A grainy image of his face drew comparisons to Hollywood heartthrobs. A jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on wanted posters is reportedly flying off the shelves. And the words written on the bullets he used to kill a man in cold blood on a sidewalk on Wednesday have become, for some people, a rallying cry.

Four days after a gunman assassinated a top health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan and vanished, the unidentified suspect has, in some quarters, been venerated as something approaching a folk hero.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    It’s been almost a week. And every day they don’t catch him the lower their chances. I’m starting to have hope they’ll never catch him.

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      6 days ago

      Indeed, this kinda reminds me of Persona 5 where everyone’s freaking out about the Phantom Thieves because Kamoshida confessed to his crimes…