Posted on 12/09/2024 8:32:00 AM PST by TigerClaws
A person of interest has been nabbed in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was coldly executed in a targeted attack in front of a Manhattan hotel this week, The Post has learned.
The man was picked up in Altoona, Pa., using a fake ID, sources said.
The bust came amid a massive manhunt for the masked shooter who laid in wait outside the Hilton on Sixth Avenue where Thompson, 50, was set to speak at an investor’s conference Wednesday morning.
The chillingly efficient gunman snuck behind Thompson on the sidewalk, pulled out what appeared to be a handgun with a silencer and calmly unloaded multiple shots at the CEO’s back, shocking surveillance footage showed.
Thompson dropped to the ground after he was hit in the back and right calf, with the gunman quickly running off before grabbing an e-bike and riding away.
Thompson was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The execution prompted a massive manhunt and a steady drip of sometimes bizarre clues and revelations.
The shooter’s bullets found at the scene appeared to have the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend” written on them — a potential message from the killer that echoed the title of a book condemning the health-care insurance industry’s practice of not paying claims.
Video uncovered during the investigation also revealed the suspected killer’s smiling face, as well as his potential connection to an Upper West Side hostel, where he is believed to have stayed before the murder.
A motive wasn’t immediately known.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has told reporters that the shooter intentionally targeted Thompson — a father of two sons, whose wife said had been the target of recent threats over his job — as witnesses milled around the hotel.
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Antifa?
Is the suspect, still nameless in the media?
That would be my guess.
I’m missing something here. How did the shooter know exactly when the victim would be on that sidewalk?
I bet the memos will identify him with 3 names. They love to elaborate on the identity
DANIEL PENNY NOT GUILTY, praise God!!!
Antifa yes... they have been training
Trans perhaps?
really????
Brave people!
They can get this guy but still no epstein client list.
I was doing research on a left-wing (likely taxpayer funded) Antifa-type group who occupied the UnitedHealthcare HQ a while back. Lots of 20-30 y.o. Antifa types.
People’s Action is the name of the group:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2eeeep0npo
The Coulter Rule clock is ticking.
Where would have have been caught with a fake ID? Oh I know — trying to get to his next victim!
(Altoona, Pa)
There was a weatherman who said the storm was
gonna miss Punxsutawney and hit Altoona
“How did the shooter know exactly when the victim would be on that sidewalk?”
I think he had been waiting there for some time, possibly overnight.
Excellent
Probably knew the destination just to wait for him to appear
I wish he could use the bag of crap of a DA
there is an unbelievable amount of rage in America about healthcare and its destruction both ongoing and imminent. Where will lightning strike next?
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