The Man Suspected of Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Arrived in NYC Via Greyhound Bus from Atlanta
The man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Wednesday morning arrived in New York City last month via a Greyhound bus from Atlanta, law enforcement sources told Fox News. The shooter boarded a bus in Atlanta the day before Thanksgiving, sources within the New York Police Department said.
Thompson was gunned down by the suspect before 7 a.m. Wednesday outside of the Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. A screenshot from surveillance footage released by the NYPD shows a person of interest wanted in connection with the shooting.
Police sources told Fox News that the suspect dropped a burner phone in an alley after the shooting and are looking into data on the phone, as well as fingerprints left on the device. They are also investigating a water bottle left at a Starbucks near the scene of the murder, which contains DNA being used to build a suspect profile.
Former NYPD inspector and Fox News Contributor Paul Mauro said that the type of possibly rare weapon used by the gunman could work to police’s advantage, and addressed rumors that the suspect may have worked as a hitman. “Professional hitmen primarily exist in the movies. They don’t really exist,” Mauro said.
Additional surveillance videos obtained by Fox News Digital from a deli near where Thompson was killed appear to show his killer walking toward the hotel where he was shot that morning. The videos show a person with the same build and wearing the same clothing as the suspect walking down 55th Street at 6:19 a.m. toward the Hilton.
The suspect also used a fake ID to check into a hostel before the shooting, police sources told Fox News Digital. A NYPD source also told Fox News Digital that messages etched onto bullet casings by the suspect were “left behind to make a statement.” Police sources told the New York Post that the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend” were written on the live rounds and casings left behind by the assassin after the shooting.