A visual timeline of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting

A manhunt continues for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson early Wednesday. Here’s what we know about the suspect’s movements before and immediately after the shooting, based on visual evidence and police statements.

Before the shooting

A person who police suspect was armed had been staying at the HI New York City Hostel near West 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side, according to police. Surveillance footage captured him there.

Early Wednesday before the shooting, surveillance cameras inside a Starbucks near West 56th Street and Avenue of the Americas captured the partially obscured face of the man believed to be the suspect. It is unclear exactly when the footage was recorded.

Around 6:30 Surveillance footage obtained by The New York Times shows the suspect walking in the area around the shooting about 15 minutes before. In the video, he appears to be making a phone call while walking on the sidewalk about 175 feet away from where Mr. Thompson was shot.

The shooting

6:44 am The police said that Mr. Thompson was seen on video walking on West 54th Street toward the entrance of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, where UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investor day.

Around 6:45 Footage obtained by The Times shows the gunman approaching Mr. Thompson from behind and fires several shots. The gunman stops to fiddle with his weapon, which appears to have jammed, then fires again as he walks towards Mr. Thompson, who has collapsed to the ground.

Suspect flees

Moments later The gunman is seen in the video jogging across the street. ONE witness photoisland also captured a person believed to be the suspect cutting through a crosswalk onto West 55th Street. The police later found a mobile phone in the hallway.

The suspect then got on a bicycle and rode north, according to Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives for the New York Police Department. Footage released by the department showed the person riding a bicycle turning onto Avenue of the Americas from West 55th Street.

06:48 The police arrived at the scene and found Mr. Thompson lying on the sidewalk in front of the Hilton hotel. At the same time, the suspect was seen driving into Central Park on Center Drive, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

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