How New York police are using facial recognition tech to find killer of healthcare CEO | BBC News

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Police in New York are using facial recognition technology and a discarded cell phone to identify and track down the killer of a healthcare chief executive.

UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the back on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

The attacker fled the scene without taking any of Thompson's belongings. Police believe Thompson was targeted in a pre-planned killing.

They are focusing on a surveillance image taken in a branch of Starbucks just before the shooting.

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