The FBI is offering up to $50,000 in reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4.
Thompson was fatally shot by a masked assailant in what authorities believe to be a targeted attack. Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the murder.
The incident occurred outside 1335 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at around 6:40 a.m. on Dec. 4, according to the FBI.
People with information concerning the shooting incident are asked to contact the FBI’s tipline at 1-800-225-5324 or the NYPD’s tipline at 1-800-577-8477.
Authorities believed that the gunman arrived in the city on Nov. 24 via a bus that originated in Atlanta and allegedly shot the victim 10 days later.
Video footage showed the suspect fleeing the crime scene on an e-bike to Central Park in Manhattan, then leaving the park near 77th Street. He then walked to another area before hailing a taxi that took him to the Port Authority bus center near 178th Street and Broadway, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told CNN on Friday.
“Those buses are interstate buses. That’s why we believe he may have left New York City,” he said, adding that police are working to determine which bus the man may have boarded.
Kenny later said that NYPD had obtained video footage of the man entering the Port Authority Bus Terminal but added that there was no video of him exiting, leading them to “believe he may have gotten on a bus.”
UnitedHealthcare is considered by many margins to be the largest health insurer in the United States, and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., is one of the largest American corporations.
