OAN Staff Avril Elfie
8:57am – Sunday, December 8, 2024
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has released a new photo of the suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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On Saturday, the New York Police Department released a photo of a suspected murderer inside a taxi, wearing a mask and looking directly into a camera that appears to be peering through a partition window.
In another photo released from a screenshot of a video taken from a car, the suspect can be seen walking down the street wearing a hoodie and black down jacket.
Police said the alleged killer left Central Park in a taxi after the killing, but they could not say whether the image was of the person in the taxi.
Authorities confirmed to the New York Post that the photo was taken after the suspect allegedly killed Thompson.
Thompson, 50, was ambushed and killed in the early morning hours as he walked to the annual investor conference at the Hilton across the street from his Midtown hotel. 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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