Posted on 12/04/2024 9:40:18 PM PST by Morgana
Detectives investigating the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson reportedly found shell casings with the words 'deny', 'defend' and 'depose' inscribed on them.
Police sources told ABC News that casings were found at the scene with the cryptic messages left on them.
Detectives are now working to determine what the words mean and if they could possibly hint at a motive for the slaying of the 50-year-old.
Officers are still searching for the unknown assailant who gunned down Thompson outside of the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday morning.
Authorities say he fled the scene on foot before then making a getaway on an electric bike into nearby Central Park.
Surveillance footage of the shooting shows Thompson walking alone outside of the entrance to the midtown hotel when the gunman steps into frame and opens fire.
The masked killer draws out a large gun fitted with a silencer and shots him in the back, sending the CEO stumbling down the street.
Several bystanders were seen in the footage witnessing the horror shooting, with one woman standing mere feet away from the gunman when he opened fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
>> Wrote stuff on the shell casings?
Could be a clue as to the motive of the killer,
~OR~
Could be a ruse intended to deflect suspicion onto a particular group, e.g. health care rights anarchists or something like that.
It looked to me as if the shooter was using a suppressed Ruger MKIV with subsonic ammo that did not have enough power to work the semiautomatic action and he had to manually recycle the bolt between shots.
In the picture in the article, #2 doesn’t look like a casing to me — it looks like a whole, unfired cartridge.
Caliber appears to be 9mm and the casing resembles Critical Defense steel case.
Picture is low-res so it’s hard to tell for sure.
Forgive me for not trusting a single word from any “law enforcement” agency. They all serve the swamp.
You can do better, Daily Mail UK.
Regards,
>> subsonic ammo that did not have enough power to work the semiautomatic action and he had to manually recycle the bolt between shots
good point
If so there should be at least two casings in addition to three cartridges on the ground. Wonder what the other two had written on them, if anything?
In The Man with the Golden Gun, James Bond receives a gold bullet with the number “007” inscribed on it, indicating that he is the target of Francisco Scaramanga, also known as “The Man with the Golden Gun”.
Bullets are a pre-existing condition.
Coverage DENIED.
Yeah, apparently there was book slamming the insurance industry with those three words in the title. So maybe a disgruntled policyholder or relative, or maybe a red herring. The widow commented that the victim received threats possibly relating to a “lack of coverage”. On the one hand, I don’t think a hitman would send messages like that. And on the other, it seems odd for somebody upset over a claim denial to use a silencer and have an effective disguise and getaway. Kinda makes me suspect that leaving that message behind was part of the job.
I’m going to go with this is the deep state making a statement to Trump.
.22 LR casings are pretty small. I can see them not being able to find them all on a city sidewalk/street.
A hired hitman would, if he was paid to do so.
The weapon looks like a welrod. A welrod needs to be chambered manually after each shot.
Obviously.
I believe so, yes.
You're right. I stand corrected. I didn't even know they existed.
"... now working to determine what the words mean and if they could possibly hint at a motive..."
Good grief!
This would seem to indicate that the morons at the FBI are also on the case...
MSM will very quickly solve the riddle: "MAGA"
Such a bizarre case.
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