Sources said a man was being held for questioning in Pennsylvania

Sources said a man was being held for questioning in Pennsylvania

Police are questioning a man in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in the brazen murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare in midtown Manhattan, law enforcement sources told ABC News – a possible major break in the case since the suspect was believed to be dead after the Murder on Wednesday who fled New York City was kill.

Sources said the man was on a Greyhound bus traveling through Altoona on Monday morning when he got off and walked into a McDonald’s, where a witness recognized him from images of the suspect distributed by police.

Sources said the man had a similar weapon to the one used in the assassination-style killing.

The Altoona man was stopped with fake IDs, including a New Jersey ID that matched the ID the suspected gunman used to check into an Upper West Side hostel before the shooting, sources said.

PHOTO: An undated NYPD handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024 shows a person wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson at an undisclosed location. (NYPD/via Reuters)

PHOTO: An undated NYPD handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024 shows a person wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson at an undisclosed location. (NYPD/via Reuters)

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Sources said police also seized writings and a computer belonging to the man in Altoona.

Local law enforcement told the NYPD it was a suspect, sources said. The NYPD is sending detectives to Altoona, which is in central Pennsylvania, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Law enforcement is demanding Greyhound’s passenger manifest to see what name he gave them, sources said.

PHOTO: A New York City police officer stands in front of the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 4, 2024 in New York. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP)

PHOTO: A New York City police officer stands in front of the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 4, 2024 in New York. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP)

Law enforcement sources told ABC News that investigators on Sunday worked through hundreds of tips, which were processed into dozens of potentially promising leads, and were keeping an eye on two possible people.

Much of their work focused on the shooter’s trip to Manhattan – where he arrived on November 24 – since police knew the bus route he took, sources said. Investigators drove to Atlanta, where the bus originated, and poured over mountains of videos and images from each of the 13 stops on that route, sources said.

PHOTO: A New York City Police officer walks through bushes and foliage in Central Park near 64th Street and Central Park West in New York City on Friday, December 6, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

PHOTO: A New York City Police officer walks through bushes and foliage in Central Park near 64th Street and Central Park West in New York City on Friday, December 6, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

Meanwhile, new video from ABC News shows the killer waiting for Thompson moments before the shooting.

The video shows others walking by, and then when the masked gunman sees Thompson, he runs across the street and opens fire.

PHOTO: Police place bullet casing markers outside a Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 4, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

PHOTO: Police place bullet casing markers outside a Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 4, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The video, which has not been seen publicly, appears to support the police account that the gunman targeted Thompson because he was loitering while others walked by.

Police have not determined a motive but said they found no evidence to show the murder had anything to do with Thompson’s personal life.

PHOTO: This undated photo from UnitedHealth Group shows Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. (UnitedHealth Group via AP)

PHOTO: This undated photo from UnitedHealth Group shows Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. (UnitedHealth Group via AP)

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On Wednesday morning, the masked gunman shot Thompson at close range outside New York’s Hilton Midtown, where Thompson’s company was holding an investor conference. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the attack as “brazen” and “targeted.”

Immediately after the shooting, the suspect fled on a bicycle through Central Park to the Upper West Side. According to police, he then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus station on 178th Street and boarded a bus from there.

PHOTO: Thompson, the CEO of major insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot at close range in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, 2024. (ABC News)

PHOTO: Thompson, the CEO of major insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot at close range in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, 2024. (ABC News)

NYPD officials released new images this weekend of the suspect in the back of a taxi, where he could be seen peering through the open slider in the partition between the seats. Another photo appeared to show the man walking past the window of a taxi.

PHOTO: The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying this individual wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, 2024. (NYPD)

PHOTO: The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying this individual wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, 2024. (NYPD)

On Sunday, members of the New York Police Department’s dive team searched underwater in Central Park near the Bethesda Fountain.

PHOTO: New York Police Department divers search a body of water in Manhattan's Central Park on Sunday, December 8, 2024. (WABC)

PHOTO: New York Police Department divers search a body of water in Manhattan’s Central Park on Sunday, December 8, 2024. (WABC)

The suspect’s backpack – with a jacket and Monopoly money inside – was found nearby in Central Park.

Police have not recovered the distinctive weapon used in the shooting.

PHOTO: A backpack recovered by police in Central Park during the investigation into the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 6, 2024. (Received from ABC News)

PHOTO: A backpack recovered by police in Central Park during the investigation into the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 6, 2024. (Received from ABC News)

ABC News’ Bill Hutchinson, Jon Haworth, Ivan Pereira and David Brennan contributed to this report.

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