Well if the suspect is in the DNA system then it’s golden.
If not, it could lead to a close relative. It could also lead to a narrowing down of the suspect via perhaps linking it to certain surnames, etc.
In the end, if a suspect is found, it could be matched then.
It’s pretty useful, even if it doesn’t immediately identify a suspect.
I think the reality is in between. Dateline makes it seem like it’s easier than it is, but we all can name instances where it’s happened so it’s certainly not impossible. Maybe I hang with a seedier crowd than some of y’all, but I feel like I could find someone if I really wanted.
And, yes, on the DNA. I am so irritated with my SIL for putting all our family info out on ancestry websites. To her, it’s a harmless hobby.
Man, between this and the hired hitman comment I sound like I’m trying to hide something! I am not, but I don’t like voluntarily putting DNA info out there!
Ah, well I focus more on the “professional” part, and this person is not hitman.
If someone paid this person, they bought themselves a trip to prison.
I have heard commentary that the CEO was using a side door, and who knew that he would? But then again if it is the shortest walk from where he was staying maybe not hard to guess this.
The shooter did seem to know the walking route of the CEO. CNN reported that Thompson was staying in a hotel across the street from the Hilton so it could have just been an obvious route I guess.
The timing seems more suspect to me. It was just too efficiently timed to seem like a lucky guess.
I guess that’s what I was getting at. If I had to speak at a conference at 8 a.m. in a hotel, I’d choose to stay at that hotel to make life easier. But this shooter knew that he wasn’t doing that. Maybe the Marriott wasn’t fancy enough for this guy.
Update:
Yes thats what I just saw in a news report.
The photos posted of him without the mask are clear as day. He went to Starbucks prior and there is a photo of him laughing. Seems a little odd when you are about to go murder someone so it would seem he was pretty deranged.
If I recall correctly, the two hitmen hired by Marshall were introduced to him by an associate of his. So, not just “hired” off the streets.
Anyway, this is going off topic so I will let it be 
It was the W 54th Hilton entrance and the CEO was staying across the street so I’m guessing he was at the Conrad Hotel, which is <1 block west on 54th and is higher-end than the Hilton.
This is really right smack dab in the middle of midtown NYC. Very brazen.
I don’t know how “professional” this shooter is, but he sure did have his wits about him to move around calmly like that and to disappear so swiftly into the park. (Notwithstanding the other supposedly amateurish moves)
I’ve been to a lot of conferences like this. It’s nice to stay in a hotel detached from the conference for many reasons. That said, there is always multiday prep, and walk throughs, before a meeting like this. It would be easy to pick someone out and follow them back to their hotel during that time period. Then the shooter would just need to watch the CEO’s hotel door that morning.
NYT just quoted Eric Adams as saying: “In all of my years of law enforcement, I have never seen a silencer before,” the mayor said. “And so that was really something that was shocking to us all.“
For someone who knows zero about guns (me) what does this mean? Are silencers just used in mafia movies?
That is kinda of an odd statement, I don’t think silencers are that unique but I’m also not a gun owner and know nothing about guns
Why use a silencer when you’re on a busy street and there are witnesses? No hiding a shooting there.
Silencers don’t really silence anything, they muffle the sound.
You can’t possess them in New York.
They are expensive($500-$2000).
Most criminals shooting in big cities don’t care about silencers.
I’m guessing the assassin thought having a silencer might increase his chances of escape, but he couldn’t control environmental factors like cameras, pedestrians and vehicles on a busy street. This became a crime of opportunity at the moment he acted.
So the video shows someone off to the side (witness), notice the gunman didn’t shoot at that person which clearly shows he was a target
The whole thing sounds like a scene out of the Yellowstone series
So do you not think it was pre-planned (with some inside help)?
The shooter was staying on the UWS but got to midtown by 6.40, but then he felt he had enough time to pop into Starbucks for two power bars? If he really was staking out the hotel exit, wouldn’t he have stationed himself there and not bothered with Starbucks?
Some really clear photos of him unmasked. Good enough for him to be recognized by someone who knows him. I’d say he’s going to be caught.