The suspect who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson handled his gun proficiently during Wednesday's shooting -- something that's painfully clear, according to a former FBI agent.
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00:00He came there 10 days in advance to do site surveys and to evaluate the situation and
00:08to set up.
00:09I mean, that tells me that this is very, very well planned, well in advance.
00:14In addition, he does use a very interesting gun that he chooses with a silencer.
00:20The problem with that is they can cause jams, as we saw, but he already knew that.
00:25He was prepared.
00:26He immediately cleared.
00:28He cleared it instantly, and that really is a clue.
00:31This guy's really proficient with firearms.
00:33At least proficient, for sure, with that gun.
00:36It later jams so bad he can't clear it, and he expels three live cartridges.
00:42That's also very interesting to me.
00:44But listen, he did what he came there to do, and he got away.
00:50So that tells you the proficiency, but he wasn't a good marksman.
00:55He hit the guy in the leg.
00:56That shows me that he anticipated that shot when he hit the calf, and then he does the
01:01kilt shot, and then he misses another shot.
01:04So he's not the best hit man, but remember, we've seen other people have, like in the
01:10Bradigan case.
01:11They're not always the best, but he did a lot of things right.
01:14They're trying to track this guy.
01:16We know he went to the park, but we're on Friday.
01:18The murder happened Wednesday morning.
01:21What are the authorities doing?
01:22What is the FBI doing?
01:23How did they find this guy?
01:25Oh, my gosh.
01:26He left behind so many breadcrumbs.
01:29They're going to get him.
01:30The problem is, like in all cases, he had a big head start, and he did this right in
01:35terms of getting away.
01:36I believe he's possibly already out of New York City, and he's already fled, and they're
01:42looking for him in other jurisdictions right now.
01:44They'll catch him, but it's going to take a while.
01:47The one thing that I'm having trouble with, Jennifer, is that he was at that hostel on
01:52the Upper West Side for almost 10 days before the murder.
01:57It just seems to me that if somebody is that stealth, that they get in a Greyhound and
02:03pay cash and doing all of that, that you would think, do I really want to be in a hostel
02:08where all those people are around, because ultimately the cops are going to know I stayed
02:11there, and you're giving them 10 days to identify you, and I'm just really puzzled by that.
02:17I totally agree.
02:19It's an oxymoron.
02:20Why are you going to put yourself in a situation where you're around all of those people?
02:25And that's the piece that doesn't really fit.
02:28You would want enough funds to stay at a hotel that's very private, maybe a sleazy hotel,
02:35but you would want a hotel.
02:36Why are you at a hostel?
02:38That made no sense.
02:40It's really puzzling to me, and it's just so different from every move that he made,
02:46but you think ultimately they're going to catch him.
02:48I think they're going to catch him.
02:50I really do, and obviously he's going to be the key to all of this.
02:54It could be that he truly is a disgruntled, in other words, not him being disgruntled,
03:01but maybe he lost someone because they didn't have insurance.
03:05I mean, think about the timing, too.
03:07This is somebody that's willing to not be with their family during Thanksgiving.
03:11I found that very interesting, too.
03:13He's going to be totally detached, somebody that would grab Starbucks before murdering
03:18somebody.
03:19He's detached, and he was stealth, and he was ready to commit this crime at all costs.