A poster is attached to a lamp post outside the Hilton hotel near the scene where Thompson was shot dead in Midtown Manhattan, in New York City, US, on Dec 5, 2024. — Reuters
Zooming in on surveillance footage of a gun that could have had a silencer fitted to it. Scouring the web to identify the brand of a backpack. Triangulating data of a rental bike to uncover an escape route.
Wednesday's (Dec 4) shocking murder in Manhattan of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – what police called a targeted killing – brought out a bevy of sleuths and true-crime fans across social media looking for clues about the killer's motivation and how he managed to flee from the scene and seemingly disappear into the city of more than 8 million people.
