New York — NYPD searched Central Park Lake again Sunday for evidence related to: The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan last week..
As the search for the gunman continues, authorities said Sunday they were expanding the scope of the search.
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Detectives from the NYPD and the U.S. Marshals Service were dispatched to Atlanta and along a Greyhound bus stop between Atlanta and New York City, police sources said. They want to know if anyone of interest was on the bus that took them to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on Nov. 24. They are also canvassing the Greyhound terminal and reviewing surveillance footage to determine at what point he rode. bus.
Recently released image of person of interest Place him in the backseat of the taxi and show the other person just outside the taxi.Both are wearing masks. The FBI released a poster highlighting a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
“The situation is getting closer and we will bring this man to justice,” Mayor Eric Adams said.
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The only image believed to be of a person without a mask. It was captured on surveillance cameras inside an Upper West Side hostel.According to police sources, he had a playful encounter with a front desk employee.
“This event was obviously well planned, but everyone makes mistakes,” said retired police officer Tom Walsh.
NYPD divers return to Central Park Lake on Sunday
NYPD divers searched Central Park Lake on Sunday after a source told CBS News New York that a search on Saturday was unsuccessful.
One woman told CBS News New York she saw a dive team at the lake on Saturday, but they didn’t see anything come out.
The witness said: “This corner was blocked off with maybe five police officers and a van and we saw a couple of divers in scuba gear come in and splash around and check out the area.”
Latest news on backpacks found in the park
inspector on friday An item believed to be a backpack belonging to a person of interest was found. It contained a jacket he was not wearing on Wednesday, the day of Thompson’s shooting, and some fake Monopoly money, but no gun, according to a source familiar with the investigation, CBS News reported. That area of the park is still cordoned off with police tape.
The weapon used to kill Thompson is critical to the investigation because it will allow police to determine where the weapon was purchased and who owned it. The police said that the lack of concrete evidence was the reason they were continuing to call the man they were tracking.
“They found a backpack here in Central Park, so it makes sense that that would be a good place to dump guns,” Walsh said.
Forensic test results on the backpack still need to be released before determining whether it is linked to the shooter.
Law enforcement knows the name of the person of interest.
The mayor said Saturday that law enforcement knows who they are looking for, but did not want to give him information by releasing his name too early.
“We don’t want to make it public right now. If we do that, we’re basically tipping the guy we’ve found. That’s what we’re looking for and we don’t want to give him the upper hand at all. We believe he can continue to hide behind the mask. There is,” Adams said.
