Authorities have detained a man in Pennsylvania in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. According to sources cited by The New York Post and ABC News, the individual, described as a “person of interest,” was apprehended in Altoona, Pennsylvania, while using a fake ID.
The manhunt began following the shocking murder of Thompson, who was gunned down on a Manhattan street in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Thompson, 48, was attacked outside the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue by a masked gunman who fled the scene immediately after the shooting.
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Investigators revealed that the suspect took a bicycle to Central Park, where he discarded his backpack, before heading to an uptown bus station near the George Washington Bridge.
Surveillance footage captured him entering the building, but he was not seen exiting, leading authorities to believe he fled the city.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed that the murder appeared to be premeditated. “The suspect seemed to wait for his intended