A suspect in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was taken into custody at a Pennsylvania McDonalds and detained for questioning on Monday, a source with knowledge of the investigation told Fox News Digital.The source added that the person had a similar gun and silencer to the ones used in the Wednesday shooting. He also carried four fake IDs and a manifesto, the New York Post reported.A senior law enforcement official told the New York Times that the document criticized health care companies for putting profits above care.NYPD BELIEVES UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO ASSASSIN LEFT NEW YORK CITY ON A BUS MORNING OF SHOOTINGNYPD BELIEVES UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO ASSASSIN LEFT NEW YORK CITY ON A BUS MORNING OF SHOOTINGThe man was working on a laptop in the Altoona fast food location – a police source told Fox News Digital surveillance footage caught the suspect using a laptop in a New York McDonald’s location before the Wednesday shooting, and that « the eyebrows match[ed]. »An employee allegedly notified police after recognizing the man’s face from wanted posters, the police source said. UNITEDHEALTH CEO SHOOTER LIVE BLOGThe man was taken to Altoona Police Department, where police were reportedly trying to determine his real identity. The department did not return Fox News Digital’s requests for comment at press time. A source at the scene said NYPD officials have yet to arrive at the Pennsylvania department.Altoona is a city located about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThompson was shot three times outside the Hilton Midtown in New York City. The suspect in the shooting was last seen at Port Authority bus station in Upper Manhattan.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect detained at Pennsylvania McDonald’s
