Insurance Boss's Deadly Shooter Flees New York, Police Prepare IDR 158 Million Reward for Informant

JAKARTA - New York City Police, United States (US), believe the man who shot dead UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson (50) has left the city.

Thompson was shot in the back on Wednesday on suspicion of premeditated murder. Police have released several photos of the suspect - who fled the scene on an electric bicycle and disappeared into Central Park..

Investigators on Friday recovered a backpack from Central Park that they believe belonged to the suspect.

The discarded backpack, which may have contained evidence, was lost on the first trip but was found during a subsequent search that was expanded through the 843-hectare park, CNN said.

Authorities now believe the perpetrator has left New York City, after new video emerged showing him arriving at a bus terminal.

New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, said the video shows the suspect getting into a taxi that took him to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge in Upper Manhattan.

"Those buses are interstate buses. That's why we believe he may have left New York City," Kenny was quoted as saying by Reuters from CNN, Saturday, December 7.

The massive manhunt comes as security experts warn the first 48 hours after such a crime are the best chance of catching a gunman.

While police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who shot the UnitedHealthCare insurance boss.