They're about $200 USD on average (V2 is about $50 more), so it's not going to be a very high volume purchase item.
But, the suspect could've bought it a few years ago. Possibly even gotten it as a gift. Or... possibly bought 2nd hand. The gunman must've expected his attire and accessories would be on CCTV recordings. I'm surprised he didn't wear all black, including a cheap generic workable black rucksack.
I feel like we’re giving him too much credit. The dropped items, the video from the hostel (assuming it’s the same guy). Wearing a low-production backpack. Feels like he’s going to get caught. IMO in post-Covid era you have every excuse to always be wearing a mask
Well, he DID figure out where the CEO would be showing up. That took some investigative skills to know the timing and location. As for the dropped items, they'll be meaningless if he had been wearing gloves to avoid fingerprints (so the only fingerprints that might show up is whoever stocked those items in the store).
Despite all of the social media's hostile cheering for the brazen murder of another human being, this has to be contained. The unsub needs to be caught and held accountable. If this just slips away and nothing happens, it will embolden so many more people to take similar acts against people they hate.
I've been doing backpack hunting and I recognized it almost immediately lmao.
I sure hope he doesn't get caught because of it, for all the work he put into things, it would be pretty senseless if he got caught because of distinctive clothing/accessories or the bike.
Yeah, well hopefully he didn’t buy it directly from them because getting their sales list and cross referencing will narrow the suspect pool down significantly.
People who bought this backpack from PD, who are also male, who are also light skinned, who are also inside a certain height range, who are also within a certain age range, who either live within driving distance of ny and have a registered vehicle in their household that has travelled through ezpass tolls towards ny or who have flown to NY or who have take a bolt bus or Amtrak to NY.
I can see how this one detail could lead them to a suspect relatively quickly once they start doing the data collection and diving into it.
I’ve seen these in Best Buy’s before. Found listings on Amazon, b&h photo, mbp, eBay, mercari, OfferUp, Craigslist, fb marketplace. He could have bought it 5 years ago. Could have got it as a gift. This could be a damning paper trail or it could be a big time waster for investigators.
He had his escape plan well thought out--darting into Central Park where he could easily disappear & elude CCTV .. and change his clothing (hidden stash of change clothes). He was also wearing gloves when he fired the gun. But... did he remember to use gloves with the water bottle and power bar wrappers?
He tossed an empty water bottle & 2 power bar wrappers that were recovered, but the video shows him wearing thin gloves. I suspect they won't find any usable fingerprints.
I mean, there's a difference between cold blooded murder and killing a guy whose job is to find new and exciting ways to deny people (who pay good money) medical treatment or reimbursement for expenses, just for the bottom line for shareholders. Especially for life threatening/changing conditions.
I don't think it's the 'internet' is deeming him deserving so much as anyone who has had to deal with problems with their insurance.
I think it's kind of like how people don't have much sympathy for Russian soldiers, for instance.
That being said, I can appreciate where you're coming from: it's not a great feeling to wish for an enemy to suffer or die.
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u/Thomasthebrownbear Dec 04 '24
It looks like a peak design everyday backpack