New York CEO shooting mapped: Movements of gunman who killed Brian Thompson

The search for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ua shooting in the heart of Manhattan is now into its third day, and the killer is still on the loose.

With identity of the gunman unknown and the motive still a mystery, authorities are trying to piece together the killer’s movements that morning – and where he went next.

The suspect, a white man dressed in black, was first reportedly filmed walking outside the Frederick Douglass House, a public housing project on the Upper West Side, as early as 5 a.m., according to ABC.

He was next filmed leaving the 57th Street F train station and before being seen on a Starbucks security camera at West 56th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan about 30 minutes before Thompson’s death on Wednesday morning.

At approximately 6:19 a.m., he was filmed walking west on 55th Street, a block away from New York’s Hilton Midtown, where Thomson was to speak at the conference.

Mapped: Suspect’s movement

The shooter was then seen walking alone to the Hilton about five minutes before the victim arrived, police said.

The gunman waited before opening fire outside the hotel around 6:46 a.m., hitting Thompson, 50, at close range in the back and right calf, the NYPD said.

After the attack, the suspect crossed the street near the Hilton Hotel and fled through an alley before jumping on an electric bicycle on 55th Street, investigators told CNN.

The gunman headed north on 6th Avenue Central Parkwhere he was last seen at 6:48 am

The video, obtained by CBS News, appears to show the suspect riding his bike out of a park on West 85th Street shortly before 7 a.m., according to sources.

Thompson was then rushed to Mount Sinai West Hospital where he was pronounced dead at around 7:12 am.

Ten days before the attack, the suspect was reportedly traveling to New York on a Greyhound bus originally from Atlanta, police sources told CNN. It is unclear where the suspect entered the vehicle.

The video shows the suspect getting off a bus in New York around 9pm ET on November 24. That day, he was seen walking around the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, a source said.

The suspect then checked into the HI New York City Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue near 104th Street in Manhattan, sources said The New York Times.

He was said to have used a fake New Jersey identification book in the room, a senior law enforcement official told the newspaper.

At the time, the suspect was said to have checked out of the hostel on November 29, only to check in again on November 30.

During his stay, the alleged killer shared a flirtation with a hostel worker, who asked him to remove his mask.

The moment was caught on the hostel’s security cameras and shared on X by the police on Thursday morning.

No arrests had been made as of Friday morning, and the NYPD is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the suspect.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said the killing was “not a random act of violence” but “targeted attack.”

Thompson’s wife, Paulette Thompson, said NBC News her husband received threats of “some threats” before Wednesday’s shooting.

Detectives told CNN that the gunman’s slow, deliberate movements indicated he had fired a weapon before and may have been in the police or military.

Investigators are now combing through a series of clues they hope will help identify the killer, including a cryptic note left at the scene.

According to police sources to ABC News, the words “refuse,” “reject” and “defend” were etched into some of the live bullets and shell casings left outside the Hilton Hotel.

The suspect appeared to drop a bottle of water he bought at Starbucks and a cell phone in the alley when he ran away. Investigators hope the items could provide fingerprint or DNA evidence.