New York– search in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson murdered Expansion continues.
the police have been Searching Central Park for CluesOn both land and water, as U.S. Marshals work to find out where person of interest Took a bus to New York City.
Central Park dive teams searching for murder weapon
NYPD dive teams were seen searching for the murder weapon near Central Park's iconic Bethesda Fountain throughout the weekend.
Police say the weapon is important because detectives could potentially trace where it was purchased and who owned it.
At this time, police say they are referring to the man seen in surveillance images as a “person of interest” due to the lack of concrete evidence.
Police on Friday… They found a backpack they believe belonged to the manThey said a jacket was found inside, but sources told CBS News it was not the jacket worn during the shooting. Also found inside were counterfeit Monopoly money, but no guns.
Search extends to Greyhound bus stations
Police sources say the search has expanded to Greyhound bus stations between New York and Atlanta, as they work to determine where the man boarded the bus that brought him to the city.
The latest photos from the NYPD show the person of interest wearing a mask in the back of a taxi. But the most interesting photo so far is the one in which he lowered his mask a bit to talk to an employee In the Upper West Side hostel where he was staying,
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hopeful an arrest will be made soon, saying police have a name and are “tightening the net.”
The FBI is putting up posters naming the man a suspect and promising a $50,000 reward. They say he was last seen at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Washington Heights 45 minutes after Thompson's murder,