Brian Thompson shooting live updates: Major breakthrough in hunt for health care CEO’s

Police have searched a hostel in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan where they believe the suspect had been staying.

Sources told ABC News on Thursday morning that detectives obtained a search warrant for a property in the city.

Insiders said cops are closing in on identifying the suspect, with the force previously releasing a slate of surveillance images alongside a $10,000 reward.

Thompson was separated from his wife when he was shot dead outside Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel on Wednesday morning, it has been revealed.

The father-of-two, 50, was estranged from wife Paulette and the couple had been living in separate homes less than a mile apart in Maple Grove, Minnesota, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Thompson purchased the $1million home near his family home in 2018, according to public records, with neighbors telling the Journal that he spent much of his time traveling.

His wife Paulette, a practicing physical therapist, admitted in her first reaction after hearing of her husband’s death that he had been receiving threats.

She referenced a ‘lack of coverage.’ Despite the reported, threats,

New surveillance footage of the suspect reveals he exited a subway station nearby to the shooting, as cops continue to map out his movements.

The killer was seen in a new image first shared by the Washington Post emerging from the 57th Street F train station at 6:15am Wednesday.

Detectives say the killer then walked to a Starbucks around 100 feet away, and released images showing the suspect ordering at a counter with his face obscured by a balaclava.

The suspect lay in wait outside the Hilton until 6:46am, until he saw Thompson walk in front of the lobby.

Detectives with the NYPD revealed late on Wednesday that the assassin who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left bullet casings reading ‘depose’, ‘deny’ and ‘defend.’

The cryptic words resemble the title of 2010 book ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ by author Jay M. Feinman, which details ‘why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about itt.

With the search for the killer ongoing, the message has left it to cops to determine if they could hint at a motive for the slaying of the CEO.