Police sources reveal that the suspect in the brutal killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson used a fake ID to check into a New York City hostel and a burner phone. The suspect also made purchases with cash, leaving DNA on a water bottle. Former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro expresses skepticism about the suspect being a professional hitman.
The suspect wanted for the brutal slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson used a fake ID to check into a New York City hostel before the brazen execution-style killing, police sources tell Fox News. Sources say the suspect used the fake ID and paid in cash. Fox News Digital cameras captured officers leaving the AYH Hostel on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Thursday. It's unclear if the hostel is directly connected to the search for Thompson's killer.
The New York Police Department has been hunting for the killer since early Wednesday morning. Police sources told Fox News the suspect dropped a burner phone in an alley after the shooting. Police are looking into data that was on the phone, as well as fingerprints that were left on the device, sources say. Police are also looking into a water bottle that was purchased at a Starbucks near the scene of the murder.
In video obtained by Fox News Digital, Thompson is seen walking down a sidewalk outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning when a masked man guns him down before fleeing the scene. 'What we know so far is that he was very calm, he clearly knew the route…it doesn't mean it wasn't a murder for hire. Those things do happen. The idea that this is a ‘professional shooter’ I am skeptical of,' Mauro said.
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