A man has reportedly been apprehended in connection with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The insurance executive was gunned down on Wednesday in New York by a masked man who escaped on foot before mounting a bike and disappearing into Central Park.
With the manhunt now in its sixth day, a man in possession of a similar gun to the one used in the assassination is being held for questioning by authorities in Altoona, Pennsylvania, law enforcement sources told ABC.
According to the outlet, the NYPD is sending detectives to the central Pennsylvania city, which lies 100 miles east of Pittsburgh.
CNN reported that the man was travelling by bus in Pennsylvania when he was stopped by police, who uncovered the gun, a silencer and a number of fake IDs.
The man was allegedly recognised by a McDonald’s worker who called the police.
The pistol reportedly used by the assassin who gunned down Mr Thompson was a VP9: a Second World War spy gun later adapted and sold to vets to put down wounded animals. They can be bought online for around $5,700.