Police are testing a protein bar wrapper and a water bottle for DNA and fingerprints after both were found near where 50-year-old UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down.
The Hill pointed to an Associated Press report and noted “police believe the suspect purchased the snack items from a nearby Starbucks just minutes before Thompson — set to address an annual meeting of investors — was shot and killed.”
“Thompson was alone and had no bodyguards” when he was shot, AP noted. The wrapper and bottle were found in a trash can near the scene of the crime.
Breitbart News reported 50-year-old Thompson was shot and killed outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan just after 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday. He was going to the hotel to take part in a conference.
Police have been searching for Thompson’s killer for three days and the protein bar wrapper and…
