It's around 6:44 AM local time on December 4th in
New York City.
Local authorities receive a call gunshots fired outside the Hilton
Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
Got a metal shot outside of the hotel.
No prep description at this time.
The CEO of one of the biggest health insurers in
the country was just gunned down in the middle of
Manhattan in what would later be identified as a targeted
hit.
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who is at
large, but here's what we know so far about the
suspects movement before and after the killing.
It's December 4th around 5:00 AM local time, nearly two
hours before the shooting, and the suspect is seen outside
this hostel on West 103rd St.
on the Upper West Side, according to surveillance footage reviewed
by local authorities.
Police later released these images of the suspect, whom authorities
believe is seen flirting with a desk clerk in the
hostel lobbies days before the shooting.
6:15 AM.
In this surveillance footage, police sources tell ABC News an
individual who appears to be the suspect is seen leaving
a subway station just three blocks away from where the
crime would unfold moments later.
These surveillance photos show the suspect at a Starbucks sometime
before the shooting.
His face is partially covered.
The exact time of this sighting has not yet been
confirmed.
629 AMA person who appears to be the suspect, walks
past the parking lot on West 54th St.
just 50 meters away from the site of the shooting.
6:44 AM.
The victim, 50 year old Brian Thompson, the CEO of
United Healthcare, is seen walking towards the Hilton Hotel where
the company's annual investors conference is set to take place.
The masked gunman comes up behind Thompson and shoots him
in the back.
Nearby witnesses would later describe the suspect as holding a
gun with a silencer.
Surveillance footage shows the gunman continuing to shoot Thompson as
he walked towards him, stopping to clear a gun jam
before firing again.
Police tell ABC News the shooter first fled on foot
and then got on an electric bike heading north towards
Central Park.
6:48 AM.
Officers arrive and find Thompson on the sidewalk with gunshot
wounds to the leg and back.
He is taken to a hospital where he would later
be pronounced dead.
Police called the killing brazen, targeted and premeditated.
The shooter appears to be a light skinned male.
He's wearing a light brown or cream colored jacket, a
black face mask, black and white sneakers and a very
distinctive Gray backpack.
Just before 7 AMA person who appears to be the
suspect is seen on the Upper West Side riding spike.
He's heading West away from Central Park.
He appears to no longer be carrying a backpack.
Police say they're closing in on releasing the name of
the suspect, but he remains at large.
The bullet casings found at the scene had the words
deny, defend and depose written on them.
The motive for the deadly attack still remains unknown.
Police sources tell ABC News a $10,000 reward is being
offered for information regarding the suspect.