Danelo Cavalcante, the convicted murderer who broke out of a Pennsylvania prison, was captured Wednesday after an exhaustive manhunt of nearly two weeks that jangled the nerves of local residents, Pennsylvania police said.

Calvacante was apprehended around 8 a.m. after a heat signal was located west of Pennsylvania Route 100, north of Prizer Road, at 1 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said at a press conference. After waiting out a storm overnight, law enforcement closed in on the area early Wednesday.

“They had the element of surprise,” Bivens said. “Cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred.”

Cavalcante tried to escape, crawling through thick underbrush with a rifle he stole from a homeowner earlier in the week, Bivens said. A search dog was released and “subdued him,” Bivens said, adding that Cavalcante sustained a “minor” dog bite.

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