A Visual Timeline of the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Shooting
A hunt continues for the gunman who killed the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, early on Wednesday. Here is what we know about the suspect’s movements before and immediately after the shooting, based on visual evidence and police statements.
The New York Times; aerial scene from Google Earth
Before the shooting
A person the police suspect was the gunman had stayed at the HI New York City Hostel near West 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side, according to law enforcement officials. Surveillance footage captured him there.
Early Wednesday before the shooting, surveillance cameras inside a Starbucks near West 56th Street and Avenue of the Americas captured the partially hidden face of the man believed to be the suspect. It is unclear exactly when the footage was captured.
New York City Police Department, via Associated Press
Surveillance footage obtained by The New York Times shows the suspect walking in the area of the shooting around 15 minutes beforehand. In the video, he appears to be making a phone call as he walks on the sidewalk about 175 feet away from where Mr. Thompson was shot.
Provided by Patrick Laborde
The shooting
The police said Mr. Thompson was seen on video walking on West 54th Street toward the entrance of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, where UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investors’ day gathering.
Footage obtained by The Times shows that the gunman approaches Mr. Thompson from behind and fires several shots. The gunman stops to fiddle with his weapon, which appears to have jammed, and then shoots again as he walks toward Mr. Thompson, who has collapsed to the ground.
Suspect flees
The gunman is seen in the video jogging across the street. A witness photo also captured a person believed to be the suspect cutting through a pedestrian passageway onto West 55th Street. The police later found a cellphone in the passageway.
The suspect then got on a bicycle and rode north, according to Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives for the New York Police Department. Footage released by the department showed the person riding a bicycle, turning onto the Avenue of the Americas from West 55th Street.
New York City Police Department, via Associated Press
The police arrived at the scene and found Mr. Thompson lying on the sidewalk in front of the Hilton hotel. At the same time, the suspect was spotted riding into Central Park on Center Drive, said the police commissioner, Jessica Tisch.
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