The NYPD is trying to track down a Citi bike that was used by the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer

The NYPD is trying to track down a Citi bike that was used by the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer

On Wednesday morning, someone shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan before walking away and then getting on a Citi Bike that they rode to Central Park, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenney said during a news conference . Thompson was scheduled to appear at the company’s investor meeting today, which was canceled after the shooting.

Now Lyft, which owns the bikeshare service, says it is willing to help investigators if the shooter left a digital trail while renting or using one of its bikes. Lyft spokesman Eric Smith said in an email The edge that the company is “ready to assist law enforcement.” However, when the company responded to our request, investigators had not yet made contact.

“As to where he got the Citi Bike, we’re still working on that,” Kenney told reporters, adding that the department has collected video from “numerous sources” but has “no video or witness confirmation of how this happened.” He got the bike.”

Kenney said it appeared the killer “targeted” Thompson and “at this point we don’t know why,” the CEO’s wife, Paulette Thompson, said NBC News that there were “some threats.”

Police officers were reportedly spotted asking for video footage of a Citi Bike kiosk at Madison Avenue and 82nd Street in Manhattan early Wednesday afternoon The New York Times. The NYPD shared images of the shooter, including one on a bicycle, and asked anyone with “information regarding the identity or whereabouts of this individual” to contact police at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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