Authorities searched a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Thursday as part of the investigation into the suspect who fatally shot a UnitedHealth executive outside a Midtown hotel a day earlier, according to a law enforcement official.
Police are combing New York City for the suspect who used a Sharpie to write “deny,” “defend” and “depose” on bullets that are believed to have come out of his gun when it jammed, law enforcement officials said. Some of the words are commonly associated with tactics insurers use to avoid paying claims.
Investigators believe the suspect may have stayed at the hostel. The New York City Police Department hasn’t publicly identified the man who ambushed Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealth’s insurance arm, in what they called a “brazen, targeted attack” on a sidewalk at dawn Wednesday. He shot Thompson, 50, in the back and leg and fled the scene, police said.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday morning the investigation was moving at a steady pace. “We’re on the right path and we believe we’re going to apprehend this person,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Police Thursday morning released photos showing the face of a person of interest wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting. He is smiling and wearing a hood in one of the photos as he appears to lean on a counter. Authorities are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.
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