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BREAKING NEWS Assassin's three chilling words on bullets left behind after shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO in brazen Manhattan attack
Daily Mail UK ^ | December 5, 2024 | Joe Hutchison

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 ...


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To: Nervous Tick

Primer’s not struck on the left cartridge, too.


61 posted on 12/05/2024 12:42:05 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: Stingray51

Anarchists.


62 posted on 12/05/2024 12:44:27 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Morgana
The good news... He didn't spread Covid while carrying out the assassination.

Another observation... Tim Walz... Is anybody out there a bigger loser than Tim Walz?

And thirdly... This is 'not' a mansion. They called it a mansion, it isn't.


63 posted on 12/05/2024 1:04:10 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: YeahBuddy

While it’s possible to recover fingerprints from fired cartridge cases, the small size of the 22lr severely limits the “points” needed for an ID.

(Lab guy—and author—here).


64 posted on 12/05/2024 1:05:36 AM PST by Does so (♭♫♪ yes we are able, our spirits are thine♫♬♪...🇺🇦...Dem☭¢rat...≣)
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To: jerod

That is where this guy lived?

There are nicer homes in my hood. I figured he lived in a place like those TV preachers lived in.


65 posted on 12/05/2024 1:12:32 AM PST by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
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To: Yardstick

Perhaps book author drumming up sales?


66 posted on 12/05/2024 1:15:29 AM PST by Mogger (AreIn bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was goin)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Looks like a Welrod has to have the bolt turned 90 degrees to open or close it. Is that happening in the video? And why use an exotic like that? I would think that something ordinary and disposable would be preferred.


67 posted on 12/05/2024 1:21:44 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: YeahBuddy
I'm pretty sure any amateur gunsmith could manufacture a welrod starting with a bolt action rifle (as the British did in WWII).

68 posted on 12/05/2024 1:25:53 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: YeahBuddy
This jives …

Why do I have to be the bad guy?

Jibes.

69 posted on 12/05/2024 1:26:03 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: gundog
One important detail is that for the welrod to work for it's purpose, you must use subsonic ammunition, and base it on a bolt action firearm. See Welrod.

70 posted on 12/05/2024 1:31:52 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: jerod

Looks like a woman.


71 posted on 12/05/2024 1:42:46 AM PST by vivenne
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To: HIDEK6

Ha! Why am I awake at 0330hrs and responding! You are correct, sir.

Why you jiving me about the proper use of jibe!(smirk) Whatchu talkin’ bout, Willis?

I’m just like the folks calling cartridge cases “shell casings.” Too much TV lingo for all of us

Now I’m the bad guy!


72 posted on 12/05/2024 1:55:49 AM PST by YeahBuddy
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I’m leaning toward an ordinary recoil-unlocked handgun. Apparently the cops have ebike GPS, a phone, and a water bottle found in an alley. The perp doesn’t appear to be wearing gloves at any point. Seems kinda sloppy.


73 posted on 12/05/2024 2:01:42 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: YeahBuddy

“That’s OK stewardess, I speak Jive.”


74 posted on 12/05/2024 2:06:31 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Yardstick

I wonder why the police would release that specific info. Don’t see how the info would help catch the killer. Seems like they would keep that to themselves, at least initially.


75 posted on 12/05/2024 2:13:45 AM PST by Az Joe (We can't spare President Trump; He fights!)
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To: Morgana; jerod
That is where this guy lived?
There are nicer homes in my hood. I figured he lived in a place like those TV preachers lived in.

WSJ reports Brian and Paulette (Paulie) Thompson have been living in separate homes for several years.

76 posted on 12/05/2024 2:14:30 AM PST by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: YeahBuddy

“Why the need for a silencer when you are going to shoot somebody in front of people in a public place anyways?”

Perhaps, to limit his audience to 3 or 5 people, instead of 300?


77 posted on 12/05/2024 3:27:51 AM PST by Fireone (Americans have had enough. (build the gallows))
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To: alexander_busek
You can do better, Daily Mail UK.

Nah, they really can't. Some talent has a hard ceiling.

78 posted on 12/05/2024 3:32:09 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Hi! Follow me on FReep Tok #Neanderthal #oMtBikes #Bach)
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To: Morgana

Deny the claim
Defend the denial
Depose (legal) of the client

Looks like angry customer


79 posted on 12/05/2024 3:36:50 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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