Police in Pennsylvania Monday were questioning a man in connection with the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the Associated Press reported, citing an unnamed law enforcement official. NBC News and The New York Times reported similar details.
The AP reports the man had a gun similar to the one used in the shooting in Midtown Manhattan last week. The man is being held near Altoona, Pennsylvania, more than 230 miles west of New York City.
The New York City Police Department planned to hold a press conference about the shooting at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
The shooting Wednesday morning set off a search throughout the city and beyond, with the NYPD offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with information that will lead to a suspect’s arrest, and the FBI offering a $50,000 reward.
On Sunday, the NYPD released new images of the suspected gunman, but had yet to announce any name of a suspect. The image showed the person in the back of a taxi wearing a facemask and a black hood over his head. A second image showed him standing outside the vehicle.
Police said those images were captured around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, just minutes after the shooting outside the Hilton Hotel on West 54th Street. Police officials have said they believe the man fled the scene of the crime on an electric bicycle. They say he rode into Central Park, and then took a taxi to the George Washington Bridge bus terminal.
Thompson had been expected to attend a UnitedHealthcare investors meeting at the Hilton Hotel the morning of the shooting. Police have confirmed reports that found bullet casings with the terms “deny,” “defend,” and depose written on them — terms that bear similarity to the name of the 2010 book “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It” by Jay M. Feinman.
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