NYPD heads to Georgia searching for CEO's killer

Police investigating the deadly capturing of a New York healthcare govt are on the bottom in Georgia as they seek for his fugitive killer.

Brian Thompson of UnitedHealthcare was shot a number of occasions final week in Midtown by a gunman who fled after which apparently boarded a bus out of city.

Police sources instructed the BBC's US companion CBS Information that officers had been despatched to the southern state and stops alongside the bus route.

The search entered its fifth day on Monday, though police haven’t revealed the title or motive of the suspect, who was repeatedly pictured on CCTV carrying a masks.

A lot of the police exercise has targeted on New York's Central Park, which seems to have been a part of the shooter's escape route.

The lake was trawled for a second day Sunday and an deserted backpack discovered close by contained a jacket and tickets from the board recreation Monopoly, however no weapon, sources instructed CBS.

Police consider he entered the park on his bike moments after the capturing, then took a taxi after leaving the park on the Higher West Facet.

Footage launched over the weekend reveals the masked suspect behind the taxi heading towards the Port Authority Bus Terminal close to Washington Heights.

He was not noticed on any cameras leaving the station, so it’s assumed he fled by bus.

It was the identical approach he arrived on the town, 10 days earlier than the capturing, aboard a Greyhound bus from Atlanta.

He then went to a hostel the place he momentarily revealed his face to the receptionist, giving police their clearest picture but.

Police have stated nothing about why they consider he killed Brian Thompson, 50, a father of two.

One principle is that that is an assault on the medical insurance system.

Bullet casings discovered on the scene had the phrases “drop,” “refuse” and “delay” written on them.

This echoes the title of a e book criticizing the way in which insurers keep away from paying claims.

Thompson's demise sparked an outpouring of individuals on social media sharing their tales of being denied well being care by insurance coverage firms.