NYPD officers leave the AYH Hostel
NYPD Community Affairs officers leave the AYH Hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side as the search continues for the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Jennifer Mitchell for Fox News Digital)
The suspect wanted to go for the brutal murder UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson used a fake ID to check into a New York City hostel before the brutal execution-style murder, 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 is unclear whether the hostel is directly related to the search for Thompson’s killer.
General view of the AYH Hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NY on Thursday, December 5, 2024. The suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is believed to have stayed here. (Jennifer Mitchell for Fox News Digital)
The New York Police Department has been looking for the killer since early Wednesday morning. Police sources told Fox News that the suspect dropped a burner phone in an alley after the shooting. Police are examining data found on the phone, as well as fingerprints left on the device, sources said.
Police are also investigating a water bottle that was left at a Starbucks near the murder scene. Police sources say DNA from the bottle is being used to build a suspect profile. The suspect allegedly paid in cash at Starbucks.
Thompson was shot in cold blood on a New York sidewalk just before 7 a.m. Wednesday morning. Police have been hunting for him ever since.
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