Last Update December 07, 2024 12:14am ET

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed outside New York City Hilton hotel in Wednesday morning ambush, masked gunman remains at large.

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Fast Facts

•  The manhunt for the suspect believed to have murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has entered its third day. 
•  Thompson was shot early Wednesday morning outside of a hotel in Manhattan in New York City. 
•  Footage obtained Friday by Fox News shows the suspect riding a bicycle in Manhattan’s Upper West Side neighborhood following the attack. 
•  Police have released multiple images of the suspected gunman. One surveillance image showing his face was obtained while he was flirting with a hostel staff member prior to the shooting, reports say. 

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5 hour(s) ago

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FBI offering $50K for info leading to arrest of suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson death

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The FBI announced Friday night an award of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect accused in the New York City killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The agency said it needs the public’s help identifying the suspect.

“The FBI is assisting the New York City Police Department in the shooting death of a 50-year-old male victim on the morning of December 4, 2024, at approximately 6:40am outside of 1335 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. We are seeking the public’s help in identifying the unknown suspect responsible for the homicide,” the FBI said in a release.

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7 hour(s) ago

Deep dive into CEO’s personal life will play key role in investigation: retired NYPD officer

Investigators in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson are engaging in a “deep dive” into his personal life, including his family and friends, a retired NYPD officer told Fox News Digital Friday. 

“In this case, I think what the cops are really looking at, what the investigators are really looking at is the victim because the overwhelming majority of homicides are committed by someone the victim knows,” Ralph Cilento, a retired lieutenant commander of detectives at the NYPD and adjunct professor of police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, explained.

“It’s a very high percentage, like near 90%, I think. So, other than the crime scene analysis, what goes on forensically, what recovered shell casings and live rounds and things like that [there are] in every homicide – not just this one – there is a deep dive into the victim.”

He said even if the victim didn’t know the suspect, they may have known each other “by proxy if someone sent an assailant to kill somebody.”

“So, generally, the way you investigate homicides, among other ways, is you start with the victim and you make concentric circles out, and usually the perpetrator is in there somewhere. Not always, but usually,” he explained. 

Cilento also noted that the shooting happened the morning of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting.

Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this post.

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7 hour(s) ago

Former NYPD inspector retraces steps of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer

Paul Mauro, a retired NYPD inspector, retraced the steps taken by the gunman before and after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street earlier this week.

“The shooter knew where to go, before and after,” Mauro said, meaning he planned the deadly attack and possibly walked the route he took on the morning of the murder and did some “reconnaissance.”

The alleged first gunman was seen at a Starbucks in Midtown Manhattan and walked toward where the shooting occurred. He didn’t have the bicycle he was spotted with after the shooting, Mauro said.

“Some place in here, there’s a bicycle waiting for him that he acquires after the event,” Mauro said.

Once in an alley where he presumably walked near where the shooting took place on West 54th Street, he still didn’t have a bicycle, which could have been stashed somewhere nearby, Mauro said.

Just before he opened fire, the shooter waits for Thompson close by before shooting, during which the weapon appeared to jam. Three spent casings with infamous messages were found at the scene , as well as three live rounds.

After the shooting, the gunman comes back through the alley he came.

“Some place back there, the bike was stashed,” said Mauro. “How and by whom, we don’t know.”

Once out of the alleyway, the shooter dropped his burner phone.

“He almost certainly walked this route and did some reconnaissance before he did the shooting,” said Mauro.

He added that investigators will most likely review camera footage from the area before in the days before the shooting to see if he canvassed the area. The masked shooter arrived in the city several days before the killing.

After the killing, the alleged shooter rode toward Central Park on a bicycle.

“That’s kind of where he goes dark to the police and to cameras,” until he exits the park on the Upper West Side,” Mauro said. “He was probably in that park within two or three minutes, and from there, and the size of that park, it’s a needle in a haystack.”

Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this post.

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7 hour(s) ago

Suspect in CEO killing left NYC on bus headed to Atlanta

The suspected gunman sought in the killing left New York City after the murder on a bus headed toward Atlanta, Fox News has learned.

The suspect arrived in New York last month on a bus from Atlanta, authorities previously said.

NYPD investigators were working local, state and federal law enforcement on the case.

The search for the suspect is nationwide, police said.

Fox News’ Alexis McAdams contributed to this post.

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9 hour(s) ago

FBI assisting in investigation of CEO killed in NYC

The FBI is assisting the New York Police Department as it continues its manhunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“The FBI is assisting the NYPD with this investigation,” the agency told Fox News Digital without offering specifics.

On Friday, authorities believe the backpack the gunman was seen carrying was found in Central Park.

Investigators believe the suspect fled the city after the killing. 

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Tips likely ‘pouring in’ after photo release of smiling CEO shooting suspect, former FBI agent says

A retired FBI special agent told Fox News Digital that tips are likely “pouring in” to the NYPD because of the full face shot released of the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect in the same way they did with the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

“In Boston, we had photos of ‘black hat’ and ‘white hat’ in the marathon bombings, but they weren’t really clear and they didn’t really add any investigative value because if you put those out they really didn’t look like anybody,” Jason Pack, a retired FBI special agent who investigated the bombing, told Fox News Digital on Friday, referring to the bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev.

He said once investigators got a “clear photo” of the suspects “several hours later the tips started pouring in and I’m sure that’s going on right now with the NYPD with the clear face shot of the suspect.”

He added that tips from the public are “really important” and that the FBI has a saying “the greatest weapon we have against crime is cooperation and support of the American people.” 

On Thursday, the NYPD released a photo of the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in which he was smiling in the lobby of a Manhattan hostel.