The gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson arrived in New York Metropolis on a bus from Atlanta … TMZ has confirmed.
Regulation enforcement sources inform us the suspected shooter arrived within the Huge Apple 10 days earlier than the taking pictures on November 24 … taking a Greyhound bus to the Port Authority station in Manhattan.
From there, we’re advised the suspect checked right into a hostel.
Thompson was shot lifeless Wednesday morning exterior a lodge in what cops are calling a focused, deliberate assault. Cops say the gunmen then fled the scene on a Citi Bike.
Our sources say regulation enforcement additionally interviewed a girl who labored on the hostel who advised investigators she flirted with the suspect and received him to decrease his masks … which is how cops ended up with photographs of the man’s face.
The motive continues to be unclear right here … but it surely’s price noting the bullet shells have been inscribed with three phrases … “deny,” “depose” and “defend.”
CNN was first to report the suspect took a bus from Atlanta to NYC.
