NEW YORK – Like the The manhunt for the shooter continues WHO shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, researchers are trying to do just that Combine the shooter’s movements before and after the targeted attack.
Thompson was in New York City for an investor conference at the Hilton Midtown Hotel. The 50 year old father of two children was murdered early Wednesday morning outside the hotel on Sixth Avenue.
Chill surveillance video shows the suspect lying in wait for Thompson before shooting him in the back and leg, using a silenced pistol. Police said the suspect escaped through an alley and then rode his bicycle to Central Park.
Joseph Kenny, chief of police detectives, said the man is believed to have arrived in New York on Nov. 24 on a bus that originated in Atlanta, and police believe he may have left the city on a bus.
The FBI, which is also assisting the NYPD in the investigation, announced a $50,000 reward Friday evening for information leading to an arrest in the case.
Here’s everything we know about when and where the masked gunman was spotted.
CEO shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan
Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed outside the Hilton Midtown hotel in Manhattan on December 4, 2024. / Credit: CBS News New York
The Hilton’s Midtown Hotel is located on Sixth Avenue between West 54th and 55th Streets.
“We are deeply saddened by this morning’s events in the area and our thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragedy,” a hotel spokesperson said in a statement.
UnitedHealthcare told CBS News that the shooting occurred during the company’s annual investor relations conference. It was scheduled to air live starting at 8 a.m. local time, about an hour and 15 minutes after Thompson was shot.
“We are deeply saddened and shocked by the passing of our dear friend and colleague Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Brian was a highly respected colleague and friend to all who worked with him,” UnitedHealth Group said in a statement. “We are working closely with the New York Police Department and ask for your patience and understanding during this difficult time. Our thoughts go out to Brian’s family and everyone who was close to him.”
Timeline of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Map shows full whereabouts of suspect in shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. /Credit: CBS News confirmed
November 24, 2024 – 10 days before the shooting
At 10:11 p.m., the suspect arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 42nd Street after boarding a Greyhound bus originating from Atlanta, Georgia. He took a taxi to the area of the New York Hilton Midtown and spent about half an hour walking around the area around the hotel until about 11 p.m. The man then checked into the Hi New York City Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side. He used fake identification and lowered his mask to talk to the clerk, police say, the only time he lowered his mask at the hostel. After this he avoided conversation and hid his face. The FBI described the man in the photo on Friday as the “unknown suspect” wanted in Thompson’s murder.
Surveillance photos show a person police say they want to question in connection with Wednesday’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel. /Credit: NYPD
November 29, 2024 – 5 days before the shooting
The man was checked out of the hostel, but police believe it was an administrative checkout as the suspect did not show up at the required time. The man checked back in. Police said he had not left the hostel in the days before the shooting. He didn’t speak to anyone. He had two roommates.
December 2, 2024 – 2 days before filming
Thompson arrived in New York City from Minnesota, where he lived. He was scheduled to speak at the investor conference on Wednesday morning.
December 4, 2024 – day of filming
Police say the gunman was seen on surveillance video around 5 a.m. local time near the Frederick Douglass Houses, a NYCHA complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. At 5:41 a.m., the man arrived at the New York Hilton Midtown and began walking around the area. . Police say it’s possible he cycled down because it took about 10 minutes. At 6:17 a.m., the suspect was seen at a Starbucks near the hotel, where a law enforcement source says he paid in cash. Sources say surveillance footage captured enough of his face to run through facial recognition, and investigators are conducting forensic tests on a water bottle and a candy wrapper bar that they believe the suspect left behind.
The NYPD says this is the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. /Credit: NYPD
Surveillance footage obtained by The New York Times shows the suspect talking on a cell phone as he walked to the hotel around 6:30 a.m. At 6:39 a.m., police say the gunman arrived outside the hotel on foot. At 6:44 a.m., Thompson walked from his hotel across the street to the Hilton. Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, is shot at 6:46 am. Police say the suspect ran into the alley between West 54th and 5th streets and then rode his bicycle up Sixth Avenue to Central Park. Police say the suspect was last seen riding a bicycle on Center Drive at 6:48 a.m.
A map shows where UnitedHealtcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and the escape route used by a gunman, who police say fled on a bicycle. / Credit: CBS News New York
Video obtained by CBS News appears to show the suspect leaving the park and onto West 85th Street just before 7 a.m. At 7:04 a.m., the suspect then took a taxi northbound from 86th and Amsterdam to a Port Authority bus station near the George Washington Bridge. At 7:12 a.m., Thompson was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West Hospital.
December 5, 2024 – 2 days after the shooting
Investigators believe a person in question boarded a bus at the George Washington Bridge bus station bound for Atlanta, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters that investigators do not know which bus the man may have taken. The New York police found a backpack in Central Park that is believed to be the backpack the suspect was wearing at the time of the incident. the shooting. Police said the backpack was being analyzed to determine if it belonged to the suspect.
A backpack found in New York City’s Central Park on December 6, 2024, that investigators believe belonged to the suspected gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. / Credit: CBS News
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