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☆ The suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer planned his attack well – but made crucial mistakes, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But the man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk managed to evade capture for days – puzzling even law enforcement experts. Instead, the suspect took a Greyhound bus to New York, law enforcement sources told CNN. Investigators are still trying to determine where the suspect boarded, said John Miller, CNN’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst. He checked into a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side using a fake New Jersey driver’s license, a law enforcement official told CNN. Leaving the backpack behind may have been a smart move on the suspect’s part, law enforcement experts said.

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However, authorities uncovered a backpack upon a second sweep of Central Park Friday evening, which awaits forensic lab testing in Queens, a law enforcement official told CNN. Investigators are also examining whether the shooter used a specialized weapon in the killing, Kenny told reporters Friday. The suspect traveled to New York City on a Greyhound bus that began its route in Atlanta, Kenny said Friday. The law enforcement source said most people on the list have been already been dismissed by using social media searches. The mandate is to continue to build a video timeline of every day the suspect was in the city, the source said.

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☆ Death threat, powder sent to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg after Trump warning of violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was threatened with assassination in a letter containing powder, hours after former President Donald Trump warned Friday of "potential death & destruction" if he is indicted by a grand jury in a criminal case led by Bragg. said the typewritten note in a letter contained in an envelope addressed to Bragg, WNBC reported, citing law-enforcement sources. The letter, containing an Orlando, Florida, postmark from Tuesday, was found in the DA's mail room in a lower Manhattan building after being received at 11:40 a.m. The white powder in the envelope was found to be non-hazardous, the New York Police Department told CNBC. NYPD investigators and the FBI, which has an office close by, were at the scene investigating the letter.

Two men with access to weapons were arrested at New York City's Penn Station early Saturday in connection with a probe of threats to the Jewish community, authorities said. The senior law enforcement sources said Brown had the swastika armband on him when he was arrested at the train station. NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said in a statement that authorities first identified "a developing threat to the Jewish community" Friday. Three law enforcement sources said threats against the Jewish community were posted online. "Today, we’re extremely grateful to NYPD investigators and our law enforcement partners who uncovered and stopped a threat to our Jewish community," Sewell tweeted Saturday.

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