Summary
The NYPD released unmasked photos of the suspect in the targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 4.
Surveillance footage traced the suspect’s movements before and after the crime, including his escape on an e-bike.
Investigators uncovered cryptic words on shell casings at the scene and recovered items possibly containing DNA evidence.
Authorities are using facial recognition and offering a $10,000 reward for tips. NYC Mayor Eric Adams confirmed the attack was premeditated and involved a silencer. Motive remains unknown.
As the NYPD scrambled to find the killer, police deployed a swathe of investigators – uniformed and plain clothed – dogs, drones and helicopters in the hunt for the assailant, according to The Times.
In 2023 there were 391 murders in NYC. For the police to deploy that amount of resources for this one murder kinda proves that the police work for the rich.
i suspect that the intense response from the authorities proves how much of a priority this is for our gov’t and i hope that this becomes a trend on the rich.
Commit murder in NYC and I suspect the NYPD to be just as active especially when there’s video.
hundreds of people are killed every year in that city and none get this kind of attentions or response; even when they’re on camera being killed slowly while everyone watches (eg eric garner).
Hundreds of people are not targeted murder victims in NYC every year.
Oh and every other murder was random acts of violence? Fuck off with your narrowing of goalposts that didn’t even move them.
No. Most murders happen between people that know each other very well. Few are assassinations on the street.
I hope you can self reflect enough to see what a silly position you argued yourself into. I’ll let you marinate in it.
the nypd has a track record of court cases and millions of dollar of fines for targeting specific groups in nyc; they know what they’re doing.
Remember when NYPD watched a guy attacking people on the subway with a knife?
Big ol’ (X).
Such is not the case here. Video shows there were many people on the streets at the time and the shooter was aiming at killing a specific person. This wasn’t an attempt at mass mayhem.
So the police should only act if it’s a targeted attack? Against a wealthy individual? Hopefully you don’t get a canker sore polishing those boots.
Assassination on a city street is around upon by local police. It doesn’t matter how rich the victim is.
does to the pigs
Ok, bootlicker.
When was the last manhunt performed for a murder in NYC?
So 10 years ago for escaped convits. Sounds like a lot of people between them and now got murdered that went unsolved that they used very little resources for.
You asked. I googled. Something you might well have done, but did not. Now you complain of the first search result. Sorry, the spoon feeding is over.
I was asking more when was the last time they did this to see the frequency of these manhunts. Lots of people get murdered every year but last manhunt was roughly 10 years ago. I didn’t complain about your answer I was just saying how much it speaks to the police’s lack of effort in protecting normal citizens.
This isn’t just a murder, it’s potentially a statement about how the people who seem to be untouchable in the current social order are very very touchable. If that statement stands, it endangers the social order itself.
Propaganda of the deed (or propaganda by the deed, from the French propagande par le fait) is specific political direct action meant to be exemplary to others and serve as a catalyst for revolution.
It is primarily associated with acts of violence perpetrated by proponents of insurrectionary anarchism in the late 19th and early 20th century, including bombings and assassinations aimed at the state, the ruling class in a spirit of anti-capitalism, and church arsons targeting religious groups, even though propaganda of the deed also had non-violent applications. These acts of terrorism were intended to ignite a “spirit of revolt” by demonstrating the state, the middle and upper classes, and religious organizations were not omnipotent as well as to provoke the State to become escalatingly repressive in its response.
Yeah I feel like this is another thing that is fully normalized - the cops are there to protect wealth. Just like how the health care industry’s practices have been normalized.
They’re going to be pretty keen to find and make an example out of a person that did something bad to someone of worth. Can’t let that stand unanswered, or Adams will lose donors.
Being wealthy and being a “person of worth” are almost mutually exclusive nowadays.
True, but it wasn’t like we didn’t know. It’s just the hypocrisy of the police and the media doing their thing.
Wow it peaked around 5 murders per day in 1990.
If you saw this guy, you did not see this guy
I kinda get that vibe from the police too. Just $10,000? Don’t try too hard there, now.
I was denied emergency life saving medication by my insurance (not united iir) and ended up in the hospital the next day for a week. Billed an average $15,000 a day each day.
After the bills came in, it was apparent someone/algorithm put me in the hospital to bill the most money for profit. It was a nasty trick.
Anyways, $10,000 seems like chump change to them. More of a “well, we tried” bounty.
I know someone who lost their dad to medical issues. Their dad’s insurance is asking them for $200k
When my eye condition was rapidly degenerating, insurance denied me the only procedure that could slow it down. Now my eyesight is absolute trash and the only reason I can even see is because I use $1000/lens glass lenses the size of a nickel
The deductible for my sympathy hasn’t been met
The deductible for my sympathy hasn’t been met
Hot damn that’s powerful
If anyone has information that could lead the the arrest of this suspect, then I have $10,001 that says no, they don’t.
So is there a gofundme for this or a future bail fund I can donate to?
No chance he gets bail. A legal fund however could be useful.
I expect there will be after he’s identified.
Health insurance denials and other insurance BS transcend through the entire 99%, even cops.
Cops don’t give a fuck.
It is the easiest go to these days (don’t worry, we’ll have even worse sooner than later) but look at Uvalde. Cops actively prevented parents from rescuing their children. Cops physically restrained a different cop who was trying to rescue his wife (she was murdered and he later resigned). They don’t even operate in their own self interest.
So you can bet that the cop who Failure Drills the restrained suspect because “he’s a professional hitman who won’t be taken alive” will have denied claims and be desperate for any way to get life saving procedures done.
If they unfortunately find him, jury selection is gonna be super interesting. I would let that guy go with a handshake and a good job.
like with the rittenhouse case; they’re going to find a judge & jury sympathetic enough to the rich to make a conviction happen.
they did it with obamacare and they can do it with an assassin.
Seriously. Imagine the state prosecutor trying to weed out that jury pool.
Even if a potential juror doesn’t mouth off online, there is a massive list of names that UHC has fucked over directly, let alone people with ill feelings toward health insurance in general.
what guy? all i saw was a woman with pink hair and a nose ring.
I just saw the ceo die from magic bullets. No people at all.
Bruh don’t fucking lie. It was a 5’4" gremlin looking woman with green hair.
Yes Sgt Shultz…. I zaw nothink!!!
Pretty sure that’s Donald Trump—he even discussed his plan to shoot a man on 5th Avenue.
This was on Sixth, though. Totally different.
Would you trust someone of his limited faculties to tell the difference?
But, six is also a much higher number. Do you really think he can count that high?
Maybe if he takes off both of his tiny mittens without strangling himself with the cord 🤷
New term, new street
Lol “Shit… I thought that sign board read 6th… not 5th. I wonder who I shot?”
Actually, all the street signs read “Avenue of the Americas”, but only tourists call it that.
Not like Trump to understate.
Getting the street wrong is how we know it was him.
Motive remains unknown
Lol
Every god damned person that’s seen the headline knows exactly what the motive was, but sure, it’s biiiiiig mystery.
You just know that calls have been placed to the NYPD commissioner to pressure them into making sure they don’t take him alive, just so billionaire-owned media can keep saying “motive remains unknown”.
Remember kids, if you see the guy who shot and killed the UCH CEO with named bullets: no you didn’t.
This is the exact opposite of the Reddit Boston Bomber fiasco. What man? I only see a picture of an empty sidewalk
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like they’ll need anyone to narc him out. They tracked him all the way to the hostel he was staying at and have more photos of him.
Unless this guy was cash only with fake names and no phone in sight, they’ll probably be able to narrow it down quickly (or might already have a name they haven’t released). Maybe there’s a chance he was clever about all of that.
But if he had a phone they’ll just do one of their dragnet warrants of people in the area at those various places and times and crossmatch the person who was at all of them. Combine that with a facial rec search against drivers license photos and other holdings, they’ll dial it in sooner than later.
He ditched a phone while he was fleeing the scene and used a fake NJ ID at the hostel. Hopefully the phone was a burner.
The guy in those photos has a different color coat and a different backpack… what makes the NYPD think they’re the shooter? Is there only one guy in NYC that wears a coat and backpack in checks notes December?
Exactly, the one on the right isn’t even the shooter. It’s jake gyllenhaal trying to get photographs of the scene
Nightcrawler was more than just method acting then.
In the article: “It is not clear whether the photographs shared on X on the suspect are the same as those mentioned in CNN’s report.”. They’re literally making shit up.
The suspect was wearing masks. This man is not wearing any masks and has a great smile. Clearly not the same person.
$10,000? I can’t even cover my health insurance with that
Wasn’t the ceo’s yearly salary like $10 mil or something? Lol
I lost my cat…$500 reward…this guy is basically worth like 20 cats.
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Oh shit, he’s hot…
I kinda hate it when someone is this cool and this good looking. Save some positive qualities for the rest of us!
I’m a gay woman, but my god is this man fuckable
I’m a straight man, but that guy can assassinate my loins any time.
Immediate thought was “would smash”
What suspect? I thought they ruled the bullet wounds were a pre-existing condition and no police coverage is warranted.
NYPD is out of network.
New agencies and police are wrong for sharing this guys picture, the suspects coat and this guys coat are completely different from the front. These assholes are going to get an innocent and unrelated person assaulted.
I’m calling bullshit that the pictures they’ve released so far are even the same man. The builds are different, the noses are different, the skin tone is different, the jacket is different, the backpack is different, nothing in this is the same other than its a 5’10"-6’ tall man with a fucking jacket. The NYPD are dropping the ball because someone at the department hates Healthcare CEO’s too.
I’m sure they’re going to arrest someone for this. Who knows who, but someone.
*kill, kill someone for this.
Who’s going to assault him? The guy’s a champion of the working class.
The thugs with badges. He’s making them look bad
They could have just not investigated, like they do with 80% of the other murders in the city.
Thank god the working class are the only ones looking for him! Wait…
In the article: “It is not clear whether the photographs shared on X on the suspect are the same as those mentioned in CNN’s report.”. They’re literally making shit up.
They have possible DNA sources from a burner phone and water bottle dropped in an ally, hopefully that prevents false accusations. And honestly I don’t see anyone attacking this guy. Murder is bad, but a lot of people have lost loved ones and life savings over healthcare coverage.
That man and/or woman was with me all day Tuesday and Wednesday.
man and/or woman
What a weird way to say person. Lol
I’m just saying they were both here. We played Smash Bros. and stayed up late watching movies. Can you believe they’d never seen They Live?
And/or…
While I hope he’s never caught or arrested, if he does end up being charged, I suspect there will be a lot of donations to his legal defense fund.
The gunman’s motive, however, still remains a mystery.
Radiating “Historian saying they were roommates” energy.
“Defy, Defend, Depose”
Hmm very criptic
They are trying so hard to make it look like another “confused mentally ill crazy guy” and not like the rational composed individual with a clear message that he obviously is.
