2024-12-05
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From the New York Times, it's the Headlines.
I'm Amelia Nirenberg.
Today is Thursday, December 5th.
Here's what we're covering.
The full investigative efforts of the New York City Police Department are well underway,
and we will not rest until we identify and apprehend the shooter in this case.
In New York City, an intensive manhunt is underway after the CEO of UnitedHealthcare,
one of the country's largest companies, was assassinated in midtown Manhattan.
Every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre planned, targeted attack.
At a press conference, the city's police commissioner said that the CEO, Brian Thompson,
was attacked as he was heading into a hotel for a conference early yesterday morning.
A gunman wearing a mask who'd been waiting for Thompson came up from behind and shot him multiple times.
The suspect fled, first on foot, then on an E bike and was last seen in Central Park.
The police are using dogs, drones and surveillance video to track down the suspect.
They are also analyzing a cell phone they found near the site of the shooting.
And they're scraping data about the public E bike he apparently used.
Since riders need a credit card or debit card to unlock the bikes,
it's not clear what motivated the shooting.
Thompson had recently received several threats,
but investigators aren't sure where they came from or exactly what they said.