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Pennsylvania police provide new info amid manhunt for fugitive Danelo Cavalcante: ‘He is armed’

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Hunt for escaped Pennsylvania killer continues

FOX News correspondent Nate Foy reports on the police discussing the manhunt for escaped convict Daniela Cavalcante on ‘Special Report.’

Authorities said early Tuesday morning that fugitive Danelo Cavalcante, who remains on the run after he escaped from prison nearly two weeks ago, is now armed. They have also urged residents not to approach him and to instead call 911 if they see him.

Pennsylvania State Police said on social media that Cavalcante, 34, has a .22 caliber rifle and that residents in the area should “lock all doors and windows, secure vehicles, and remain indoors.” They also said that officers were pursuing Cavalcante in the area of Ridge Road, Coventryville Road and Daisy Point Road in South Coventry Townpoint in Chester County.

The update came hours after dozens of police vehicles responded to a call of a break-in and shots fired in East Nantmeal, the area where Cavalcante was thought to be hiding.

A source from the state police told Fox News late Monday night that a homeowner shot at Cavalcante as he was attempting to steal a rifle. FOX 29 Philadelphia reported later that the homeowner fired seven times at the escaped killer, who successfully stole .22 caliber firearm.

PENNSYLVANIA FUGITIVE DANELO CAVALCANTE APPEARS TO BE GETTING DESPERATE AS MANHUNT CONTINUES, POLICE SAY

The manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante continues as authorities believe he is getting desperate while on the run.  (Pennsylvania State Police / Chester County Prison)

Hundreds of officers have been searching for Cavalcante since he escaped on August 31 in the area near Chester County Prison. He was in prison for his first-degree murder conviction in the death of an ex-girlfriend in 2021.

While Cavalcante was able to evade a law enforcement perimeter for 12 days, authorities said he continues to take risky measures, including contacting former co-workers.

“I believe that his actions show that he’s desperate,” Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said Monday. “I believe there was an opportunity to escape. I don’t think there was a lot of planning that went into that. Now he finds himself on the run.”

“The fact that he has reached out to people with a very distant past connection tells me he doesn’t have a great network of support,” he added.

Danelo Cavalcante, an escaped convicted killer, is now clean-shaven and operating a stolen white Ford Transit. (Pennsylvania State Police)

POLICE SECURING ZONE AROUND ESCAPED MURDERER AFTER HE WAS SPOTTED ON TRAILCAM AT PA BOTANICAL GARDEN

Bivens said Sunday that Cavalcante slipped through a tightly guarded police perimeter around the Longwood Gardens botanical park, changed his appearance and stole a van on a dairy farm. He drove more than 20 miles to East Pikeland Township and Phoenixville, where he sought help from two former co-workers.

Cavalcante was seen clean-shaven on a doorbell camera wearing a yellow or green hoodie, a black baseball cap, green prison pants and white shoes, according to state police. 

Officials announced Friday that a prison guard on duty when Cavalcante was seen on surveillance video escaping the exercise yard had been fired.

Law enforcement gather as they search for escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante in Glenmoore, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. ((AP Photo/Matt Rourke))

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Cavalcante was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. He is also wanted for homicide in his home country of Brazil.

Brazilian prosecutors in Tocantins state say Cavalcante is accused of “double qualified homicide” in the 2017 killing of Válter Júnior Moreira dos Reis in Figueirópolis over a debt the victim owed him in connection with the repair of a vehicle.

Fox News’ Louis Casiano and Nate Foy contributed to this report.

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