Closed-circuit screenshots of a person involved in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.
Source: NYPD
Police investigating Wednesday's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson now believe the suspect traveled from Atlanta to New York City on a Greyhound bus two weeks ago, NBC News reported Thursday evening.
Investigators are trying to determine a name for the unidentified suspect based on ticket purchases for the trip, which ended in New York around 9 p.m. ET on November 24.
This arrival date was two days earlier UnitedHealth Groupthe parent company of UnitedHealthcare, announced that it would hold its annual investor conference in New York on December 4, the same day that a masked gunman killed the 50-year-old Thompson as he tried to enter the event at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
A Greyhound spokesman said: “We are cooperating fully with authorities in this active investigation.”
“As the matter is ongoing, we are unable to provide any further comment at this time,” the spokesperson said.
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The bus angle in the investigation was announced hours after the New York Police Department released two new photos showing what an NYPD spokesman called a “person of interest” who was “investigating questions related to the shooting” of Thompson Looking for Wednesday morning.
The images were captured by cameras at a hostel on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
“The New York City Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in identifying the individual depicted in the newly attached media to be interviewed in connection with the murder listed below,” the NYPD's Media Affairs Office said in a statement.
An NYPD information poster hangs outside a hostel in New York City's Upper West Side neighborhood on Dec. 5, 2024, where the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is believed to have stayed.
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Investigators were at the HI New York City Hostel on Thursday.
“We are cooperating fully with the NYPD and cannot comment at this time as this is an active investigation,” a spokeswoman for Hostelling International USA, which operates the hostel, told NBC News.
Closed-circuit screenshots of a person involved in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.
Source: NYPD
Police released video and still images of Thompson's killing on Wednesday that showed the masked gunman shooting at the CEO, whose company is the largest private payer of health insurance benefits in the United States.
The shooter, wearing a backpack, fled the scene and hopped on a bicycle and rode into nearby Central Park.
The NYPD also released surveillance photos from a nearby Starbucks store on Wednesday that showed the suspected shooter wearing a mask or neck gaiter over his face at the time.
The NYPD and Crime Stoppers have offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for killing Thompson.
The suspect was involved in the December 4, 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan.
Source: NYPD
A statement taped to the door of a Thompson family home in Minnesota on Thursday said: “We are devastated to learn of the senseless murder of our beloved Brian.”
“Brian was an incredibly loving, generous and talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives,” the statement said. “Most importantly, Brian was an incredibly loving father to our two sons and we miss him very much. We thank you for your condolences and ask for complete privacy as our family navigates this difficult time.”
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