Summary

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The gunman, who arrived in New York City on November 24th, shot Thompson on December 4th outside a hotel hosting an investor conference.

Investigators believe the gunman, who concealed his identity with a mask, fled the city on a bus, leaving behind a backpack in Central Park.

  • malloc@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    5X upgrade in bounty from $10K offered by crime stoppers. Investigation must be drying up. Probably be up to 6 figures by end of month

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      11 days ago

      The longer it takes, the less likely they’ll find him no matter how much money they put up.

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        10 days ago

        Even if the FBI does catch this guy, the Feds are still gonna have a helluva time trying to cobble together an impartial jury, not to mention alternatives. One question will eliminate a large portion of the jury pool…

        “Do you currently, or previously had UHC as a health insurer?”

        I could see this case having a hung jury or even seeing jury nullification occur - though it’s highly unlikely for nullification to happen.

        The Feds will put ungodly amounts of pressure to accept a plea deal.

        Edit: added the missing ‘y’ to ‘currently’ and added a space between ‘previously’ and 'had

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          Or they’ll make sure they don’t get him alive, like they did with Michael Reinoehl.

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            10 days ago

            Ya, that is sadly the most likely outcome of all.

            It’ll send a message to the masses that you won’t get your day in court for crimes against the ruling class, but you will still get a sentence… a bullet.