 "'Net is tightening': NYC Mayor Eric Adams says Police have identified UnitedHealthcare CEO's murderer")
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the authorities have identified the man suspected of the killing of the United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson as the hunt for the suspect continues. While speaking to the reporters on the matter, the NYC Mayor stressed that “the net is tightening” for the killer, The New York Post reported.
Adams made the remarks at a Police Athletic League holiday party in Harlem. When asked for further information about the man, Adams declined to name the suspect. 50-year-old Brian Thompson, who became the CEO of United Healthcare in April 2021, was shot dead outside the Hilton Hotel on Wednesday. While the authorities called it a “targeted attack,” the suspect remains at large.
The murder took place before the company’s annual investor conference at the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue. The incident sparked a massive manhunt with authorities noting that the man fled on foot wearing a hooded jacket, balaclava and grey backpack before mounting an electric bike and riding into Central Park.
Why is Adams not sharing the name?
According to The New York Post, Adams told reporters that the police were withholding the suspect’s name for now to deny any sort of advantage to the man. “We don’t want to release that now,” the mayor said. “If you do, you are basically giving a tip to the person we are seeking and we do not want to give him an upper hand at all. Let him continue to believe he can hide behind the mask,” he added.
“We revealed his face,” he continued, referring to security camera photos and video released after the murder. “We’re going to reveal who he is and we’re going to bring him to justice,” the NYC mayor exclaimed. Earlier this week, a backpack resembling the one worn by the suspect was recovered near a playground in Central Park. On Saturday, MSNBC reported that the authorities are investigating the bag and its contents.
As per the report, the police found a jacket and Monopoly money, but there was no firearm. Meanwhile, divers were also searching for a weapon used in the killing in a pond in Central Park on Saturday, CNN reported. On Friday, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the news outlet that the police have gathered “a huge amount of evidence,” including fingerprints, DNA evidence and camera footage of the suspect’s movements throughout the city.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsOn the same day, NYPD said that they believed that the suspect had left New York City. The assertion came after a video emerged showing him climbing into a taxi that took him to a bus station. “We have a video of him entering the Port Authority Bus Terminal. We don’t have any video of him exiting so we believe he may have gotten on a bus,” New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told CNN. “Those buses are interstate buses. That’s why we believe he may have left New York City,” he added.
The New York police offered a US$10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the shooter and the FBI has added US$50,000 to that reward.
With inputs from agencies.
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