Search for suspect of New York shooting 'on right track', mayor says

New York's mayor said the hunt for the man believed to have shot a top health insurance executive was "on the right track" as the investigation continued into a third day yesterday.

- Jessica Glenza

Investigators made a breakthrough on Thursday when they released the first full-face picture of a suspect. During Wednesday's brazen daylight killing, the attacker had worn a face covering.

"This person was fully masked, and we used good old-fashioned police work to come up with the picture you have," the mayor, Eric Adams, told the Spectrum broadcaster.

The image of the smiling suspect was obtained from a youth hostel where the suspect apparently stayed before the hit, detectives said, with media speculating he lowered his mask to flirt with a receptionist.

The attacker shot Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the country's largest medical insurers, in an audacious hit captured by a surveillance camera, footage of which has been widely shared online.

Thompson had been attending an investor conference in the Midtown business district.