OAN Staff Avril Elfie
10:32am – Saturday, December 7, 2024
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says authorities are close to apprehending the masked gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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On Saturday, Adams, D.N.Y., said Thompson's killer's “web is getting tighter.”
“The net is getting tighter,” the mayor told reporters at the Police Athletic League's holiday party in Harlem.
Adams said as the investigation into Thompson's killer entered its fourth day.
When asked if police knew the name of the perpetrator, the mayor said, “I don't want to make it public right now.'' “If you do that, you're basically tipping the person that we're looking for, so we're not giving him an advantage at all. You can't hide behind a mask yourself.” Let us continue to believe that we can. We have revealed his face. We will reveal who he is and bring him to justice.”
He also said he praised the “tri-state law enforcement partnership” for the ongoing investigation.
“And how they were able to retrace his footsteps to recover evidence, some of it known and some unknown, but the net is getting tighter. We are going to bring this person to justice,” Adams said.
Thompson, 50, is staying at the Hilton Hotel across the street from his Midtown hotel, a few blocks from popular tourist destinations such as Radio City Music Hall, New York's Museum of Modern Art and Rockefeller Center, the famous Christmas venue. I was walking to the company's annual investor conference in Tokyo. The tree was lit on Wednesday night, but he was ambushed and killed in the early morning. New York City police said evidence clearly suggests the attack was planned.
After the shooting, the suspect abandoned a burner cell phone in an alley, police officials said. fox. Police are currently investigating fingerprints left on the water bottle, burner phone, and data stored on the phone.
The masked gunman who chased and killed the chairman of the nation's largest health insurance company used the words “delay,” “denial,” and “banish,” according to two law enforcement officials contacted by news outlets Thursday. It is said that it was emitting. ” his ammunition reads, echoing a phrase used by industry critics.
One of the people I spoke to said, Associated Press The text was scrawled with a permanent marker, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly disclose details of the investigation.
The phrase “delay, deny, and waive” is frequently used by insurance industry attorneys and commentators to describe strategies aimed at avoiding payment of insurance claims. It explains how insurance companies defer payments, deny claims, and then defend their position. Doctors and patients have increasingly criticized health insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare for denying claims and making it more difficult to receive often life-saving treatments.
A masked gunman wanted for stalking and shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson took a bus from Atlanta, Georgia, to New York to commit the murder, law enforcement officials told reporters Thursday night. confirmed.
Authorities believe the suspect is now back in Atlanta.
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