{"id":2378048,"date":"2024-12-09T14:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-detain-man-in-ceo-murder-case-thanks-to-tip-from-elderly-mcdonalds-customer\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:39:48","slug":"police-detain-man-in-ceo-murder-case-thanks-to-tip-from-elderly-mcdonalds-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-detain-man-in-ceo-murder-case-thanks-to-tip-from-elderly-mcdonalds-customer\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Detain Man in CEO Murder Case Thanks to Tip from Elderly McDonald&#8217;s Customer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-detain-man-in-ceo-murder-case-thanks-to-tip-from-elderly-mcdonalds-customer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2378048&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man\u2064 suspected of being involved in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been taken\u2062 into police custody in Pennsylvania. The individual was spotted by an elderly customer at a McDonald&#8217;s,who \u200balerted\u2062 authorities. Thompson was shot in a &#8220;brazen, targeted&#8221; attack last Wednesday while walking\u2062 to a hotel.\u200b The shooter\u200d reportedly used \u2064a quiet 9 mm pistol, and police found ammunition near Thompson&#8217;s\u200d body with unsettling\u2064 phrases associated with the \u2062insurance industry. The examination is ongoing, \u200bwith search efforts being conducted in Central Park, where evidence \u200dwas believed to \u200dhave been\u2062 discarded by the shooter. Surveillance footage has tracked the suspect&#8217;s escape\u2062 route, and a\u200b reward for information has \u2062been issued by both the FBI and NYPD. Despite extensive searches,\u2064 both\u200c the gun and shooter have\u2064 yet to\u200b be located.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A man with a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ceo-unitedhealthcare-murdered-apparent-targeted-attack-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Thompson<\/a> was taken into police custody Monday for questioning in Pennsylvania, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-capitol-police-officer-dead-after-external-security-threat-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"1 Capitol police officer dead after external security threat at U.S. Capitol\">law enforcement official told<\/a> The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The man is being held in the area of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 233 miles west of New York City, the official said. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The man was spotted in a McDonald&rsquo;s by an elderly customer, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/09\/nyregion\/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect\/263e3c03-cc96-51a8-99c1-8d402d629fba?smid=url-\">New York Times<\/a>. The elderly customer called 911 at roughly 9:15 am on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson, 50, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wife-assassinated-unitedhealthcare-ceo-speaks-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed<\/a> last Wednesday in what police said was a &ldquo;brazen, targeted&rdquo; attack as he walked alone to the Hilton from a nearby hotel, where UnitedHealthcare&rsquo;s parent company, UnitedHealth Group, was holding its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-backpack-carried-by-gunman-found-in-central-park-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting: Backpack carried by gunman found in Central Park - Washington Examiner\">annual investor conference<\/a>, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter appeared to be &ldquo;lying in wait for several minutes&rdquo; before approaching the executive from behind and opening fire, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. He used a 9 mm pistol that police said resembled the guns farmers use to put down animals without causing a loud noise.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Ammunition found near Thompson&rsquo;s body bore the words &ldquo;delay,&rdquo; &ldquo;deny&rdquo; and &ldquo;depose,&rdquo; mimicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-find-chilling-messages-written-bullets-used-kill-unitedhealthcare-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a phrase used by insurance industry critics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&rsquo;s development came as dogs and divers returned to New York&rsquo;s Central Park while the dragnet for Thompson&rsquo;s killer stretched into a sixth day.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have been combing the park since the Wednesday shooting and have been searching at least one of its ponds for three days, looking for evidence that may have been thrown into it.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, police found a backpack in the park that they say the killer discarded as he fled from the crime scene outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan to an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">uptown bus station<\/a>, where they suspect he left the city on a bus.<\/p>\n<p>But they had not yet found the gun or the shooter, nor had they identified him by name.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, K-9 units sniffed leaf-covered planters between walking paths in Central Park near where police found the shooter&rsquo;s backpack. Farther along the path that police suspect he took through the park after the shooting, scuba divers geared up and started searching a pond for the third straight day.<\/p>\n<p>Retracing the gunman&rsquo;s steps using surveillance video, investigators say the shooter fled into Central Park on a bicycle at 60th Street and Center Drive, emerged from park without his backpack at 77th Street and Central Park West and then ditched the bicycle about 7 a.m. near 85th Street.<\/p>\n<p>He then walked a couple blocks and got into a taxi, arriving at 7:30 a.m. at the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, which is near the northern tip of Manhattan and offers commuter service to New Jersey and Greyhound routes to Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI announced late Friday that it was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, adding to a reward of up to $10,000 that the NYPD has offered. Police say they believe the suspect acted alone.<\/p>\n<p>Late Saturday, police released two additional photos of the suspect that appeared to be from a camera mounted inside a taxi. The first shows him outside the vehicle and the second shows him looking through the partition between the back seat and the front of the cab. In both, his face is partially obscured by a blue mask.<\/p>\n<p>Through the park search, the NYPD has taken steps to minimize disruption to visitors, leading to an odd juxtaposition of joggers, tourists and an active crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a 150-foot section of the park was cordoned off with blue and white police tape, giving the divers an area to change and get in the water.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, a group of about 30 French-speaking tourists followed a guide down a path, but they couldn&rsquo;t go any further because of the police tape. 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The individual is being held near Altoona, approximately 233 miles west of New York City. An elderly customer spotted him at a McDonald&#8217;s and called 911 around 9:15 am that day. Thompson, aged 50, was fatally shot last Wednesday in what authorities described as a &#8220;brazen, targeted&#8221; attack while he was walking alone from one hotel to another during an investor conference hosted by UnitedHealth Group. Police reported that the shooter appeared to have been waiting for several minutes before ambushing Thompson from behind with a 9 mm pistol resembling those used by farmers for quiet euthanasia of animals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8f9f468c2fd842a7aa851b73b267f3f1-e1733765376919-817x429.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3850,37890,3967],"class_list":["post-2378048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ceo","tag-murder-case","tag-police"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8f9f468c2fd842a7aa851b73b267f3f1-e1733765376919-817x429.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378048"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378052,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378048\/revisions\/2378052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}