Tom Smith

The shooter then flees on foot northbound into an alleyway between 54th Street and 55th Street.

Once at West 55th Street, the shooter continues to walk westbound on the Avenue of the Americas, where he gets onto an electric E-City bike and rides northbound on the Avenue of the Americas.

towards central park at 6 48 a.m we have the shooter riding this bike into central park at center drive we're still tracking video the last we see with him on that bike is in central park

At the scene, we recover three live 9mm rounds and three discharged 9mm shell casings.

The motive for this murder currently is unknown, but based on the evidence we have so far, it does appear that the victim was specifically targeted.

But at this point, we do not know why.

This does not appear to be a random act of violence.

from speaking to other employees that traveled with him to New York.

It doesn't seem that he had any security detail.

He left the hotel by himself, was walking, didn't seem like he had any issues at all.

So I don't think he did not have a security detail.

He's then seen again checking out at Starbucks not far from the Hilton just minutes before the attack.

Police still have not identified the eyewitness who ran from the scene as Thompson was gunned down.

Authorities are asking her to come forward, hoping she may be able to provide new details on the shooter.

There's a cell phone recovered.

In the alleyway, we're working through that cell phone.

Obviously, we'll be processing it forensically.

And as far as words being exchanged, we do not have audio of the incident.

We only have the regular video.

Nothing.