Authorities on Thursday released images of the suspect taken from a surveillance camera at the HI New York City Hostel at West rd Street on the Upper West Side, where it appears the suspect shared a room with two other men, according to police sources.
Police were able to find an image of the suspect without his face mask because he was flirting with the woman who checked him into the hostel, police sources told ABC News. As he stood at the check-in desk, the sources said the woman asked to see his smile.
The suspected shooter obliged, pulling down his mask long enough for the surveillance camera to capture his face. Detectives canvassed other hostels in the area and showed people the suspect's picture, sources said.
Rather than New Jersey, the individual has been linked most recently to Atlanta, Georgia. He arrived through Port Authority Bus Terminal, and detectives have been looking to see if they can spot him on video. Greyhound is cooperating fully with the NYPD investigation, a spokesperson said.
However, the assailant didn't check into the Upper West Side hostel until Nov. Bullet casings found at the scene had the words "deny," "defend" and "depose" written on them, police sources said. The gun used in the shooting hasn't been recovered, sources said. The gun doesn't have a silencer but does have a long barrel that enables the 9 mm to fire a nearly silent shot. The gun requires manually cycling ammunition from the magazine. What we know about the suspect on the run. The weapon is not easily attainable so investigators have been running down all recent purchases, according to police sources.
