The nationwide manhunt for the gunman suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson entered its fifth day Sunday.
Police released the latest images of the suspect late Saturday night, showing the man in the back of a taxi. Police too A bag was recovered They believe the killer had a jacket and monopoly money, but no gun. Police believe the gunman fled on a New York City bus shortly after the shooting.
A dive team from the New York Police Department also trawled the Central Park pond on Saturday, where the bag was found.
The divers were seen behind an area cordoned off with police tape next to the Bethesda fountain in a body of water known as the lake near the park’s boathouse.
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The NYPD has been Exploring Central Park since Wednesday.
The NYPD previously announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s arrest and conviction. The FBI said late Friday it was offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the suspect’s arrest and conviction.
On the day of the shooting, investigators already knew the killer fled Central Park, arriving about four minutes after Thompson was shot. At 6:56 a.m., he exited the park again at 77th Street on the Upper West Side, according to a detailed timeline provided by Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney at a press conference Friday.
He was seen again two minutes later on 86th Street, still on the bicycle. At 7:04 a.m., he was seen walking, then getting into a taxi cab.
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Police believe he is no longer inside. New York City Because the footage showed the cab dropping him off at the Port Authority bus station, detectives couldn’t find footage of him leaving again. The station served routes that would have taken it to New Jersey, north to Boston, or south to Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
The NYPD found a backpack with a braided design in a pile of leaves in Central Park on Friday, December 6, 2020. The bag appears to match the description of the gunman who killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, on Wednesday morning. (Retrieved from New York Post)
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Retired FBI agent Scott Duffy told Fox News Digital that the bag will be taken to a lab in Queens for forensic testing, where it will be processed for trace evidence.
“[It’s] A process for hair, fibers [and] DNA, Duffy explained on Saturday. “If he puts his hand against the strap and tightens the buckle like most of us do, that’s where the DNA can be found. And the zip.”
Fox News’ Landon Mayon and Christina Coulter contributed to this report.