New York Police Hunt Grazen Manhattan Gunman

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New York: New York police released a new security camera picture Thursday of the man believed to have shot a top health insurance executive at close range in a brazen daylight murder outside a Manhattan hotel.

The latest picture, in which the suspect’s face is uncovered and he is smiling or laughing, indicated progress in the manhunt after Wednesday’s shock killing.

In a hit conducted in front of bystanders and seen by millions on TV replays of security camera footage, the masked killer used a pistol to gun down BrianUnitedHealthcare—onedHealthcare — one of the country’s largest medical insurers.

Thompson was attending an investor conference in the Midtown business district.

Police have yet to suggest a motive and would not confirm a New York Times report that the wdeny”—often used eny” — often used by insurance coclaims—wereect claims — were written on shell casings found at the scene.

Video footage shows Thompson on the sidewalk outside the New York Hilton Midtown when n in a hoodie, and with his lower face covered, approaches from behind, then fires several shots at his 50-year-old victim, who crumples to the ground.

Camera footage showed the foot fleeing on foot, bebicycle—whicha bicycle — which police initially said may have been a rented e-bike. Police said he went in the direction of Central Park.

“Every indication is that this was a premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack,” New York’s police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a briefing Wednesday.

US media on Thursday reported law enforcement sources said the travelledd shooter traveled to New York via bus last month from Atlanta, Georgia, traversing a distance ofkilometres (1,400 kilometers).

NYPD chief of detectives Joseph Kenny would not confirm reports that a silencer was used on the pistol, saying that the question would be part of the investigation, but he did confirm that a cell phone had been recovered from the scene.

In the absence of an arrest, speculation has been rife that the gunman may have sought to take revenge for adverse medical coverage decisions made by the insurer.