NYPD searches for the assassin who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan. The hunt, now into its second day, includes a city-wide manhunt and the search of a Long Island Rail Road train based on a tip. Detectives are investigating a cell phone left at the scene.
The hunt for the assassin who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead in Midtown Manhattan has stretched into its second day.
The tip turned out to be a dead-end, however law enforcement officials urged the public to continue offering tips to aid their ongoing manhunt.An X user said they were on the 5:30pm LIRR train to Seaford when the train was swarmed by cops. 20:34Hostel where suspected assassin is believed to have stayed breaks its silenceThe HI New York City Hostel in Manhattan's Upper West Side where the suspected gunman is believed to have stayed has insisted it is cooperating with the NYPD.
20:19Brian Thompson's former bodyguard condemns lack of security around targeted CEO A former bodyguard for slain healthcare executive Brian Thompson said he is stunned at the lack of security the CEO had while walking in Manhattan. Klein said Thompson should have been wearing a protective vest at the very least, but may have not had any guards with him at the time for his pesonal preferance.
Officials added that they are still attempting to crack into a phone that was left behind outside the Hilton Hotel after the early-morning shooting on Wednesday. 19:14Ex-Washington Post reporter sparks backlash with sickening response to healthcare CEO's assassination Former Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz sparked outrage after she appeared to support the murder of Brian Thompson, while highlighting the misdeeds of another healthcare CEO.
'As someone against death and suffering, I think it’s good to call out this broken system and the ppl in power who enable it.' The murder weapon from Wednesday's shooting has not been recovered, and sources told the Post that they were focusing on the rare gun only as an investigative lead. He said in the hunt for the killer, detectives will not ignore what he termed the 'pre-op', where the killer may have left clues to his identity in the lead-up to the shooting.
17:50Brian Thompson's family leave heartbreaking note on his $1.1 million MN mansion The family of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left a note for media and well-wishers saying they have been left 'shattered' by his passing. It comes as TMZ revealed the home had also been targeted by a bomb threat 12 hours after Thompson was shot dead on Wednesday morning.17:39NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he expects the gunman 'will be apprehended' New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he believes investigators are zeroing in on Thompson's killer.
The bomb threat was directed to the City Attorney from Maple Grove, MN in an email, claiming there was a pipe bomb at Thompson's home. John Nielsen, 59, a tourist from Denmark, said he had been staying in the hostel for eight days before hearing of Thompson's shocking shooting death on Wednesday. 17:02Authorities say they are pursuing leads on the suspect's nameNYPD sources said Thursday that they are pursuing several leads on the name of the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Pauley, a practicing physical therapist, was estranged from her husband Brian Thompson, 50, but they lived less than a mile from each other in Maple Grove, Minnesota. He said he was 'scared' the gunman would turn on him as he was sat nearby in his car and watched 'the whole thing.' Last year the DoJ launched a probe into whether the private company of the nation's biggest insurer, led by Thompson, was unfairly restricting competitors and running a monopoly.
The Wall Street Journal reported in February that federal investigators had been interviewing healthcare industry representatives in sectors where UnitedHealth competes, including doctor groups. Congressman Dean Phillips led the outrage, saying on X: 'Seems like leftists opposed to killing terrorists in the Middle East support killing CEOs in Midtown Manhattan.'
The gunman was seen on surveillance footage loitering around Manhattan's Hilton Hotel at 6:30am on the phone, around 175 feet from where he killed Thompson at 6:45am Wednesday. Robert D'Amico said the UnitedHeathcare CEO's killer made some crucial errors which mark him out as an amateur, including a visiting a nearby Starbucks prior to the slaying.
D'Amico told DailyMail.com he believes a 'suicide by cop' where the killer would deliberately provoke police to kill him if caught is unlikely. But by early afternoon, spokesperson for the bike share operator Lyft said that police officials had informed them that it was not from their fleet. It was initially reported that the hostel was nearby Kama Central Park Hostel, as cops reportedly went around several in an attempt to find any staff or guests who encountered the gunman.
The father-of-two, 50, was estranged from wife Paulette and the couple had been living in separate homes less than a mile apart in Maple Grove, Minnesota, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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