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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson murder suspect took Atlanta to NYC bus last month before killing | The Express Tribune
The individual responsible for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson traveled to New York City via Greyhound bus from Atlanta last month, according to police sources cited by The Post.
The suspect arrived at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan on November 24 after departing from Atlanta, Georgia, as reported by sources.
The exact location where the suspect boarded the bus remains uncertain.
After arriving in New York, the suspect checked into the HI New York City Hostel on the Upper West Side and later went to the Hilton Hotel in Midtown, where he stalked the area before killing Thompson early Wednesday morning.
According to sources, the suspect briefly checked out of the hostel but returned on November 30, booking a new room with a fake New Jersey ID after traveling by Uber.
On Thursday, police released unsettling surveillance footage showing the suspect’s unmasked face as he smiled in the hostel lobby.
Sources said the suspect removed his mask because he was “flirting” with the receptionist, who requested to see his face.
While law enforcement conducted a search of the hostel, including the suspect’s room, which he shared with two others, nothing of interest was found as of Thursday afternoon, according to sources.
As investigators continue to piece together the suspect’s movements prior to the killing, they are uncovering more details about the case.
In their search for the suspect, authorities recovered the burner phone he discarded after fleeing the crime scene, making his way into Central Park shortly after shooting the CEO.
Officials also located a water bottle the suspect had bought at a Starbucks on West 56th Street and Sixth Avenue, just a short distance from the Hilton Hotel.
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The public is getting its first look at the two pandas that will be heading from China to Zoo Atlanta.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer was able to visit female Fu Shuang and male Ping Ping before they make the nearly 8,000-mile flight. The giant pandas are both 6 years old and are headed to the United States as part of a new decade-long conservation agreement between China and the U.S.
Ping Ping’s keepers say he tends to follow them around, which is atypical behavior for a panda, but may be because of the food they have for him. Fu Shuang — which translates to “double happiness” — is playful, but nervous, and enjoys placing her chin on her paw. She also likes apples and has a penchant for finding them.
“Because we will hide pieces of apples, for example under the tree … she can find them everywhere,” panda keeper Wang Shun told Mackey Frayer, noting her “clever” behavior.
The pandas are part of an international cooperative research agreement on giant panda conservation between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, a renewal of panda diplomacy between America and China that began in 1972.
“Zoo Atlanta is delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species and to partner with the China Wildlife Conservation Association on the continued conservation and research efforts that are the most important outcomes of this cooperation,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement in April.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our Members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas.”
Pandas are already at zoos in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Zoo Atlanta maintained a panda agreement with China from 1999 until 2024, when Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to their home country, along with their two youngest cubs.
Animal behaviorist James Ayala marvels at how pandas mature.
“You see cubs and they seem so cuddly and clumsy and cute. And then they grow up into these big, majestic bears,” he told Mackey Frayer.
Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will be transported further south into a mountainous region where they will be prepped to make the trip to the U.S. It is unknown when they will leave.
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