Chilling video shows the moments a gunman calmly shot down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at close range on the streets of Midtown Manhattan.
Former NYPD inspector and Fox News Contributor Paul Mauro said the type of weapon used by the gunman who murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan Hilton hotel Wednesday could work to police’s advantage, and addressed rumors the suspect may have worked as a hitman.
The gunman fired at Thompson multiple times, striking his back and right calf before fleeing on foot. Multiple law enforcement contacts told Fox News that they believed the weapon used in the murder resembled a “Welrod”, a bolt action, suppressed pistol first used in WW2.“Silencers are de facto illegal, and they’re very, very hard to come by. So a lot of them are homemade. That said, it could just be a long barrel gun,” Mauro described. “I’d bet my pension that this is the weapon that was used on the United CEO. It’s very, very quiet and requires manual cycling after each round is fired.
He added that Thompson probably died so quickly because his lungs were injured, but that investigators will know more in the next 24-48 hours.Members of the New York police crime scene unit pick up cups marking the spots where bullets lie as they investigate the scene outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Dec. 4, 2024.
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