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submitted 11 months ago by tomatolung@sopuli.xyz to c/usa@midwest.social

The Police Department has released two new images of the man it believes fatally shot the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, including one showing him in the back seat of a taxi on the day of the shooting.

The images were released late Saturday night as the frantic investigation continued to identify and track down the killer of Brian Thompson, 50, the health care executive gunned down outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday.

One image, captured from the front of the cab, appears to show the unidentified suspect peering forward from the vehicle’s back seat with his face partially obscured by a blue surgical mask, a dark hat and a black hood. The other image, apparently recorded through a window, shows the man walking on the street wearing the same mask, a black puffer jacket and a hood pulled over his head.

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago
[-] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 33 points 11 months ago

I await the memes of this icon to be generated. Day five and still out there, well done.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

It's funny how medical books cover the eyes to disguise the person and on this one they have eyes but no identity.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I actually just realized that the covering of the eyes is probably more effective for people who aren’t autistic. It’s always seemed insane to me that people can’t recognize someone if only their eyes are covered,!but I do look at peoples eyes a whole lot less than others do.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's not just you. Masks also break facial recognition software. Covering the eyes actually is kind of useless

[-] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'm terrible with faces and introduce myself to the same people repeatedly. They could have their entire face uncovered and their name tattooed across their forehead and i probably still wouldn't recognize them.

[-] KY13KR385@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Just looks like an empty cab to me

[-] not_fond_of_reddit@lemm.ee 31 points 11 months ago

Isn’t that Paul Atreides?

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago
[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey Sparticus. It's me, Sparticus.

[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

That's clearly a woman wearing a Timothee Chalamet mask.

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago

Holy shit it's Jason Bourne.

[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

I live in California, I saw that guy at a Starbucks this morning. He was flirting with the baristas.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 20 points 11 months ago

Why is there a picture of donald trump jr in a cab in the story?? OMG is HE the shooter???

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 18 points 11 months ago

No fucking way...

Jeff Bezos in a tuxedo

[-] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Bro has fake eyebrows on. Never getting caught

[-] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

And the world unanimously saw nothing.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 months ago
[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

Very different jackets vs the last photo

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 12 points 11 months ago

This image from the hostel desk is from November 24th, a full 10 days before the shooting.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

Paul Reubens?

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago

You'd think he was expecting this picture to come out with how intently he stares into the camera

[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

It's a still photo. He could have glanced at it for a split second.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago
[-] modus@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They're currently questioning a guy someone ID'd in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

He had a pistol and silencer on him.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect

[-] Chivera@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I see a female.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Ah it's Frank Castle

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 11 months ago

Looks like a guy I knew's eyebrows and face. I doubt this guy is in his 40s, though. I also have not seen him since 2002, live on the other side of the world, and cannot remember his name anyway.

Though, were it to be the same guy, I would have bad news to any ladies interested in him as he would not be interested, heh.

[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

More fuel for the memes, eh?

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