Police are reportedly questioning a Pennsylvania man in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.
NBC New York reported The man questioned Monday was in or around Altoona, Pennsylvania, and was found in possession of a gun similar to the one used to kill Thompson, police said.
Monday's incident came to light after police searched the Central Park lake again Sunday for evidence, including the murder weapon, related to the Midtown shooting.
The manhunt for the executive's killer entered its sixth day on Monday, and officials said they were expanding the search area.
law enforcement officials told CBS News. New York City police and the U.S. Marshals said they sent investigators to Atlanta to examine surveillance footage from Greyhound bus stops along the route from Georgia.
Police have not named any suspects. But New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested Sunday that authorities may be getting closer to identifying the man from photos released to the public.
“The net is getting tighter and we are going to bring this person to justice,” Adams said Saturday.
“We don't want to release it right now. If you do that, you're basically tipping the guy that we found… that we're looking for, and we give him an edge.” I have no intention of giving him any sex. Let him continue to believe that he can hide behind a mask.”
Two additional images of a masked man in the back and outside of Thompson's taxi cab were released shortly after Thompson was shot to death outside his midtown hotel on the morning of December 4th.
Only one photo of the suspect without a mask has been released, and it appears to have been taken at a hostel shortly before the murder, dropping his mask at the request of a front desk employee.
NYPD divers searched the Central Park lake on Sunday after recovering nothing due to similar underwater resistance the day before, according to CBS. It came after a jacket believed to belong to Thompson's murderer and a backpack containing Monopoly money were found in the park.
Tom Walsh, a former NYPD officer, said in the absence of concrete evidence, it makes sense for police to continue searching the park for clues, especially the murder weapon.
“They found the backpack here in Central Park, so it makes sense that this would be a good dumping ground for guns,” Walsh said.
Although survivors include his widow and two sons, ages 16 and 19, Thompson's death is a harsh schadenfreude to many Americans who have been abused by America's overbearing health insurance industry. caused it. Thompson's private funeral was scheduled for Monday. NBC New York reported.
