New footage was released Thursday showing the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson exiting a Manhattan subway station just 30 minutes before the fatal shooting.
Newly obtained surveillance video taken from a Sixth Street cigar store shows the gunman suspected of fatally shooting executives on the streets of Midtown at about 6:15 a.m. on 57th Street. The video showed the plane leaving from what appeared to be a train station.
Police previously released a photo of a hooded man standing at the counter of a Starbucks on West 56th Street and Sixth Avenue, just minutes from the Hilton Hotel, where he saw Thompson, 50, at close range. He is said to have shot him.
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 NYPD also released surveillance images showing the killer wearing similar clothing, with a black mask dangling from his chin and a wide grin on his face. did.
Police said the suspect fired several shots, then quickly fled on foot and grabbed an electric bicycle to complete his escape.
