Innocent man wrongly identified as Brian Thompson shooter now fearing for his life Follow all the latest news and updates in the manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killer By ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 22:04 GMT, 6 December 2024 | Updated: 22:27 GMT, 6 December 2024 e-mail 9 View comments As the manhunt for United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's cold-blooded killer widens , a political personality who was identified as matching the suspect's description is crying foul. In a post on X , a photo of Joey Mannarino was featured alongside a surveillance image of the suspect below the caption: 'Possible match for the United Healthcare CEO assassin identified! Do you recognize this person?!' The post had garnered more than 3 million views as of Friday afternoon. Mannarino, a vocal supporter of President-elect Donald Trump , quickly blasted the post for potentially putting him in danger. 'How is this allowed?' he wrote while sharing the original post. 'This can get me killed.' Supporters of Mannarino rushed to decry the original post, whose author defended it as 'pure satire.' 'He thinks just because his account is satire he can do whatever he wants. This is in poor taste and could potentially be dangerous for you,' one concerned user wrote. A X user who goes by @PawlowskiMario took to the social media page to share a smiling image of the masked assailant and a picture of Joey Mannarino Another added: 'It should not be allowed. That is disgusting! You don't even look like that guy.' 'This is insane and I would definitely think you have the grounds to sue,' another suggested. Others, however, took Mannarino to task. 'Maybe you should rethink what you post yourself,' one wrote. The account that posted the photos is described as 'Brutal sarcasm, satire, relentless insights.' The post remained pinned to the top of the account's profile as of Friday afternoon. Thompson, 50, was gunned down outside the New York Hilton Midtown Manhattan in the early hours of Wednesday by a masked assailant, who approached from behind and calmly shot him several times before fleeing the scene. The assassin still remains at large despite carrying out the 'brazen' attack in the middle of one of the busiest and most heavily surveilled cities in the world. The vocal President-elect Donald Trump supporter quickly hit back Supporters of Mannarino rushed to decry the original post, whose author defended it as 'pure satire.' Pictured: Mannarino with President-elect Donald Trump The search for killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has entered its third day, scattering inquiries across the country Although the picture that has emerged since is one of a meticulously pre-planned attack , the suspect did leave some clues which many hoped could lead to an arrest. As of Friday, all police appear to have recovered is a partial fingerprint, a burner phone and a fake ID despite a cash reward and frenzied media coverage that has seen the suspect's pictures blasted across the planet. As the investigation looks toward Thompson's inner circle in Minnesota , hundreds of tips are pouring in from across the country that police are duty-bound to follow up, the New York Times reports. There have already been several false starts in the investigation. Police initially said the suspect was thought to have fled on a CitiBike towards Central Park. Many remarked upon how easy it would be to scrape the data from the paid-for bikes, which require a membership or payment cards to use. However this theory has since been jettisoned, with police stating they believe the getaway vehicle was another kind of e-bike that wasn't registered. A major hole in the investigation is the absence of the murder weapon. Detectives have speculated that the killer used a rare World War Two gun in the shooting based on video surveillance taken at the scene. Joey Mannarino with Vivek Ramaswamy They are now examining a firearm purchase in Connecticut which would match the suspected gun, the New York Post reported. Read More Who IS the mystery woman who fled after health CEO shooting? And all the other unanswered questions In New York, the search for the killer led cops to two hostels on the Upper West Side. Police visited KAMA Central Park and nearby Fredrick Douglas, but quickly ascertained that they had the wrong location. It has since been ascertained that the assassin stayed at the HI New York City Hostel, first checking in at the end of last month. Surveillance footage from the premises yielded the first clearer images of the suspect's face, however he was cautious enough not to fully remove his hood. Officials said he checked into the hostel using a fake New Jersey ID. Background checks quickly revealed that the images of the shooter did not correspond with the ID. Officials said he checked into the hostel using a fake New Jersey ID. Background checks quickly revealed that the images of the shooter did not correspond with the ID. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is overseeing the investigation into the 'brazen' attack which has so far seen the killer elude capture Brian Thompson, 50, was shot to death as he was on his way to a conference at a New York Hilton on Wednesday morning The NYPD has released several sets of images of the gunman, including shots of him standing by a counter with his face mostly obscured by a balaclava Police are said to be probing the sale of a firearm in Connecticut amid speculation the weapon used was a rare World War Two gun Police said Thursday they found a water bottle and protein bar wrapper from a trash can near the scene of the ambush and think the suspect bought them from a Starbucks minutes before the shooting. The items are currently with the city's medical examiner for testing. Investigators are also still working to crack into a burner phone found at the crime scene. The suspect has so far been careful to keep his transactions to cash-only, making it harder for cops to trace his movements. While calculated, there are moments which have marked him out as an amateur, rather than a professional hitman, according to experts. These include being caught on surveillance footage a nearby Starbucks in the moments before the shooting. The grainy images were released by the cops along with the promise of a $10,000 reward for anyone with information which could lead to his arrest. At the time of the killing, Thompson and his estranged wife Paulette had been living in separate homes that are less than a mile apart in suburban Maple Grove, Minnesota . His wife Paulette, a practicing physical therapist, disclosed that her husband had previously received threats. She referenced a 'lack of coverage.' 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YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — On a damp Wednesday night with temperatures dipping into the 30s, fans in sparsely filled stands bundled up to watch Buffalo beat Eastern Michigan 37-30 on gray turf. The lopsided game was not particularly notable, but it was played on one of the nights the Mid-American Conference has made its own: A weeknight. “A lot of the general public thinks we play all of our games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, not just some of them in November,” MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a telephone interview this week. “What it has done is help take what was a pretty darned good regional conference and has given it a national brand and made it a national conference.” When the conference has played football games on ESPN or ESPN2 over the last two seasons, the linear television audience has been 10 times larger than when conference schools meet on Saturdays and get lost in the shuffle when viewers have many more choices. The most-watched MAC game over the last two years was earlier this month on a Wednesday night when Northern Illinois won at Western Michigan and there were 441,600 viewers, a total that doesn’t include streaming that isn’t captured by Nielsen company. During the same span, the linear TV audience has been no larger than 46,100 to watch two MAC teams play on Saturdays. “Having the whole nation watching on Tuesday and Wednesday night is a huge deal for the MAC,” Eastern Michigan tight end Jere Getzinger said. “Everybody wants to watch football so if you put it on TV on a Tuesday or Wednesday, people are going to watch.” ESPN has carried midweek MAC football games since the start of the century. ESPN and the conference signed a 13-year extension a decade ago that extends their relationship through at least the 2026-27 season. The conference has made the most of the opportunities, using MACtion as a tag on social media for more than a decade and it has become a catchy marketing term for the Group of Five football programs that usually operate under the radar in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and New York. Attendance does tend to go down with weeknight games, keeping some students out of stadiums because they have class or homework and leading to adults staying away home because they have to work the next morning. “The tradeoff is the national exposure,” Buffalo coach Pete Lembo said. “You know November nights midweek the average fan is going to park on the couch, have a bowl of chips and salsa out in front, and watch the game from there." When the Bulls beat Ball State 51-48 in an overtime thriller on a Tuesday night earlier this month, the announced attendance was 12,708 and that appeared to be generous. There were many empty seats after halftime. “You watch the games on TV, the stadiums all look like this,” Buffalo fan Jeff Wojcicki said. “They are not packed, but it’s the only game on, and you know where to find it.” Sleep and practice schedules take a hit as well, creating another wave of challenges for students to attend class and coaches to prepare without the usual rhythm of preparing all week to play on Saturday. “Last week when we played at Ohio in Athens, we had a 4-four bus ride home and got home at about 3:30 a.m.,” Eastern Michigan center Broderick Roman said. “We still had to go to class and that was tough, but it's part of what you commit to as an athlete.” That happens a lot in November when the MAC shifts its unique schedule. During the first two weeks of the month, the conference had 10 games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays exclusively. This week, there were five games on Tuesday and Wednesday while only one was left in the traditional Saturday slot with Ball State hosting Bowling Green. Next week, Toledo plays at Akron and Kent State visits Buffalo on Tuesday night before the MAC schedule wraps up with games next Friday and Saturday to determine which teams will meet in the conference title game on Dec. 7 in Detroit. In all, MAC teams will end up playing about 75% of their games on a Saturday and the rest on November weeknights. When the Eagles wrapped up practice earlier this week, two days before they played the Bulls, tight end Jere Getzinger provided some insight into the effects of the scheduling quirk. “It's Monday, but for us it's like a Thursday,” he said. Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler said he frankly has a hard time remembering what day it is when the schedule shift hits in November. “The entire week gets turned upside down,” Loeffler said. “It’s wild, but it’s great for the league because there’s two days a week this time of year that people around the country will watch MAC games.” AP freelance writer Jonah Bronstein contributed to this report. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballNone
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 24 (ANI): Actor Karisma Kapoor recalled working with veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal in the 2001 film Zubeidaa. Calling him her “second grandfather,” she talked about the dedication and extraordinary directorial skills of the late director. Ace filmmaker and screenwriter Shyam Benegal, a legend in Indian cinema, died on Monday at the age of 90. He breathed his last at 6:38 pm at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, where he was being treated for chronic kidney disease. “Shyamji’s legacy is eternal. He was like a second grandfather to me. His dedication to authentic storytelling and his courage to explore themes of identity and human struggles will continue to inspire generations,” Kapoor said in a statement shared by her team. ‘Zubeidaa’ is a 2001 film directed by Shyam Benegal and written by Khalid Mohammed. It stars Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpayee, Surekha Sikri, Rajit Kapoor, Lillete Dubey, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, and Shakti Kapoor. The film recieved the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and won Karisma Kapoor a Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics). Karisma shared that working with the ace director was an “enriching experience” of her life and she appreciated him for going into minute details while making the project. “Working with him on ‘Zubeidaa’ was one of the most enriching experiences of my life. He had an extraordinary eye for detail, from insisting on sync sound to using real jewellery and costumes lent by the royal family. I fondly remember bonding with him over movies, music, and food; it was at his home that I tasted ‘khow suey’ for the first time. Indian cinema will forever be indebted to his genius, and I feel incredibly honoured to have been able to work so closely with one of the greatest maestros of Indian cinema,” she added. Kareena Kapoor also took to Instagram stories, where she shared a poster of ‘Zubeidaa’ starring her sister Karisma Kapoor. She captioned the picture with a heart emoji. Benegal’s films left an indelible impact on audiences, addressing relevant socio-political themes with remarkable depth. His most recent project, Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023), was an India-Bangladesh co-production depicting the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. Shot extensively in both countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, the biographical film added another feather to his illustrious cap. In addition to feature films, Benegal contributed significantly to documentaries and television. His iconic series Bharat Ek Khoj and Samvidhaan remain benchmarks in Indian television. He also served as the Director of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) from 1980 to 1986 and was a member of prestigious juries, including the 14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985) and the 35th National Film Awards (1988). (ANI) This report is auto-generated from ANI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. var ytflag = 0;var myListener = function() {document.removeEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);lazyloadmyframes();};document.addEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);window.addEventListener('scroll', function() {if (ytflag == 0) {lazyloadmyframes();ytflag = 1;}});function lazyloadmyframes() {var ytv = document.getElementsByClassName("klazyiframe");for (var i = 0; i < ytv.length; i++) {ytv[i].src = ytv[i].getAttribute('data-src');}} Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );India News Live: Get real time updates on the latest happenings across India. From key political shifts and government decisions to economic developments and crime reports, we bring you real-time information as it unfolds. Our coverage also includes general news, spotlighting significant events and issues impacting daily life. Disclaimer: This is an AI-generated live blog and has not been edited by Hindustan Times staff. ...Read More India News Live: Delhi election: Congress names 26 more candidates in 2nd list, Farhad Suri faces Manish Sisodia in Jangpura
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