Delia D'Ambra

So, a few seconds after Jason was shot, Maros was shot too.

According to Wade, Troy unintentionally jammed the shotgun he'd used to shoot Jason.

So, to kill Maros, he pulled out a handgun and aimed it at the dog's head.

Then, right before fleeing the scene and going further into the terrain, he approached Jason's body, unholstered his handgun and extra magazine, and stole those items.

While that was happening, the state troopers who'd been behind Jason and Maros ducked for cover and called out for Jason, but didn't get a response.

His silence combined with the fact that Maros was no longer barking indicated to everyone that the tracking pair were likely mortally wounded.

Right away, authorities continued to look for Troy in the woods, but didn't immediately find him.

Poor radio communications between members of law enforcement and spotty cell phone reception made it challenging for anyone to really know what was going on or where Troy might be.

Meanwhile, a small group of officers and troopers led by a sergeant who personally knew Jason assembled and cautiously approached the section of the forest where they believed he and Maros had gone down.

When that group arrived, they found the pair's bodies on the ground and it was clear they were gone.

Investigators quickly set up a perimeter and made note of the fact that Jason's service weapon was missing, which I imagine only heightened their concerns that Troy might use it against another member of law enforcement if he was cornered again.

For the next few hours, the manhunt continued, but search conditions were not ideal.

Helicopters flying low overhead created a lot of noise in the forest that made it difficult for searchers on the ground to hear anything in the woods.

Eventually, officials decided to move most of their search resources out of the immediate area where Jason and Morris had been shot, and they started looking for Troy further away in the woods.

Shortly after 4.30 p.m., three members of law enforcement canvassing a tree line adjacent to a nearby farmhouse property spotted something in the distance close to a fallen tree that caught their eye.

It was the subtle movement of a man's tennis shoe.

According to my interview with retired US Forest Service law enforcement officer Wade Keener, when state troopers and a deputy from an area sheriff's office approached an old farmhouse in the search radius of where law enforcement suspected Troy was hiding, they saw a man's tennis shoe move on the ground next to a large fallen tree.

The group was about 15 to 20 yards away from the shoe, but they were confident it was Troy.

And sure enough, just moments later, after failing to comply to the officer's commands, Troy showed himself, turned towards the group, and pointed a gun.

The officers fired, and when the dust settled, they found Troy motionless, lying on the ground, barely clinging to life.