On Thursday, New York police released surveillance images of a person who is wanted for questioning in Wednesday’s shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The New York Police Department has not named any suspects in Thompson’s murder in Manhattan. In their statement released on Thursday, police reiterated that the shooting “does not appear to be a random act of violence; all indications are that it was a premeditated, targeted attack.”
CNN said it geolocated the latest batch of photos and traced them to a hostel in Manhattan.
These are additional images of the suspect sought in connection to this morning’s homicide. If you have any information about this incident, the suspect, or his location please contact @NYPDTips at 1(800)577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/kUJr7l0nxZ
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 4, 2024
It is unclear whether the person of interest is the same person seen in surveillance stills taken 20 minutes before the deadly shooting. Police said those images are from a Starbucks not far from where the slaying occurred.
Thompson, who was from Minnesota, was attending his company’s annual investors conference in New York when he was killed. He had left his hotel — across the street from the Hilton, where the conference was being held — alone and without any security detail.
Reports indicated that UnitedHealthcare was aware of threats made before Wednesday’s shooting. While the threats did not mention names, they reportedly suggested that high-ranking officials would be targeted.
The suspect fled the scene on foot and then on a bicycle. Sources told CNN that the suspect — who is believed to be an experienced marksman — left behind a live round and shell casing with the words “delay” and “depose” on them.
A motive remains undisclosed. The NYPD is offering up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest in this case.
The NYPD is offering up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
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