DNA evidence sent to lab in UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin manhunt as new video ‘shows him ditch item’ before murder
DNA evidence tied to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been sent to the forensics lab for testing, experts have claimed.
Cops are continuing to hunt for clues relating to the shooting death of the health boss, who was gunned down outside a hotel in New York City on Wednesday morning.
It isn't clear where the DNA evidence was recovered from, but it comes after investigators on Thursday searched a hostel on Manhattan's Upper West Side where the suspected killer is believed to have stayed before the shooting.
New video shows the suspect ditching an item just before the murder.
The breakthrough follows another lead in the case after reports claimed the gunman arrived in New York last month via a Greyhound bus from Atlanta.
He is seen on security footage getting off the bus at Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal on November 24.
A burner phone dropped by the suspect was found in an alley close to the New York Hilton Midtown, where Thompson was shot as he arrived for an investor's conference.
As the search for the killer enters its third day, police still have not released a name for the suspect.
However, cops have likely "already identified" the gunman, a former New York police detective has claimed.
Former NYPD Lt. Darrin Porcher told Fox Business the force probably already had a name, as he talked about the "uncommon" firearm believed to have been used by the killer.
The shooting took place outside the hotel on West 54th Street, in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.
Afterward, the gunman fled down an alleyway onto West 55th Street before he was seen heading left on Avenue of the Americas on a bike.
He was last spotted riding into Central Park, where surveillance camera coverage is spottier.
Before the shooting, the killer visited a Starbucks on West 57th Street, where he bought a coffee, a water, and two energy bars, paying in cash.
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