? The difference here is a slightly larger area, so every time you are in one area. So, you can imagine that if you went out and took an area of ​​several square miles and you had to try to find a single person who was trying to hide, it's a challenge that's considerably contained now in that area, as I said before, there's never a perimeter. 100 percent impenetrable, we have absolutely put up a very strong perimeter, we will do everything we can to contain him there and capture him, there are some creeks there, yes, the officers have been wearing their equipment throughout this entire search again.

I've always considered him dangerous uh we just know that now we have confirmation that he has a firearm the tactics are the same it was with the firearm it was with the firearm it was with the firearm French Creek Park right now I know that the tunnels were a credence factor in the Longwood area, are you also looking into the hypothesis about the tunnels from where he was last seen last night? um we're focusing on that whole area again, we have supervisors on the ground assessing any issues or risks. escape and we are trying to address any possibilities that exist fairly quickly.

The fact that the Tactical Team was able to see the Fresh Prince identify them as prison

shots

. What happened? Why do we hate them? They have been looking for him. It was only a few minutes. but in that period of time it traveled a significant distance, we've been using dogs and we've been using tactical equipment, so, you know, just because we find a footprint doesn't necessarily mean we know which direction it traveled, and in fact, had traveled south and then returned north, so it's not a matter of just charging into the forest and knowing it's that far away, it's a matter of trying to track it, it's a matter of methodically sweeping through the forest checking the buildings and so on.

We don't have the luxury of just charging down the nearest trail and hoping that's the direction it went. Have you been watching that house? I don't think so, sir. I think at that time he was being pushed by the teams that were there. chasing him since the original sighting I think it was, in my opinion, I think it was a crime of opportunity. I think he went in there, probably trying to hide the fact that the garage door was open. He did not do it. I think he recognized who the owner was. there and I think he was probably looking for a place to hide he ran into that garage he saw the firearm grabbed he found the

homeowner

and he ran away with the area of ​​the firearm now what you're looking for to give an estimate I don't know what is That, eight to ten square miles, probably yes, or the firearm that is not secured.

Do you have any plans to change the message in this new containment area? So, in addition to the importance of water, I don't know how much more I could emphasize it, sir. I've been very clear about protecting the things that we've sent, as I said several reverse 911 messages overnight again emphasizing that point and telling residents, you know what you can do, just letting them know about the situation. I can't be clearer than them. We need to secure things, we are working with a variety of maps, we have County Emergency Management people on site and we have had them on site here and at the command post so that we have access to the information available.

I'm told it's not a life-threatening situation, but I don't have any other information captured. It seems like you're getting really close. How many golfers do you have officials on the ground right now? Or we have that number 400, oh, I would. Let's say we're already over 400, we're probably around 500 right now, it's very fluid, we have people that are still coming in, we've been releasing people that were held overnight, we have people that have been on duty for 20 hours, 24 hours or more and we are relieving them, we held people back due to the severity of the situation last night, so we are working to replace everyone.

We have people coming. I can speak on behalf of State Police across Pennsylvania to support this effort and be able to sustain it and our partner agencies are doing the same not only from Pennsylvania but also from outside the state with several specialized teams. No, this is the area where he left the truck, it's very close. proximity to where the truck was abandoned and where I talked about how I thought he was in the woods and probably hiding, let's go and if you join us here live now from Fox, we've been listening raw and unfiltered. to the final press conference outside Chester County, Pennsylvania, while authorities were still searching for the escaped

killer

, Danello Cavalcante, still on the run, now said to have a .22-caliber handgun with a telescopic sight and a flashlight on the front, the police seemed quite alarmed as they have always considered him armed and dangerous, but now they have confirmation that he does in fact have a weapon, but stay tuned as it has been almost a couple of weeks since that prisoner escaped in Pennsylvania, we will come back to that when we get some new information