The FBI had joined the investigation into the brazen homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson exterior of a luxurious Manhattan resort, the bureau confirmed Friday.
The manhunt for the murderer who killed Thompson exterior the Hilton resort in Midtown has expanded past the 5 boroughs and maybe the tri-state space because the NYPD introduced that they consider the suspect has left the Massive Apple.
“The FBI is assisting the NYPD with the investigation,” a bureau spokesperson stated.
The FBI put out a wished poster Friday evening of surveillance photos of the suspect beforehand launched by the NYPD and are providing as much as a $50,000 award for data resulting in an arrest and conviction within the case.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny stated throughout a media blitz earlier Friday that the suspect was seen close to the Port Authority bus heart on West 178th avenue about an hour after the Wednesday morning taking pictures.
“Those buses are interstate,” Kenny stated “That’s why we believe he may have left New York City.”
“We have video of him entering the Port Authority Bus Terminal. We don’t have any video of him exiting so we believe he may have gotten on a bus.”
The suspect’s face might be seen in safety digital camera footage obtained from an Higher West Facet hostel the place consider he stayed earlier than the taking pictures.
The brazen killer was additionally seen at a Starbucks, the place he bought espresso, water, and protein bars, police and sources have stated.
The NYPD says it recovered a water bottle believed to have been dropped by the masked gunman as he fled from the taking pictures.
The water bottle, together with a espresso cup presumably utilized by the gunman, have been recovered by police and are being examined for DNA proof.
