Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO may have traveled from Atlanta to New York

Multiple law enforcement menbers kneeling near the scene of a crime in Manhattan.
Members of the New York police crime scene unit pick up cups marking the spots where bullets lie as they investigate the scene outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Investigators now believe the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson may have traveled to New York last month on a bus that originated in Atlanta, one law enforcement official said Thursday.

Police and federal agents have been collecting information from Greyhound in an attempt to identify the suspect and are working to determine whether he purchased the bus ticket to New York in late November, an official said.

The masked gunman who stalked and killed the head of one of the largest U.S. health insurers had the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” emblazoned on his ammunition, echoing a phrase used by industry critics, two law enforcement officials said.