NY - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Midtown. #3

[charminglane]

If no one else receives it, I hope the reward money would go to the flirty desk clerk. She did a bang up job in view of the camera.

 

[rizzo0904]

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That's from Greyhound's website...so he may have purchased his ticket in cash

 

[Jamara3]

UBER? Definitely requires a CC!

Burner phone, prepaid cards, gift cards, bogus email account, or using a stolen/hacked uber account. Seems the police would know more about him otherwise. Strange to use Uber and not just hail a cab, perhaps that would leave too much of an impression? Maybe city cabs are more likely have video surveillance, not sure on that point though.

I’m guessing they know about Uber from going through the phone that was left behind, given that they likely don’t know enough to subpoena anyone’s account.

 

[MassGuy]

New video of UnitedHealthcare CEO suspect emerges

The killer appears to dump an object on trash bags before killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

www.newsweek.com

The chief suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson appears to have dumped something on a pile of trash bags before shooting the UnitedHealthcare chief executive in New York, footage obtained by Newsweek shows.

The dumped object may hold vital DNA evidence about the killer's identity.

The newly emerged CCTV footage recorded on Manhattan's West 55th Street at 6:19 a.m. on Wednesday shows the man walking toward the Hilton Hotel.

There are two piles of garbage close to the Stage Star Deli at 105 West 55th Street, where the CCTV camera was recording.

The suspect walks past the first pile of blue plastic bags, then pauses in front of a pile of white plastic bags. He then leans forward and places some small object on one of the bags and continues walking. The suspect is wearing a gray backpack and dark shoes with white soles.

 

[Inthedetails]

UBER? Definitely requires a CC!

He arrived in an uber - doesn't mean he paid for the uber himself. Perhaps he was a guest of someone. He is a known flirt. Just saying.

jmo

 

[JDG]

New footage of 'assassin' offers hint as cops hunt for CEO's killer

The search for Brian Thompson has entered its third day, as the NYPD continues to hunt for a mystery man who executed the UnitedHealthCare CEO.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[snazzysue]

I guess the point that I am trying to make is that I cannot fathom how this could be carried out by a random, young disgruntled UH patient/client, etc - to be able to so perfectly predict his schedule and movements for the day. I think those words on the bullets were made to throw suspicion in another direction.

It feels like a hit to me, and that would be either personal or financial (or perhaps both), and it's very interesting that he was in the middle of a large insider trading scandal.

Right. And one of the bullets with the word 'depose'. That alludes to his legal troubles. Which I believe is a decoy message.

This guy seems like an amateur hitman. If this was a financially or otherwise non-personally motivated hit, it seems like the hitman hired would have been a true professional. He wouldn't have stopped at Starbucks first. Some dude BT's years-long-estranged wife met and hired would more likely be an amateur who has experience with guns, but is by no means a pro.

 

[Elley Mae]

Would the hostel be able to get an uber for their guest?

 

[eddie_van]

If no one else receives it, I hope the reward money would go to the flirty desk clerk. She did a bang up job in view of the camera.

As amusing as the flirting thing is, I'm pretty sure you have to show your face to check into any hostel. It would be kind of a big security risk if they were letting in fully masked people all the time.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

Revised timeline and map:

Brian Thompson Killing - Google My Maps​

Note: I geolocated the footage of the suspect on the phone which was obtained by CNN and found it was filmed from a west-facing security camera at a parking lot on W 54th Street. Suspect was walking eastbound on the north side of the street towards 6th Avenue.

Photo on left is a screen grab from the CCTV video obtained by CNN; photo on right is from Google Maps

Updated Timeline (as of 10:30am EST, Dec. 6)
Sunday, November 24
- Around 9pm: Suspect arrives at Port Authority Bus Terminal on a Greyhound bus originating in Atlanta around 9pm, although police have yet to determine where exactly he boarded the bus. He then checks in to the HI NYC Hostel at Amsterdam Avenue and 104th Street.

Friday, November 29
- Suspect checks out of the HI NYC Hostel.

Saturday, November 30
- Suspect takes an Uber back to the HI NYC Hostel and rebooks a room using a fake NJ ID.

Monday, December 2
- Brian Thompson arrives in NYC and stays at The Luxury Collection Midtown Hotel on 54th Street.

Wednesday, December 4
- AM: Gunman is seen on surveillance video on the Upper West Side carrying what appears to be a battery for an electric bike

- AM: Suspect checks out of the HI NYC Hostel.

- Around 5am: Suspect is seen on CCTV near the Frederick Douglass Houses, a housing project situated between 100th and 104th streets between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

- AM: Suspect is captured on CCTV entering Central Park near the Frederick Douglass Houses.

- 6:15am: Gunman is captured on surveillance camera exiting the 57th Street F train stop

- 6:17am: Gunman purchases a water bottle and two power bars at the Starbucks at 56th Street and 6th Avenue

- 6:19am: Suspect seen on CCTV walking near a deli on 55th Street and is seen stopping by a pile on trash on the sidewalk.

- Around 6:30am: Suspect seen on the phone while walking eastbound on 54th Street past a parking lot (Note: location of video was not provided by CNN, I geolocated it to a parking lot at 137 W. 54th St)

- 6:39am: Gunman arrives on foot outside one of the side entrances on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues

- 6:44am: Thompson is shot on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, outside one of the side entrances to the Hilton

- 6:46am: Police respond to a 911 call reporting that someone had been shot in front of the Hilton located on 6th Avenue between 53rd and 54th streets.

- 6:48am: Officers arrive on scene outside Hilton

- 6:48am: Gunman is seen riding a bike on Center Drive in Central Park

- Before 7am: Suspect is captured on CCTV riding westbound on 84th Street after exiting Central Park. He is no longer wearing the backpack.

- 7:12am: Thompson is pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West, 58th Street and 10th Avenue

 

[MassGuy]

UBER? Definitely requires a CC!

Yeah, I think this is likely an error. We’ve heard “cab,” but not “Uber.”

I’m sure John Miller would have mentioned that angle in his reporting on this if it was true.

 

[Curiousobserver]

Same impression I had- these may not be pictures of the same person. Early info is often wrong after all.

Everyone is saying the same thing about Brian Thompson assassin photos

The NYPD has released two sets of images showing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder suspect which have online sleuths speculating.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[rizzo0904]

The report above says he checked in with a fake NJ ID on his second stay at the hostel. Did he use it for the first stay as well?

 

[MassGuy]

NYPD running down hundreds of tips that have flooded in since CEO's murder​

By Matt Troutman
The NYPD is running down hundreds of tips in the cold-blooded execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson -- and cops say keep them coming.

"You may think that piece of information is trivial. I'm telling you, please give us that information," said Carlos Nieves, the NYPD's assistant commission of public information.

"Trivial or not, it might be the piece of information that puts it all together for us."

Hundreds of tips have flooded into CrimeStoppers as of Friday morning, leaving the tip line's phones ringing off the hook and online portal inundated, Nieves said.

NYPD cops are checking out all tips, no matter how unlikely they seem, Nieves said.

"I went to school with him and this is who it is," one tipster said, according to Nieves.

"The guys in (CrimeStoppers) were actually saying, 'We hang up the phone and
another call comes in,'" Nieves said.

"One was actually coming in as I was speaking to them. It was actually a TikTok video and it says 'I think this is the guy.' So we have to look into that."

The call for tips was echoed by Mayor Eric Adams, who implored "every New Yorker and American" to contact cops if they recognize the suspect.

UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting live updates: FBI joins investigation into Brian Thompson’s killing

Follow The Post’s live updates for the latest news as a shooter remains at large after killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Wednesday outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown NYC.

nypost.com

 

[eddie_van]

These skin masks are very thin and adjust to the contours of your face. This below is very basic but I am sure an assassin hired for this high profile job will have access to a more sophisticated version.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864423619830665364

but those masks don't blink or move your mouth when you talk, dude. they're for fooling quick passersby and cameras on the street, not for actual human interaction.

 

[fashionella]

Also, you have to have an account to get an Uber. Not like just hailing a random cab.

I know someone who uses Uber gift cards for an account bc he doesn't have a credit card, not sure how the sign up is or if you can sign up with a fake name/Fake ID

 

[acutename]

UBER? Definitely requires a CC!

unless some one ordered one for him... accomplice? Or he has a credit card with his fake NJ license name.... ? can you Uber with a gift card? (I know that some one still bought the gift card...)

 

[Inthedetails]

Would the hostel be able to get an uber for their guest?

A friendly clerk might.

Did he arrive at the hostel in the uber or depart from the hostel in an uber? Was he alone?

jmo

 

[armchairagatha]

but those masks don't blink or move your mouth when you talk, dude. they're for fooling quick passersby and cameras on the street, not for actual human interaction.

Again, we have no proof he had any actual human interaction with the outer mask down beyond quickly showing the checkin clerk his “face”.

 

[danablue1]

Revised timeline and map:

Brian Thompson Killing - Google My Maps​

Note: I geolocated the footage of the suspect on the phone which was obtained by CNN and found it was filmed from a west-facing security camera at a parking lot on W 54th Street. Suspect was walking eastbound on the north side of the street towards 6th Avenue.
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Photo on left is a screen grab from the CCTV video obtained by CNN; photo on right is from Google Maps

Updated Timeline (as of 10:30am EST, Dec. 6)
Sunday, November 24
- Around 9pm: Suspect arrives at Port Authority Bus Terminal on a Greyhound bus originating in Atlanta around 9pm, although police have yet to determine where exactly he boarded the bus. He then checks in to the HI NYC Hostel at Amsterdam Avenue and 104th Street.

Friday, November 29
- Suspect checks out of the HI NYC Hostel.

Saturday, November 30
- Suspect takes an Uber back to the HI NYC Hostel and rebooks a room using a fake NJ ID.

Monday, December 2
- Brian Thompson arrives in NYC and stays at The Luxury Collection Midtown Hotel on 54th Street.

Wednesday, December 4
- AM: Gunman is seen on surveillance video on the Upper West Side carrying what appears to be a battery for an electric bike

- AM: Suspect checks out of the HI NYC Hostel.

- Around 5am: Suspect is seen on CCTV near the Frederick Douglass Houses, a housing project situated between 100th and 104th streets between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

- AM: Suspect is captured on CCTV entering Central Park near the Frederick Douglass Houses.

- 6:15am: Gunman is captured on surveillance camera exiting the 57th Street F train stop

- 6:17am: Gunman purchases a water bottle and two power bars at the Starbucks at 56th Street and 6th Avenue

- 6:19am: Suspect seen on CCTV walking near a deli on 55th Street and is seen stopping by a pile on trash on the sidewalk.

- Around 6:30am: Suspect seen on the phone while walking eastbound on 54th Street past a parking lot (Note: location of video was not provided by CNN, I geolocated it to a parking lot at 137 W. 54th St)

- 6:39am: Gunman arrives on foot outside one of the side entrances on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues

- 6:44am: Thompson is shot on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, outside one of the side entrances to the Hilton

- 6:46am: Police respond to a 911 call reporting that someone had been shot in front of the Hilton located on 6th Avenue between 53rd and 54th streets.

- 6:48am: Officers arrive on scene outside Hilton

- 6:48am: Gunman is seen riding a bike on Center Drive in Central Park

- Before 7am: Suspect is captured on CCTV riding westbound on 84th Street after exiting Central Park. He is no longer wearing the backpack.

- 7:12am: Thompson is pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West, 58th Street and 10th Avenue

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