<p>A man was arrested by authorities on Monday and is being held for questioning in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.</p>
<p>The man nabbed by police in Pennsylvania has a similar gun to the one used by the assassin, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-latest-net-closing-suspect-new/story?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhfacebook&amp;utm_content=null&amp;id=116591169" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, citing law enforcement sources. The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-news/person-of-interest-nabbed-in-fatal-shooting-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-outside-nyc-hotel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the man also had a silencer and four fake IDs. NYPD detectives are heading to Altoona, which is about 275 miles from New York City.</p>
<p>Local police received a tip about the man when he was at a McDonald&#8217;s. A senior law enforcement official told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect/f90315f2-f7e6-5786-8fae-574ec5585ab4?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> that the man detained by police showed officers the same fake New Jersey ID used by a person of interest in the case who checked into a Manhattan hostel on November 24. The man arrested at the Altoona McDonald&#8217;s also had a written manifesto on him that criticized healthcare companies, a senior law enforcement official told the Times. He was arrested in Altoona on firearms charges.</p>
<p>According to the Times, a senior law enforcement official said that the man arrested in Pennsylvania arrived in Altoona on a Greyhound bus. The person of interest sought by police is also believed to have arrived in New York City on a Greyhound before Thompson was assassinated.</p>
<p>Police released surveillance photos of the person of interest smiling in the lobby of the hostel where the individual stayed before Thompson was killed.</p>
<p>Thompson was gunned down last Wednesday morning by a masked assassin in dark clothing and wearing a &#8220;distinctive&#8221; gray backpack. Initially, authorities said that shell casings recovered by detectives at the scene of the CEO&#8217;s assassination had the words &#8220;deny,&#8221; &#8220;defend,&#8221; and &#8220;depose&#8221; written on them. According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-brian-thompson-suspect-what-know-rcna183155" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>, however, police clarified on Friday that the shell casings it was &#8220;delay,&#8221; not &#8220;defend,&#8221; written along with &#8220;deny&#8221; and &#8220;depose.&#8221; UnitedHealthcare is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the largest healthcare company in the world.</p>
<p>The killer was seen on surveillance fleeing the scene of the assassination on foot before getting on a bike and riding into Central Park. Police recovered what they believed to be the assassin&#8217;s backpack in Central Park on Friday night. On Saturday, NYPD released additional images showing a &#8220;person of interest wanted for questioning&#8221; in connection to the assassination. In the new photos, a person wearing a medical mask is seen in what appears to be the back of a taxi cab.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨UPDATE: Below are photos of a person of interest wanted for questioning regarding the Midtown Manhattan homicide on Dec. 4.</p>
<p>The full investigative efforts of the NYPD are continuing, and we are asking for the public&#8217;s help—if you have any information about this case, call the… <a href="https://t.co/U4wlUquumf">https://t.co/U4wlUquumf</a> <a href="https://t.co/243V0tBZOr">pic.twitter.com/243V0tBZOr</a></p>
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<p>Authorities said on Friday that the assassin likely <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-believes-unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassin-left-new-york-city-bus-morning-shooting">fled the city</a> on a bus after killing Thompson.</p>

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