The Latest York Police Department on Saturday released two recent photos of an individual being sought within the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The photos are the most recent in a series by the NYPD of the identical individual wanted for questioning in Wednesday’s killing.
The person will be seen in one in all the photos through the partition of what appears to be a Latest York City taxi, wearing a blue medical mask and a black hoodie.
An individual of interest wanted for questioning within the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shown in recent images released Saturday by Latest York City police.
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The opposite photo, taken from inside a automobile, shows the person outside the window walking alongside the vehicle while wearing the identical blue mask and a dark-colored puffer jacket with the hood pulled over his head.
The NYPD has said investigators have been in a position to track a few of his movements by taxi.
An individual of interested wanted for questioning within the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shown walking in a recent image released Saturday by Latest York City police.
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Because the investigation into Thompson’s killing and the manhunt for the gunman carried into Saturday, three sources accustomed to the probe told NBC News there was still no identification of the person of interest.
A combined $60,000 in reward money is being offered by the FBI, Crime Stoppers and the NYPD for information resulting in the arrest of the gunman.
Thompson was gunned down outside the Latest York Hilton Midtown hotel as he was on his method to UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference Wednesday morning, officials have said.
Thompson was shot at the very least once within the back and once in the fitting calf. He was not traveling with security.
“Based on the evidence we’ve thus far, it does appear the victim was specifically targeted,” Joseph Kenny, NYPD chief of detectives, said earlier within the week. “But at this point, we have no idea why.”
Latest York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday it was a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack.”
Shell casings found on the scene had the words “deny,” “delay” and “depose” written on them, police said.
Police also found a gray backpack in Central Park that the person of interest was said to be carrying on the time of the slaying. Officials were looking into whether it was actually the identical bag, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.
A cellphone was found by police near the scene, and investigators are attempting to make use of it to learn more in regards to the man’s contacts and his movement, two sources accustomed to the probe said.
4 sources accustomed to the investigation told NBC News on Saturday that no gun was present in the backpack. Three sources said there was a jacket within the bag, however it stays unclear whether it’s the jacket the gunman wore on the time of the shooting.
Authorities consider the person being sought in reference to the killing can have left the state.
Kenny told reporters that video shows the person riding a motorbike in Central Park, then taking a taxi to the Port Authority bus station near the George Washington Bridge.
Investigators are in search of additional video to find out if he got on a bus from there, and in that case which one.
Police consider he can have traveled to Latest York City from Atlanta last month by Greyhound bus, three senior law enforcement officials accustomed to the case told NBC News. The bus arrived in Latest York on Nov. 24, after making several stops along the best way, they said.
Officials in Latest York are looking into whether or not they can find a reputation used for the Nov. 24 trip, and each Atlanta police and Greyhound are assisting within the probe.
While in Latest York, the person stayed at a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the NYPD said at a Friday briefing. Authorities are working to find out whether he paid in money and used a fake ID to rent a room there.
Roommates on the hostel said he kept his mask on your complete time, even while eating, only pulling it all the way down to take a bite, the NYPD said.
Thompson’s wife, Paulette Thompson, told NBC News on Wednesday that her husband had been receiving threats, but she was unclear of their nature.
“There had been some threats,” she said. “Principally, I do not know, an absence of coverage? I do not know details. I just know that he said there have been some those who had been threatening him.”
