The manhunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a shooting in the heart of Manhattan has now entered its third day, with the killer still at large.
With the gunman’s identity unknown and the motive still a mystery, authorities are trying to piece together the killer’s movements on Wednesday morning – and where he went next.
The suspect, a white male dressed in black with a gray backpack, was first recorded walking outside the Frederick Douglass Houses, a public housing project on the Upper West Side, as early as 5 a.m., according to ABC.
He was next recorded leaving the 57th Street F train stop before being sighted on a Starbucks security camera at West 56th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan approximately 30 minutes before Thompson’s death.
At approximately 6:19 a.m., he was recorded walking west down 55th Street, a block away from the New York Hilton Midtown, where Thomson was scheduled to speak at a conference.
Mapped: The suspect’s movements
The shooter was then spotted walking alone to the Hilton about five minutes before the victim arrived, police said.
The killer lay in wait before he opened fire outside the hotel at approximately 6:46 a.m, striking Thompson, 50, at point blank range in the back and right calf, the NYPD said.
After the attack, the suspect crossed the street near the Hilton Hotel and fled through an alleyway before hopping on an electric bike on 55th Street.
The gunman headed north on 6th Avenue towards Central Park, where he was last seen at 6:48 a.m. Video footage, obtained by CBS News, appears to show the suspect cycling out of the park on West 85th Street just before 7 a.m., according to the sources.
Police then obtained footage of the suspect arriving at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. However, they do not have footage of him leaving, indicating he may have taken a bus out of the city, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.
Thompson was rushed to Mount Sinai West hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 7:12 a.m.
Ten days prior to the attack, the suspect is said to have traveled to New York City by a Greyhound bus which originated in Atlanta, law enforcements sources told CNN. It is not clear where the suspect got on the vehicle.
Surveillance footage shows the suspect getting off the bus in New York around 9 p.m. on November 24.
