New York Police Department has offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
The perpetrator approached the executive from behind and shot him multiple times before leaving by foot and then riding an electric bike toward Central Park. A cellphone was recovered nearby as well as the casings.The words “delay” and “depose” were written on a shell casing and a live round recovered in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, wherewhich describes tactics allegedly used by insurers to deny claims.
Investigators believe, based on surveillance video and evidence collected from the scene, that the shooter had at least some prior firearms training and experience with guns and the weapon was equipped with a silencer, the official said.Investigators are also looking into whether the suspect had pre-positioned a bike as part of an escape plan, the official said. The suspect fled on a bike and he was last seen riding into Central Park.
Police used drones, helicopters and dogs in an intense search, but the killer’s whereabouts remained unknown late into the night. Esta combinación de fotos suministrada por el Departamento de Policía de la Ciudad de Nueva York muestra al sospechoso buscado por el asesinato del CEO de UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, afuera de un hotel de Manhattan el 4 de diciembre del 2024. Police issued several surveillance images of the man, who wore a hooded jacket and a mask that concealed most of his face and wouldn’t have attracted attention on a frigid winter day.
Police initially said the shooter rode into Central Park on a bicycle from the city’s bike-share program, CitiBike. But a spokesperson for the program’s operator, Lyft, said police officials informed the company Wednesday afternoon that the bike was not from the CitiBike fleet. Thompson, who had two sons, went by the nickname “BT.” A 20-year veteran of UnitedHealth, he was one of the company’s most senior executives and regularly presented at investor events and on earnings calls. The insurance unit he oversaw is expected to bring in $280 billion in revenue this year, and is the country’s largest health insurer.
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