NYPD releases new images of a person of interest in the shooting of United healthc Care CEO Brian Thompson the New York City Police Department posts these two images on its official X account December 5th saying below are photos of a person of interest wanted for questioning regarding the Midtown Manhattan homicide on December 4th NYPD adds this does not appear to be a random act of violence all indications are that it was a premeditated targeted attack it's worth noting that police do not say in the post if they believe believe the individual shown in the images
is the same person who shot Brian Thompson simply that they want to question him according to NBC News the pictures are from security footage that was recorded at an upper west side hostel NBC news also reports the shooter of Brian Thompson purchased a water bottle and two protein bars from a nearby Starbucks before the shooting and discarded the items with the outlet citing a senior New York City law enforcement official briefed on the investigation authorities also made another Discovery in the case a spokesperson for the New York York City Police Department briefed on the investigation
told NBC News December 5th that the suspect wrote words including deny defend and depose on the bullet casings found at the scene the discovery comes after Thompson's wife pette Thompson said that her husband had been receiving quote threats she told NBC News in part yes there had been some I don't know details I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him the United Healthcare CEO who had taken on the role in 2021 was shot at around 6:46 a.m. a.m on December 4th outside of New York's Hilton hotel on 6th
Avenue police later held a press conference to update the public on the investigation Brian Thompson the CEO of United Healthcare was shot and killed in what appears at this early stage of our investigation to be a Brazen targeted attack this does not appear to be a random act of violence the victim was in New York City to speak at an investor conference it appears a suspect was lying in wait for several minutes and as the victim was walking to the conference Hotel the suspect approached from behind and fired several rounds striking the victim at least
once in the back and at least once in the right calf many people passed the suspect but he appeared to wait for his intended target the shooter appears to be a light-skinned male he's wearing a light brown or cream color jacket a black face mask black and white sneakers and a very distinctive Gray backpack we're we're reaching out to law enforcement in Minnesota and we're also interviewing his his co-workers and family members to see if there have been any specific threats against him in the past as far as who is he in the hotel with
uh we're doing a search warrant in his hotel room right now that might lead us uh give us some more information [Music]
