The New York City Police Department on Thursday released a new photo that clearly shows the face of the man suspected of shooting and killing the United StatesHealthcare CEO; Brian Thompsonearly Wednesday in Manhattan.
The manhunt continued and police appeared to be closing in on the fugitive as new keys emerged.
The newly released images were captured by security cameras at a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side neighborhood where police believe the suspect stayed.
In the previous images published, the suspect was masked. But late Thursday morning, police posted photos showing a young man smiling and one of the same man looking serious, with his hood up.
The suspect remained at large as investigators scrambled to determine his identity and police continued to comb through a vast network of private and public surveillance cameras.
Law enforcement drones and dogs have been deployed in addition to shaking down data for public use of electric bikes from the Citi Bike company. It was said to have been put down by a target.
Among the clues found in the cell phone, the video footage of the suspects and the bullets from the bullets found at the scene with the words “deny”, “defend” and “depose”, according to unnamed sources who also spoke with him. ABC News.
He had previously explored the inn, where the suspect is believed to have stayed; Roncus reportedalso telling police to fingerprint when searching for items connected to the person, including a cellphone and a water bottle, and to examine the evidence in the hope they can confirm the identity.
“This does not appear to be a random act of violence,” Jessica Tisch, New York The city’s police commissioner told reporters. “All the evidence is that this was a premeditated, premeditated, targeted attack.”
Thompson was killed by a man wearing a gray and black backpack with his face covered up to his nose around 6.40am ET on Wednesday. Police are using the word “he” when talking about a suspect.
The man in question leveled a handgun at Thompson’s back and shot the executive at least once in the back and calf as he was about to enter the midtown Manhattan Hilton hotel for an annual investor conference.
As Thompson collapsed on the sidewalk, the gun holstered, the man — “advanced” in firearms according to police — quickly cleared it and resumed shooting.
The suspect then fled on a bicycle near Central Park. As of Thursday, there were no leads in the case, and police offered a $10,000 reward for information.
As of Wednesday, police also discovered a man’s foot near the Frederick Douglass public housing project on Manhattan’s Upper West Side around 5 a.m. ET, ABC News reported.
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The suspect’s cause remains unknown. Thompson’s widow said her husband had received threats. But such incidents are not uncommon in controversial countries.
“There were threats,” said Paulette Thompson NBC News. “Often I don’t know, is there a lack of coverage? I don’t know the details. I just know that he said there were some people who threatened him.
UnitedHealthcare is a branch of UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest companies in the United States. Branch millions of people with private health coverage.
The need for private sector insurance is a fact of life in the US, but it’s often spurred on the American side, and insurers are often blamed. unfairly deny coverage. The company was also the subject of a commercial investigation and an investigation into unfair trade practices; Fox Business News he reported
Thompson’s killing sent shockwaves through the corporate world with corporate heads convening at a conference on Wednesday.
“Several of my colleagues are sitting down today with their security executive leaders, security leadership teams, and re-evaluating what they’re doing and not doing,” said Dave Komendat, president of Seattle-based Komendat Risk Management Services. New York.
Another security executive, CEO Michael Julian of MPS Security & Protection, announced Axios“I’m just a weird guy who doesn’t have a protection detail.”
Thompson is survived by his wife Paulette and two sons.
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