The New York Police Department released new photos that showed the face of the man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of insurance chief Brian Thompson, as the search for his killer entered a second day.Police appealed to the public for help in identifying the suspect, offering $10,000 for tips. They executed a search warrant on the HI New York City youth hostel on the Upper West Side on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The suspect checked into the hostel using a fake New Jersey driver’s license, the person said.The hunt didn’t lead to any new evidence of the whereabouts of the suspect, but it yielded additional photos of the alleged shooter, the person said. A cell phone discovered near the shooting that was believed to be linked to the suspect is a burner phone, the person said.Shot in backThompson, 50, was shot in the back and leg around 6:45 a.m. outside of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, where UnitedHealth Group was hosting its investor day. Video showed the attacker waiting for Thompson — who was UnitedHealth’s insurance chief — upon his arrival at the hotel. The perpetrator approached the executive from behind and shot him multiple times before leaving by foot and then riding an electric bike toward Central Park. While UnitedHealth had a security team at the hotel for its investor day, it didn’t have anyone stationed outside where the executive was shot, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company didn’t... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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