Investigators are days away from testing DNA evidence linking the gunman who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the newspaper reported.
Sources said potential DNA evidence was recovered from a water bottle believed to have been dropped by the masked gunman as he fled after shooting Thompson outside the Midtown Hilton Hotel, as well as a bullet from the scene. .
Officials said a Starbucks coffee cup found in the gunman's possession was also undergoing DNA testing.
What we know about the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
- Brian Thompson, CEO of insurance giant UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in a “brazen, targeted attack” outside a luxury midtown hotel on Wednesday, police said.
- The methodical killer used a silenced gun outside the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue.
- The gunman fired multiple shots at Thompson, striking him in the back and right calf, before fleeing on foot.
- The NYPD releases new photos of the hooded suspect standing in front of the Starbucks counter at West 56th Street and Sixth Avenue, just minutes from the Hilton Hotel where Thompson, 50, was shot and killed. did.
- Mr. Thompson was appointed CEO of UnitedHealth in April 2021. He joined the company in 2004. He was one of several senior executives at the company under investigation by the Justice Department.
- Thompson's wife, Paulette, said she had received threats before her husband was killed.
- The New York City Police Department is investigating whether live bullets or shell casings left behind by a masked assassin may have been engraved with messages that appear to include the words “denial,” “resign,” and “defense.”
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The manhunt for the gunman, which entered its third day on Friday, has led investigators to track his movements throughout New York City dating back to Nov. 24, when he appears to have arrived from Atlanta on a Port Authority bus. are.
Officials said DNA evidence and fingerprints are being examined at all locations that investigators believe the suspect has visited, including the Upper West Side hostel room where he stayed.
