Police don’t know who he is, where he is, or why he did it.
As the frustrating search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer got underway for a fifth day yesterday (Macau time), investigators reckoned with a tantalizing contradiction: They have troves of evidence, but the shooter remains an enigma.
One conclusion they are confident of, however: It was a targeted attack, not a random one.
They know he ambushed Thompson at ET 6:44 a.m. Wednesday as the executive arrived at the Hilton for his company’s annual investor conference, using a 9 mm pistol that resembled the guns farmers use to put down animals without causing a loud noise. They know ammunition found near Thompson’s body bore the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose,” mimicking a phrase used by insurance industry critics.
The fact that the shooter knew UnitedHealthcare group was holding a conference at the hotel and what route Thompson might take to get there suggested that he could possibly be a disgruntled employee or client, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.
Over the weekend, police divers were seen searching a pond in Central Park, where the killer fled after the shooting.
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