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Police are questioning a man Pennsylvania in connection with last week’s deadly shooting UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompsonlaw enforcement officials, sources familiar with the matter told multiple news outlets.
An employee at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania reported seeing a man who looked like the person police were looking for, according to CNN.
A 26-year-old man was taken in for questioning and was found to be in possession of a gun similar to the one used in the assassination-style killing that took place outside New York City hotel on Wednesday, police sources said. He also had a gun silencer and several fake identification cards, including one the NYPD believes was used by a New York City homicide suspect.
NYPD detectives are en route to pennsylvania to assist in the investigation. The man’s identity has not yet been released.
The new information, which is being investigated as a new lead, comes as a private funeral is scheduled for Monday for Thompson, the 50-year-old executive who was killed as he arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown for an investors’ conference.
Police have been searching for the gunman since the shooting and say at this time they believe he has left New York City.
The gunman arrived in Manhattan before the shooting and used a fake ID and paid with cash during the 10 days he was in the city, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters Friday.
He wore a mask covering his face most of the time he was seen on security footage – although he did lower the mask while talking to a hotel employee. Police have been circulating pictures of the unmasked suspect in the hope that someone who knows him will come forward with information.
The FBI offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction. That’s on top of a $10,000 reward offered by the NYPD.
Police officers found the shooter’s backpack in Central Park on Friday. At the scene of the shooting, they also found shell casings with the words “put away”, “refuse” and “put away”.
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