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This photo provided by the New York State Police shows Justin Walters, a U.S. Army soldier who is charged with killing his wife and fatally shooting Trooper Joel Davis on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Davis was responding to reports of shots fired at the Walters' rural upstate property in Theresa, N.Y., authorities said Monday, July 10. (New York State Police via AP)

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In this June 4, 2017 photo provided by the New York State Police, is Nicholas Sherman. The 31-year-old actor had been hired to portray the Tin Man in "Wizard of Oz" in Sullivan, N.Y. and was still in his character's makeup following a drunken driving arrest. (New York State Police via AP)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the New York State Police shows Trooper Timothy Pratt. New York State Police said Pratt died after he was hit by a vehicle on an upstate road while on duty near a state police station on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. A New York high school’s annual dance marathon is being dedicated to a fallen state trooper who was struck by a car and killed while on duty last year. (New York State Police via AP, File)

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In this Oct. 12, 2016 photo provided by New York State Police Troop D, New York State Police Superintendent George Beach is flanked by Trooper Meagan Hartmann, right, and her mother, Bethany Lamphere in Albany, N.Y., on the day of Hartmann's graduation from the State Police Academy. The mother and daughter work as uniformed troopers at separate stations 60 miles apart in central New York. (New York State Police via AP)

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This combination of file photos released by the New York State Police shows David Sweat, left, and Richard Matt. Matt, who staged a brazen escape from an upstate maximum-security prison with Sweat and had been hunted for three weeks was shot and killed Friday, June 26, 2015. Sweat was shot and captured on Sunday, June 28. (New York State Police via AP, File)

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David Sweat (New York State Police via AP)

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A New York State Police officer escorts suspended Clinton Correctional Facility guard Gene Palmer, left, from Plattsburgh Town Court in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Rob Fountain/The Press-Republican via AP)

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At left, in a May 21, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is David Sweat. At right, in a May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is Richard Matt. New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago. (New York State Police via AP, File)

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This May 21, 2015, photo released by the New York State Police shows David Sweat. On Saturday, June 6, 2015, Sweat and fellow inmate Richard Matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. Sweat is among more than 160 state prison escapees nationwide who are listed as on the loose, The Associated Press found in a coast-to-coast survey. (New York State Police via AP)

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This May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police shows Richard Matt. Matt and accomplice David Sweat escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015, and are still at large. Matt is among more than 160 state prison escapees nationwide who are listed as on the loose, The Associated Press found in a coast-to-coast survey. (New York State Police via AP)

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Charles Guest of the New York State Police speaks during a news conference as law enforcement officers search for two escaped prisoners Sunday, June 7, 2015, in Dannemora, N.Y. The two murderers who used power tools to escape from prison must have taken days to cut through steel walls and pipes and break through the bricks at the maximum-security prison, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. (Rob Fountain/The Press-Republican via AP)

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This May 20, 2015 photo released by the New York State Police shows Richard Matt. On Saturday, June 6, 2015, authorities said 48-year-old Richard Matt and 34-year-old David Sweat, both convicted murderers, escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. (New York State Police via AP)

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This undated photo released by the New York State Police shows Richard Matt. Authorities say 48-year-old Richard Matt and 34-year-old David Sweat escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora. (New York State Police via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the New York State Police, shows Trooper Christopher Skinner, who was struck by a vehicle and killed, Thursday, May 29, 2014, while he was conducting a traffic stop outside his patrol car on Interstate 81 north of Binghamton, N.Y. The driver of the car that struck him was apprehended after pulling over and fleeing into near-by woods. (AP Photo/New York State Police)

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Trooper William Gannon of the New York State Police and Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy stand behind a wreath after placing it at the State of New York Police Officers Memorial on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. The names of 20 police officers who died in the the line of duty were added to the memorial, including 13 who died from ground zero-related illnesses after the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)