New York City police dive teams trawled a Central Park pond Saturday looking for more clues in the search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's assassin.
The divers were seen behind an area cordoned off with police tape next to Bethesda Fountain in a body of water known as the Lake near the park's boathouse.
A screenshot of surveillance footage released by the NYPD shows the suspect wanted in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (NYPD Crime Stoppers)
Crime scene tape was still wrapped around the area where a backpack believed to belong to the shooter was found Friday near a bandshell about 20 feet from one of the park's busy sidewalks.
Police have not yet recovered the weapon used in the shooting. A jacket and Monopoly money were found in the backpack, MSNBC reported.
Details have become clearer since the attack outside the Hilton Midtown at 6:46 a.m. Wednesday. the attackers have arrived new york city I took a bus from Atlanta on November 24th and stayed at the AYH hostel on the Upper West Side.
United Healthcare CEO assassination: Here are the crumbs left behind by the killer
On the day of the shooting, investigators already knew that the assassin had fled through Central Park, arriving about four minutes after he shot and killed Thompson. At 6:56 a.m., he exited the park again at 77th Street on the Upper West Side, according to a detailed timeline provided by Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney at a news conference Friday.
Two minutes later, he was found again on 86th Street, still on his bicycle. At 7:04 a.m., the man was seen walking into a taxi.
Police believe he is no longer in New York City, based on footage showing a taxi dropping him off at a Port Authority bus stop. However, detectives were unable to find footage of him leaving again. The station serves routes to New Jersey, north to Boston, and south to Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
Area in Central Park near Ramsey Playfield on Saturday, December 4, 2024 in New York, New York. (Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
The NYPD has been searching Central Park since Wednesday.
Former New York City Police Department Inspector Paul Mauro described Central Park as “vast and dense.'' “My question on that was whether they used dogs. [to find the backpack]. ”
The NYPD first announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest and conviction. The FBI announced late Friday that it was offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
