According to police, 46 minutes after the horrifying act, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street was spotted close to a bus terminal.
According to officials, Thompson was shot from behind outside the Hilton Midtown hotel in New York on Wednesday morning while he was traveling to the investor meeting for UnitedHealth Group.
There have been no arrests. The individual of interest may have fled the city, according to the police.
Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, stated on Friday that he believes he acted alone at this stage.
According to his roommates, the man who arrived by bus and slept at a hostel wore his mask the entire time, even when eating, just lowering it to bite into his food.
This is a timeline of Kenny’s descriptions of the person of interest’s movements throughout New York City. He said that the man’s movements were verified by video.
Sunday, Nov. 24
At 10:11 p.m., the individual reaches New York City. At that moment, he can be seen on camera stepping off a bus at the Port Authority, which is located at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue.
Investigators are unsure of where the man boarded the bus, which had six or seven stops en route from its Atlanta start, according to Kenny.
He takes a taxi up to the area of the Hilton hotel after arriving at the Port Authority, where he stays for around half an hour.
At approximately 11 p.m., he hails a cab to the hostel located on Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Friday, Nov. 29
Because he failed to show up at the appointed hour, investigators suspect that his check-out from the hostel was an administrative one.
Police don’t think he remained anyplace else, and he checked back in. He didn’t know either of his roommates. He remained wearing his mask the whole time. The man presented identification but paid in cash.
“We believe that the identification was fraudulent,” Kenny stated.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
He departs from the hostel at around 5:30 a.m. Police think he’s riding a bicycle.
5:41 a.m.: The video shows him at the Hilton, which is located at 54th Street and 6th Avenue.
“We have him wandering around, walking in the vicinity of the hotel, walking on 54th Street, walking back and forth,” added Kenny.
At some point, the man walks into a Starbucks and buys something.
6:44 a.m.: The murder takes place. After being shot from behind, Thompson is hit by additional bullets.
“The words “deny,” “delay,” and “depose” were inscribed in marker on three of the recovered pieces of ammunition, one on each,” Kenny added. (NBC News shell casings were told by a top New York City law enforcement official briefed on the investigation to “deny, defend, and depose” on them.)
The man can be seen entering Central Park at 60th Street at 6:48 a.m.
At 6:56 a.m., he is still riding his bicycle as he leaves Central Park West.
near 6:58 a.m., he is riding his bicycle near the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 85th Street.
7 a.m.: He has lost his bicycle and is traveling north on 86th Street.
At 7:04 a.m., he is observed boarding a taxi heading north at the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 86th Street.
7:30 a.m.: He is spotted close to the Port Authority, by the George Washington Bridge.
The total prize for information that results in the gunman’s arrest and conviction is $60,000.
According to Kenny, the probe is still underway and requires arduous labor. According to the statement, the NYPD is receiving assistance from the Atlanta, Georgia, police department, which is where the bus to New York City started.
“This isn’t ‘Blue Bloods’ — we won’t figure this out in an hour,” Kenny said to reporters on Friday evening. “We’re painstakingly going through every bit of evidence that we can come across.”
Following an arrest, police must present the evidence before a judge and jury, according to Kenny.
“We’re taking our time, we’re doing it right, we’re making sure that we’re going to get justice for this victim and closure for his family,” he stated.
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