US police offer big reward for arrest of suspect in insurance CEO assassination

(CLO) New York Mayor Eric Adams said authorities have offered a reward and are actively searching for the suspect in the assassination of CEO Brian Thompson of the largest health insurance company in the United States, UnitedHealth.

Mr Adams said the “net is tightening” and declined to name the suspect. “We don’t want to go public at this point because it will only help the suspect escape. Let him believe he can hide behind the mask.”

Authorities believe the suspect may have boarded an interstate bus to leave the city. To aid the search, New York police have offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest, and the FBI has added $50,000 to the reward.

Brian Thompson, 50, was shot in the back at about 6:45 a.m. on December 4 (local time), just before the company's annual investor conference at the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue. After committing the crime, the suspect quickly left the scene on an electric bicycle and ran into Central Park.

A man wanted in the investigation into the shooting of Brian Thompson. Photo: NYPD News

Police have collected a number of key pieces of evidence, including fingerprints, DNA and CCTV footage of the suspect's movements. A backpack similar to the one the suspect was wearing was found near a playground in Central Park.

Authorities searched the backpack but found only a jacket, no gun. The suspect is now believed to have left New York, with video showing him getting into a taxi and then heading to a bus stop.

UnitedHealth, with millions of customers in the US, is one of the country's largest insurers. The case has not only devastated the Thompson family, but has also highlighted thorny issues in the US health insurance system.

Ngoc Anh (according to Reuters)

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