NY - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Midtown. #6

[sds71]

The sources say it is too soon to determine if his case is connected to the death of Brian Thompson, but they are investigating it as a potentially significant development.

According to the sources, customers at a local McDonald's thought he looked suspicious and called police. Arriving officers noticed a fake ID so took him in for questioning.

Manhunt in CEO killing leads to McDonald's arrest: What we know about person of interest

A man in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area is being questioned Monday in connection with last week's UnitedHealthcare CEO killing in Manhattan, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[GutInstinct]

the only thing i can think of would be if he tried paying with a check...lol

Or foreign currency.

 

[MassGuy]

This ID is a silly thing to get hung up on. He was caught with the gun, multiple fake ID’s and a manifesto.

Specifically how he was caught will come out soon.

 

[clearskies1]

I want to see him. I'm sure we all do. JMO.

 

[Universecalling]

I really hope this isn’t a deranged copy cat!

 

[zerowaste]

Criminals always think they are smarter than the police, but they rarely if ever are. MOO

They could be smarter but they will never have the same resources as the Police have or as many brains working together to solve crimes.

 

[Ruminations]

Why do they need DNA from the hostel? I don't think they do. They have evidence he stayed there without the DNA, and they have his DNA from other items. What am I missing?

jmo

It appears to me that the assassin managed to avoid dropping DNA solo. So the DNA samples that LE has, I presume, are for multiple people who stayed in a populous hostel, touched things in a bust Starbucks, used a trash can on bust streets, etc. and as a couple of posters have noted a few times, the murderer, and all of the strangers in the crowd he has shared NYC with, are ALL very unlikely to have DNA profiles or fingerprints accessible to LE. So, LE has a huge task before them: figure out which prints/DNA profile is his and which are noise. All while not being able to attach a name to any of them.

It's a long, tedious process. I'm speculating, but I imagine LE kinda hopes to get a suspect first from whom they can get a DNA sample. (Such as by recovering it from trash/an abandoned eatery table, etc., while surveilling the suspect.) Then when they have suspect DNA it is easier to compare it to what is on the phone, bag, hostel, trash, etc.

The alternative is going through all the DNA they recovered all around Manhattan and finding the common profile. That has to be brutal, because presumably, he didn't leave DNA on everything.


MOO

 

[EBW321]

If a person in Altoona is the same guy who shot BT, it doesn't make sense to me that he was still carrying the gun 5 days after.

Unless,
1. the person they got is decoy and they tipped him to confuse the investigation.
2. The guy is not as clever as everyone thought or he didn't care if he got caught. Or both.

Just doesn’t even make sense.

All that effort. 10 day recon and planning. Meticulously planned escape down to the minute to get to bus station.

The messages and games…

If this is the guy maybe he got scared or spooked after cab photo released. Decided to jump back on what appears to be his go to mode of escape.. the bus.

Hard to believe though that there could be 2 different guys traveling via greyhound buses with multiple fake id’s and rare guns with suppressors in the last two or three weeks. Much more likely it’s the same guy.

 

[alfredfrajesco]

Sounds like he was off to hit another CEO after lying low for a few days.

 

[whitelilac]

Why the heck didn't he pay cash for a burger at McDonalds ? Makes no sense.

 

[arielilane]

the only thing i can think of would be if he tried paying with a check...lol

I do not have that one on my bingo card.

 

[m00c0w]

I really hope this isn’t a deranged copy cat!

That’s a lot of hard to obtain items for a copycat versus the actual guy.

JMO

 

[Warwick1991]

It will be interesting to find out whether he had a B&T pistol, or a common semiautomatic with a suppressor.

 

[CamilleBSP]

I want to see him. I'm sure we all do. JMO.

I’m relieved that I finished the stuff I had to do for the day in time to watch this development of the case live! LOL
Some nice timing there!

Hope they release more soon!

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Investigators of C.E.O.’s Killing Are Questioning a Man in Pennsylvania Investigators of C.E.O.’s Killing Are Questioning a Man in Pennsylvania


NYT paywall article

Gifted here: Live Updates: Investigators of C.E.O.’s Killing Are Questioning a Man in Pennsylvania

 

[Herat]

The sources say it is too soon to determine if his case is connected to the death of Brian Thompson, but they are investigating it as a potentially significant development.

According to the sources, customers at a local McDonald's thought he looked suspicious and called police. Arriving officers noticed a fake ID so took him in for questioning.

Manhunt in CEO killing leads to McDonald's arrest: What we know about person of interest

A man in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area is being questioned Monday in connection with last week's UnitedHealthcare CEO killing in Manhattan, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

www.nbcnewyork.com

Reserving judgement until more information is released or the FBI makes a statement.

There could easily be a copycat out there or one the numerous mentally unbalanced who think this sort of thing is a joke.

 

[Sakura2Sophia4Lucia]

My opinion is he stayed there because a regular hotel requires a credit card.

Even when I've pre-paid for a hotel stay, the front desk requires to see and make a copy of my driver's license to verify identity and a credit card for incidentals such as food from refrigerator or charges to the room if they have dining areas. Unless he had a fake credit card that went with his fake ID, he was very limited as to where he could stay.

 

[eddie_van]

police apprehending him and asking to see an ID makes the most sense. i doubt mcdonalds asked to see it.

 

[Ladyotm]

I want to see him. I'm sure we all do. JMO.

Very much so! And why would you be in a public space like McDonalds with his face plastered all over the news. If it's him.MOO

 

[arielilane]

What is it with this guy and McDonald’s?

People like McDonalds, Starbucks, etc. I cant figure it out. Buy their stock? moo