UnitedHealthcare CEO assassinated: Police divers search Central Park pond

A New York Police Department The dive group trawled a Central Park pond Saturday, in search of new leads within the manhunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The divers have been seen behind an space cordoned off with police tape subsequent to the Bethesda Fountain, in a physique of water generally known as a lake, close to the park's boathouse.

A screenshot of surveillance footage launched by the New York Police Division exhibits the alleged suspect wished within the taking pictures dying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (NYPD Crime Stoppers)

Close to the bandstand and about 20 ft from one of many park's crowded walkways, crime scene tape nonetheless surrounded the spot the place a backpack believed to belong to the shooter was discovered Friday.

Police haven’t but discovered the weapon used within the taking pictures. A jacket and Monopoly cash have been discovered contained in the backpack, MSNBC reported.

For the reason that assault outdoors the Hilton Midtown at 6:46 a.m. Wednesday, the main points have develop into clearer. The attacker arrived New York City on a bus from Atlanta on November 24 and stayed at an AYH hostel on the Higher West Aspect.

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On the day of the taking pictures, investigators already knew that the killer had fled by way of Central Park and arrived there about 4 minutes after taking pictures Thompson. At 6:56 a.m., he left the park once more on 77th Avenue on the Higher West Aspect, based on an in depth timeline given by Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny at a information convention Friday.

He was noticed once more on 86th Avenue, nonetheless on his bicycle, two minutes later. At 7:04 a.m., he was seen strolling, then getting right into a taxi.

Police imagine he’s not in New York as a result of footage exhibits the taxi dropping him off on the Port Authority bus station. However detectives couldn't discover footage of him leaving. The station serves routes that would have taken it to New Jersey, north to Boston, or south to Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

An space of ​​Central Park close to Rumsey Playfield in New York, NY on Saturday, December 4, 2024. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox Information Digital)

The New York Police Division was search for Central Park since Wednesday.

“It’s enormous and dense,” former New York Metropolis Police Detective Paul Mauro mentioned of Central Park. “My query on this was in the event that they used canines [to find the backpack]”.

The NYPD initially introduced that $10,000 was being supplied for data resulting in the suspect's arrest and conviction. The FBI introduced Friday night that it was providing as much as $50,000 for data resulting in the arrest and conviction of the suspect.