A manhunt continues for the masked gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as police are looking into whether or not he may have fled New York City on a bus.
Police believe the suspect, who has not been captured or identified, arrived in Manhattan by bus on November 24, a full 10 days before he opened fire on the CEO outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Wednesday morning.
The unknown assailant then fled to Central Park on a Citi Bike. Surveillance footage captured the man leaving the park without his backpack, which has not been found, according to a law enforcement official.
Police are now looking into whether he left the city by bus. It’s believed he arrived in the city 10 days earlier on a bus that originated in Atlanta.
On Thursday, the NYPD released two photos of the assailant without his face covering from inside the HI New York City Hostel. He revealed his face after a hostel worker asked to “see his pretty smile,” police said. He is said to have used a fake New Jersey identification to book the room.
The manhunt for the suspect has entered its third day, with police investigating a smudged fingerprint found on a water bottle left at the scene that could potentially contain vital DNA.
Police are examining bullet casings found at the scene, which were inscribed with the words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend” — terms possibly linked to health insurers’ tactics to avoid paying claims.
KEY POINTS
- Killer reveals face after ‘flirting' with hostel worker who asked to ‘see his pretty smile’
- Suspect bussed to NYC 10 days before killing with NJ fake ID
- Police get fingerprint off suspect’s water bottle
- Family of slain CEO ‘shattered’ to hear about ‘senseless’ killing
- Three words carved into bullets used Thompson revealed
Video shows suspect leaving park without backpack
16:32
Andrea Cavallier
A law enforcement official told the New York Times that the man believed to be the shooter was captured on surveillance footage leaving Central Park without his backpack.
The suspect was spotted carrying the gray backpack when he opened fire on CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday morning. He was still wearing the bag when he fled on a bike and entered Central Park minutes after the shooting.
Police have been searching the park, but the backpack has not been found.
NYC mayor says ‘we are on the road to apprehending’ the CEO shooter
16:02
Andrea Cavallier
New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke out about the latest in the search for the gunman who killed CEO Brian Thompson.
“We are on the right road to apprehending him,” Adams told PIX11 on Friday morning.
He also told NY1 this morning: “We’re on the right track. We’re going to bring this person to justice. This person was fully masked, and we used good old-fashioned police work to come up with the picture you have.”
DNA evidence from hostel being tested
15:16
Andrea Cavallier
DNA evidence recovered from the hostel where the suspect stayed the night before the shooting has been taken to the lab at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for testing, a person briefed on the matter told the New York Times.
Major break in search for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer came from a flirty moment with hostel receptionis
14:29
James Liddell
By lowering his mask and flashing a “flirtatious” smile to a hostel front desk clerk, the suspect in the fatal Brian Thompson shooting has given police their biggest break yet.
Clear surveillance images released by the New York Police Department on Thursday showed the “person of interest wanted for questioning” unmasked in Wednesday’s killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as the manhunt enters its third day.
Rhian Lubin has the story.
When a medical insurance CEO was gunned down in the street, some people celebrated his death
14:06
James Liddell
When the CEO of one of the largest medical insurance companies in the United States was gunned down on the streets of Manhattan on Wednesday, his death quickly turned into a larger conversation about the much-reviled industry in which he worked.
Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, had been in New York City for a conference when he was killed in what police believe was a targeted shooting.
Among hundreds of posts on social media about the shocking murder, many people were moved to talk about the injustice of the health insurance industry. Often the dark jokes on X, Instagram, Reddit and TikTok spoke to how cruel medical insurance companies can be to their customers. Some even wrote folk songs about the event.
Read Richard Hall’s full analysis below.
UnitedHealthcare removes leadership pages after CEO’s death
13:44
James Liddell
UnitedHealthcare is believed to have removed a page listing its executives on the company’s about us page after its chief Brian Thompson was gunned down in the street on Wednesday.
The health insurer has appeared to pull down a page listing senior staff, in what is assumed to protect the identity of its personnel, according to a report by 404 Media.
Other major insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and CareSource are believed to have also removed pages from their website, according to reports.
Flags fly at half-mast outside of UnitedHealthcare HQ
13:23
James Liddell
Everything we know about UnitedHealthcare CEO murdered in Manhattan
13:02
James Liddell
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in what police called a “brazen targeted attack” in Manhattan early on Wednesday.
A massive manhunt is underway for the unidentified shooter, who fled the scene on a bike. Police searched a hostel in the Upper West Side where they believe the suspect was staying, CNN reported Thursday morning.
Katie Hawkinson and Madeline Sherratt detail everything we know so far about the fatal attack on the 50-year-old insurance CEO:
Hostel worker asked suspect to pull down mask to ‘see his pretty smile’
12:41
James Liddell
Brian Thompson’s killer was asked by a female hostel worker to pull his mask down to “see his pretty smile,” a high-ranking NYPD officer told CBS News.
The New York Times has identified the lodgings as the HI New York City Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue near 104th Street in Manhattan, sources told the outlet. The suspect is said to have used a fake New Jersey identification book the room upon arriving on November 24, a senior law enforcement official told the newspaper.
It was at that hostel where the assailant was recorded on surveillance cameras revealing his face, after having a conversation and apparently flirting with the woman on the front desk.
Manhunt for New York CEO shooting suspect enters third day
12:20
James Liddell
Hostel where suspect stayed ‘identified’: report
11:50
James Liddell
The hostel where the suspect who shot dead Brian Thompson stayed has allegedly been identified, according to a report.
The New York Times has identified the lodgings as the HI New York City Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue near 104th Street in Manhattan, sources told the outlet.
He is said to have used a fake New Jersey identification book the room upon arriving on November 24, a senior law enforcement official told the newspaper.
The suspect was then was said to have checked out of the hostel on November 29, before once again checking back in on November 30, where it is assumed he stayed until Thompson’s shooting.
The Independent has contacted the hostel for more details.
New York CEO shooting map: Movements of gunman who killed Brian Thompson
11:24
James Liddell
The manhunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a shooting in the heart of Manhattan has now entered its third day, with the killer still at large.
With the gunman’s identity unknown and the motive still a mystery, authorities are trying to piece together the killer’s movements that morning – and where he went next.
James Liddell tracks the gunman’s latest movements.
Timeline of Brian Thompson’s shooting and killer’s getaway
10:50
James Liddell
The gunman who shot dead the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson at point blank range on Wednesday was filmed across Manhattan before and after the attack.
- 5:00 a.m: Suspect recorded walking outside the Frederick Douglass Houses, a public housing project on the Upper West Side
- 6:15 a.m: Gunman leaves the 57th Street F train stop before heading to Starbucks at West 56th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. He buys water and two energy bars
- 6:19 a.m: Suspect recorded walking west down 55th Street, a block away from the New York Hilton Midtown
- 6:29 a.m: Assailant walks through parking lot at 54th Street
- 6:44 a.m: Thompson is seen in video walking toward the Hilton
- 6:46 a.m: Gunman shoots Brian Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown on 6th Avenue
- 6:48 a.m: Suspect headed north on 6th Avenue towards Central Park on e-bike
- 7 a.m: Assailant cycling out of the park on West 85th Street. He is not seen again and his identity is unknown
- 7:12 a.m: Thompson was then rushed to Mount Sinai West hospital where he was pronounced dead
ICYMI: NYPD releases unmasked photo of smiling suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
10:26
James Liddell
Photographs showing the face of the suspect who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan have been released as New York City cops continue to search for the identity of the alleged killer.
On Thursday, the NYPD shared two photographs of the killer, including one with the suspect flashing a smile.
“Below are photos of a person of interest wanted for questioning regarding the Midtown Manhattan homicide on Dec. 4.” the NYPD said in a statement.
James Liddell has the full story below.
Gunman checked in and out of NYC hostel ‘multiple times’
09:54
James Liddell
The assailant who shot the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, to death on Wednesday checked in and out of a Manhattan hostel mutilple times, police say.
After allegedly arriving in New York City by bus on November 24, the gunman checked into a hostel, a law enforcement source told CNN. He then was said to have checked out of the hostel on November 29.
He proceeded to check back into a hostel on November 30, according to the source. It is unclear if it was the same lodgings.
Suspect traveled to New York on a Greyhound bus, sources say
09:30
James Liddell
The gunman who shot dead Brian Thompson at point blank range on Wednesday is said to have traveled to New York City by a Greyhound bus from Atlanta, a near 870 mile journey, sources say.
Surveillance footage shows the suspect getting off the bus in New York around 9 p.m. ET on November 24 – approximately 10 days before the killing, according to CNN. It is not clear at which stop the suspect got on the bus.
That day, he was seen walking through the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, a law enforcement source told the outlet.
Greyhound is “fully cooperating with authorities on this active investigation,” a spokesperson said.
Mapped: Retracing gunman’s steps as he flees to Central Park after shooting
09:08
James Liddell
New footage shows gunman leaving subway before Thompson shooting
08:46
James Liddell
The suspected killer of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was captured in newly-released footage walking out of a midtown subway station, 30 minutes before the attack.
The footage, examined the Washington Post, allegedly shows the suspect leaving the 57th Street F train stop and walking along 6th Avenue at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday. Thompson was shot dead at approximately 6:46 a.m. outside the New York Hilton Midtown.
Watch the footage below:
Suspect pulled mask down in ‘flirtatious moment’ – and it may lead to his undoing
08:26
James Liddell
An apparent “flirtatious moment” between the Brian Thompson shooting suspect and a female hostel employee led to the assailant revealing his face in security footage, according to a senior former NYPD officer.
On Thursday morning, police released photographs showing the face of the suspect who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO a day prior at a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan.
One of the photos, taken hostel on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, showed the suspect flashing a smile to a female worker.
The former Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller called the exchange a “flirtatious moment” – and it may lead to the gunman’s undoing, as police hone in on his identity.
“They were having a flirtatious moment and he pulls it down and he gives a big smile and that one informal moment between two human beings remains at this moment the most significant clue to date in this whole case,” Miller told CBS.
Three cryptic words were carved into bullets used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
07:02
Namita Singh
The gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a horror early morning shooting left behind a cryptic message at the scene, it has been revealed.
According to police sources, the three words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend” were carved into the live rounds and shell casings found outside the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, where Thompson, 50, was gunned down Wednesday morning.
Police sources confirmed the chilling message to ABC News and the New York Post, adding that three live nine-millimeter rounds and three discharged nine-millimeter shell casings were recovered from the scene.
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What is the UnitedHealthcare business that was led by slain CEO Brian Thompson?
06:07
Namita Singh
UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurer in the United States, provides medical benefits to over 50 million Americans. Its plans cover routine healthcare needs and offer financial protection for those who fall ill or are injured.
In 2023, the company generated $281.4bn in revenue—nearly double that of its closest competitor—underscoring its leading position in an industry where Americans “routinely pay more for healthcare than people in any other country.”
UnitedHealthcare is a key division of UnitedHealth Group, a $560bn global healthcare conglomerate. It operates alongside Optum, which manages pharmacy benefits, healthcare data analytics, and clinical practices.
Under Brian Thompson’s leadership, beginning in 2021, UnitedHealthcare expanded its domestic coverage significantly, increasing from 44 million to 49.3 million insured individuals. The unit’s profitability also soared, with earnings reaching $16.4bn in 2023—a 30 per cent increase from 2020. Its influence extends to over 150 countries worldwide.
UHC CEO shooter may have used hard-to-find pistol in shooting
03:07
Graig Graziosi
Police reportedly believe that the gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was using a difficult-to-obtain gun in the attack.
Investigators told ABC News they believe that the shooter used a B&T Station Six, a modern version of the covert WWII British Welrod pistol. The pistol has what is essentially a suppressor built into its barrel, and each successive shot with the pistol requires manual chambering. Surveillance footage of the attack showed the gunman using a pistol with a long barrel and chambering rounds manually after each shot. Police told ABC News that the gun is not easy to obtain, and recent purchase records may help investigators in their search for the suspect.
CEO shooter was in New York for approximately 10 days before attack, source says
02:13
Graig Graziosi
The individual who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was reportedly in New York City for 10 days before the shooting, according to police sources speaking to the New York Times.Another anonymous law enforcement source told CNN that the shooter flew from Atlanta to New York to carry out the attack.
The man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson allegedly traveled to New York from Atlanta
00:44
Graig Graziosi
The gunman who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson allegedly traveled from Atlanta to New York to carry out his attack.
The information was provided to CNN from an unnamed law enforcement source. This story is still developing and information may evolve as more details are uncovered.
WATCH: A timeline of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder
00:13
Graig Graziosi
Ex-FBI agent says shooter clearly ‘trained for his mission’
Thursday 5 December 2024 22:15
Andrea Cavallier
Former special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer said she analyzed the surveillance footage of the UnitedHealthcare CEO “over and over” to reach her conclusion, which she shared on her YouTube show Break The Case with Jen Coffindaffer FBI on Thursday.
“This person definitely knew this gun, knew it would malfunction and he trained for his mission,” Coffindaffer said of the suspect. “And by the way, he accomplished his mission.”
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New tip leads police to search for suspect on LIRR train
Thursday 5 December 2024 21:45
Andrea Cavallier
Police searched a Long Island Rail Road train after receiving a Crime Stoppers tip following the shooting.
“The train stopped. They searched the train and nothing was found,” a police spokesperson said, according to the New York Post.
While nothing was found, police urge the public to keep sending in tips.
“We are getting Crime Stoppers tips... It’s helping. We are following up on every single tip that’s come in,” the spokesperson said.
“It could be the missing piece of the puzzle that ties everything together.”
Family of slain CEO ‘shattered’ to hear about ‘senseless’ killing
Thursday 5 December 2024 21:25
Andrea Cavallier
The family of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson said in a statement obtained by KARE that they are “shattered to hear about the senseless killing of our beloved Brian.”
“Brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives. Most importantly, Brian was an incredibly loving father to our two sons and will be greatly missed. We appreciate your condolences and request complete privacy as our family moves through this difficult time.”
Police get fingerprint off suspect’s water bottle – but it’s smudged
Thursday 5 December 2024 20:38
Andrea Cavallier
Police have managed to get a fingerprint off the water bottle left behind at the scene of the shooting by the suspect, a law enforcement official told CNN.
But the print is smudged, which makes it less conclusive.
A phone was also left behind and investigators are working on getting information from the device that may help lead them to the killer.
Suspect used fake NJ ID to check into hostel: sources
Thursday 5 December 2024 20:29
Andrea Cavallier
The suspect checked into the Upper West Side hostel using a fake New Jersey ID, law enforcement sources told The New York Post.
It was previously reported that the suspect stayed at the HI New York City Hostel and checked out on Wednesday, the same day as the fatal shooting.
When police looked into the ID the suspect used to book a space at the hostel, they discovered it was fake.
Bomb threat in CEO’s Minnesota hometown appears to be a hoax, police say
Thursday 5 December 2024 20:07
Andrea Cavallier
A bomb threat that was made targeting the Minnesota home of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson appears to be a hoax, Maple Grove police said in a press release.
The threat was received 12 hours after the CEO was shot and killed in front of a NYC hotel on Wednesday morning.
Police responded to Thompson’s house in Maple Grove and his estranged wife’s house a few blocks away, but found nothing at either residence.
Latest details in the search the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter
Thursday 5 December 2024 19:00
Andrea Cavallier
A manhunt continues in the search of the suspect who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday.
Images of an unmasked “person of interest wanted for questioning” in the killing have been released by the NYPD Thursday morning.
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Bomb threat made targeting CEO’s house hours after his killing
Thursday 5 December 2024 18:30
Andrea Cavallier
A bomb threat was made targeting the Minnesota home of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson just 12 hours after he was gunned down outside the Hilton hotel in New York City.
The threat was emailed to a city attorney from Maple Grove claiming that there was a pipe bomb at Thompson’s home, according to a Maple Grove police report obtained by TMZ.
Police and a bomb squad responded to the home just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday but did not find anything. They also searched the home of Thompson’s estranged wife Paulette Thompson, who lives a few blocks away.
It was previously reported that the couple had been separated for months but lived near each other for their children. After the shooting, she told police that Thompson had recently received threats.
About 15 minutes before police arrived at the wife’s house on Wednesday a female in a Jeep Renegade with Illinois license plate put what “appeared to be an envelope the size of a cell phone” in her mailbox, according to security officers at the home. Police searched the mailbox, but did not find anything.
The unanswered questions of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder
Thursday 5 December 2024 18:00
Andrea Cavallier
The gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel on Wednesday is still at large – but police appear to be honing in on the suspect’s identity as their search intensifies.
As a manhunt continues a day after the shooting, police have asked the public for help and offered a $10,000 reward for information, but there are still many unanswered questions about who the suspect is and where he could be.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams says police on ‘right path’ in search for gunman
Thursday 5 December 2024 17:31
Andrea Cavallier
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said law enforcement authorities were “on the right path” in their search for the gunman who shot and killed CEO Brian Thompson.
Adams appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Thursday morning where he gave an update on the search.
“We feel we’re moving at a steady pace,” he said.
He then described New York City as “the safest big city in America.”
”Our crime has continued to drop year over year,” he added. “Our transit system is one of the lowest levels of crime in over 14 years. We’re removing almost 20,000 guns off our streets.”
Suspect stayed at UWS hostel where he was photographed unmasked, police say
Thursday 5 December 2024 16:50
Andrea Cavallier
A senior law enforcement official told reporters outside the New York International Hostel on Thursday that the suspect recently stayed there and was photographed without a face mask.
According to CNN, the shooter stayed in a multi-person room with two other males at the hostel on 103rd and Amsterdam Avenue and was mostly masked during his stay but new images released Thursday morning show a brief moment where he was unmasked and smiling.
The official said that the person who appeared in the photos checked out of the hostel on the Upper West Side on Wednesday. Authorities do not yet have the suspect’s name and that comparisons of the possible suspect names and the photo of the suspect released this morning were inconclusive, the New York Times reported.
See new photos of CEO’s suspected killer
Thursday 5 December 2024 16:38
Andrea Cavallier
New photos released by the NYPD on Thursday morning revealed the face of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s suspected killer.
Both photos show the unmasked suspect who appears to be wearing the face covering around his neck.
He is smiling in one of the photos.
The NYPD shared the photos and wrote: “Below are photos of a person of interest wanted for questioning regarding the Midtown Manhattan homicide on Dec. 4. This does not appear to be a random act of violence; all indications are that it was a premediated, targeted attack. The full investigative efforts of the NYPD are continuing.”
NYPD release new photos of unmasked suspect
Thursday 5 December 2024 16:21
Andrea Cavallier
Thursday 5 December 2024 16:16
Andrea Cavallier
The gray backpack being carried by the gunman when Thompson was shot and killed appears to be one sold by Peak Design, a company that specializes in bags that sell for up to $330, according to the New York Times.
Images of the gunman carrying the backpack were shared by police following the shooting.
Some social media users pointed out that the bag is a luxury backpack that is well known among photographers.
At the press conference, Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives, did not identify the bag, but described it as “distinctive.”
‘We’re going to have someone apprehended,’ NYC Mayor Eric Adams says
Thursday 5 December 2024 16:09
James Liddell
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared the NYPD is “going to have someone apprehended”.
“The pieces of the puzzle… they are still coming together,” Adams said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Thursday.
The mayor confirmed he was briefed by the New York City Police Department chief of detectives on Thursday morning.
Now, he believes the assailant that fatally shot Brian Thompson on Wednesday will end up in custody.
“We’re moving at a steady pace, and we’re going to have someone apprehended,” he said.
Adams said that, based on a preliminary review, the police believe it was “definitely” not a “random act of violence”.
“We believe this was clearly a targeted shooting,” he said. “In all of my years in law enforcement, I have never seen a silencer before. That was really something that was shocking to us all.”
Adams concluded: “We’re on the right path, and we believe we’re going to apprehend this person.”
Police obtain photo of gunman’s face, report states
Thursday 5 December 2024 15:48
James Liddell
Police are said to have found an image of the gunman without a mask, as authorities home in on finding United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer, according to a report.
While the assailant reportedly had his face covered most of the time in his hostel on 103rd and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, with the location first reported by CNN.
And the shooter was seemingly wearing a mask in images captured from surveillance cameras around Manhattan.
Now, police have captured one usable image where he isn’t wearing a mask in his hostel, a law enforcement officer told the outlet.
The gunman is said to have stayed in a multi-person room with two other men, the source said.
Thompson and his wife have ‘lived separately for years’
Thursday 5 December 2024 15:34
James Liddell
Brian Thompson and his wife, Paulette, had been living apart for years, according to a report.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal who obtained property records, voter data and spoke to neighbors, the couple had been living a mile apart from each other in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Paulette Thompson said that her husband had recently received threats from angry customers over complaints she believed may have had to do with “a lack of coverage.”
“I don’t know details,” Paulette Thompson told NBC News. “I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.”
Thompson ex-security ‘shocked’ UnitedHealthcare CEO didn’t have bodyguard in NYC
Thursday 5 December 2024 15:14
James Liddell
The security firm who had previously provided bodyguard services to Brian Thompson was shocked that the UnitedHealthcare CEO didn’t have protection in New York City, where he was shot dead on Wednesday, after the health insurer’s company was rocked by two protests this year.
“It was normal operation for that company that they would have their own private security team to take care of their corporate executives,” Philip Klein, owner of Klein Investigations and Consulting in Nederland, Texas, told the Wall Street Journal.
UnitedHealthcare headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where Thompson, 50, was station had more than 100 demonstrators descend in April and July to protest an alleged “epidemic” of claims denials.
Helicopters, drones and facial recognition technology deployed in hunt for shooting suspect
Thursday 5 December 2024 14:54
James Liddell
The New York City Police Department has appeared to up its search efforts as it attempts to close in on finding the suspect who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to death on Wednesday.
After last being seen cycling out of Central Park on West 85th Street just before 7 a.m., according to footage obtained by NBC News, he has since remained at large.
Police have deployed a swathe of investigators – uniformed and plain clothed – dogs, drones and helicopters in the hunt for the assailant, according to The Times.
Investigators were said to be using facial recognition technology to try to identify the suspect from surveillance images – after the suspect was sighted in a Starbucks near the crime scene outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel.
It follows police searching a hostel as they continue to hone in on the identity of the suspect who fatally shot Thompson, according to a report.
Police are said to have searched a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, according to CNN.
Breaking: Police ‘search hostel’ as they continue to ‘close in' on Thompson’s killer
Thursday 5 December 2024 14:34
James Liddell
Police are said to have searched a hostel as they continue to hone in on the identity of the suspect who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, according to a report.
Officers searched a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where they believe the suspect may have been staying, according to CNN.
It comes after police were said to be seeking a search warrant for an undisclosed location in New York City where they believe the killer may have been hiding, sources told ABC News on Thursday morning.
The killer was last seen cycling out of Central Park on West 85th Street just before 7 a.m. and has since remained at large, according to footage obtained by NBC News.
Thompson was shot dead at point blank range at about 6:46 a.m. on Wednesday outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan.
‘Depose, deny, defend’ inscription on rounds bare striking resemblance to title of insurance book
Thursday 5 December 2024 14:24
James Liddell
The gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a horror early morning shooting left behind a cryptic message – with the words “depose,” “deny,” and “defend” carved into rounds found at the scene.
The three words bear a striking resemblance to a professor of law at Rutgers Law School Jay Feinman’s 2010 book: Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claim and What You Can Do About It. The book offers a scathing analysis of the US insurance industry.
“Today the name of the game is delay, deny, defend: to improve their profits, insurance companies delay payment of justified claims, deny payment altogether, and defend their actions by forcing claimants to enter litigation,” the book’s blurb reads.
The Independent has contacted the NYPD whether it is investigating the connection.
Just in: Police ‘closing in’ on identity of gunman
Thursday 5 December 2024 13:44
James Liddell
Police appear to be drawing closer to identifying the suspect who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday morning, sources say.
Officers are said to be seeking a search warrant for an undisclosed location in New York City where they believe the alleged killer may have been hiding, sources told ABC News on Thursday.
It comes as the gunman is still at large, and no arrests have been made – with the New York City Police Department offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the assailant.
The suspect gunned Thompson down outside a Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, hitting him in the back and right calf, at approximately 6:46 a.m., according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.
He was last seen cycling out of the park on West 85th Street just before 7 a.m., according to footage obtained by NBC News.
New York CEO shooting mapped: Movements of gunman who killed Brian Thompson
Thursday 5 December 2024 13:40
James Liddell
The manhunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a shooting in the heart of Manhattan has now entered its second day, with the killer still at large.
With the gunman’s identity unknown and the motive still a mystery, authorities are trying to piece together the killer’s movements that morning – and where he went next.
James Liddell has outlined from the first moment the suspect was sighted at 5:00 a.m. to the last, two hours later.
Gunman ‘filmed cycling’ out of Central Park in most recent sighting, sources say
Thursday 5 December 2024 13:19
James Liddell
The suspect who gunned down Brian Thompson was allegedly seen in surveillance footage exiting Central Park on a bicycle about 15 minutes after the shooting, according to sources.
The video footage, obtained by CBS News, appears to show the suspect cycling out of the park on West 85th Street just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, the sources told the outlet.
It would mark the most recent sighting of the assailant, following the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting at about 6:46 a.m. He was later pronounced dead in hospital at approximately 7:12 a.m.
Prior to the new sighting, the suspect was last spotted heading north on 6th Avenue towards Central Park at 6:48 a.m. allegedly riding an electronic bicycle.
ICYMI: Surveillance footage captures gunman shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO dead in New York City
Thursday 5 December 2024 12:58
James Liddell
Shooting suspect filmed near NYC housing project almost two hours before attack
Thursday 5 December 2024 12:37
James Liddell
The suspect who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a harrowing point blank shooting was seen in video footage in New York City nearly two hours before the crime, sources say.
The suspect, a white male dressed entirely in black, was initially spotted on a Starbucks security camera at West 56th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan approximately 30 minutes before Thompson’s death at about 6:46 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Now, sources have told ABC News that he was recorded on video much earlier.
The suspect was allegedly recorded walking outside the Frederick Douglass Houses, a public housing project on the Upper West Side, as early as 5:00 a.m., according to the outlet.
Fox News attempts to tie Brian Thompson’s shooting to NYC’s ‘migrant crisis’
Thursday 5 December 2024 12:17
James Liddell
Leave it to Fox News to somehow find a way to shoehorn the topic of illegal immigration and “migrant crime” into breaking coverage of the “brazen” murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who authorities say was “specifically targeted” outside of a New York City hotel on Wednesday.
Moderating a panel discussion about the shocking attack, which took place early in the morning outside the New York Midtown Hilton, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner referenced a recent New York Post story about the number of “illegal migrants” in NYC who have criminal records.
While acknowledging that law enforcement hasn’t linked immigration to Thompson’s murder, Faulkner asserted that it was still a relevant topic because the sheer number of “migrant criminals” in the city is bogging down the New York Police Department.
Justin Baragona has the full story.
Thompson received ‘some threats’ before ‘brazen targeted attack’
Thursday 5 December 2024 11:57
James Liddell
A manhunt is underway after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead on Wednesday morning in what cops described as a “brazen targeted attack” outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
Thompson’s wife said her husband had recently received threats from angry customers over complaints she believed may have had to do with “a lack of coverage.”
“I don’t know details,” Paulette Thompson told NBC News. “I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.”
Justin Rohrlich has the full story.