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    Image shows gunman moments before shooting man in back of head

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The -- have released new security footage that shows the moments before cops say a gunman shot another man dead.

During a busy afternoon in midtown Manhattan yesterday and cops say it was definitely a planes hit.

Here's the surveillance video the police say that the shooter is on the left side of your screen here the victim on the right side and the gunman is just about to pull the trigger.

-- it -- of one of New York city's most iconic neighborhoods Carnegie Hall Lincoln Center and Columbus Circle just blocks away.

As torrid start flocking to the city in time for the holidays you know was crowded out there.

Here's a picture of the victim it's a mug shot police say he's been arrested before sources tell the New York Post which -- parent company owns -- the victim worked at a bank in Los Angeles.

And may have had some ties in the music industry and aspiring rapper.

The mystery still developing an -- fox report chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is lot.

At the scene of the shooting just what fifteen blocks away from here -- Jonathan what are we learning.

Well sure it won't we know from -- says that it just before 2 PM yesterday afternoon Brandon -- -- But left his hotel just around the -- was walking this way along 58 -- he got tool -- this precise point.

From behind him the hooded gunman approached hold a semiautomatic.

Silva.

Crystal out of his pocket.

Shot him once in the head in the back of the head it was all caught by this surveillance camera video are bad just to the right of the wreath augmented on the outside of this bully that you see.

That's where the video that -- -- in the stills come from.

And then as Brandon -- lay bleeding to death on the street right here.

The gunman very calmly walked to the grave.

Lincoln sedan that was -- at this very point.

He got in the passenger side that was a getaway driver off this site.

They took off apparently very calmly just went down the straight here fell on 58 avenue took that right tone of the light you -- Jan seventh avenue.

I'm completely disappeared -- may given the amount of cameras in this neighborhood -- May have a license plate but they haven't told us anything about it as yet shot.

58 street take a ride on seventh avenue you -- right to go about to go through the crossroads of the world.

Seventh avenue in Times Square.

And somehow that vehicle just got lost you can't even move in that traffic much less get lost.

-- you know they actually safe shipment one witness that for a couple of minutes they already are a few seconds at least they were stopped at that red light but -- -- is that com.

That they hit man and the driver showed that they did not panic that cops say they were very calm about indeed mean a fierce yet.

That they have been waiting -- All this victim the cop was -- TF at least ten minutes before and we've seen a video from the cops take a look at this now from that same.

Surveillance camera you see the gunman get -- doesn't even have his foot off but that -- -- first.

But they say he appears to be -- may indeed have had a beard he then just -- -- -- up.

And he -- does -- this point for several minutes before it gets back in the top and then when Brandon -- it -- they apparently got back out of the -- That's what he carried -- the shooting now they're looking into Brandon -- is -- -- as you asset.

He does have a string of offenses in the past including a -- -- cocaine possession so one of the things -- obviously -- looking at is whether this had anything to do with drugs they're also looking -- is apparent connection to the music industry.

He was an aspiring -- according to one report all of it at the -- speculation the cops may know a lot more though than they're telling us and we're expecting to hear from the New York police commissioner Ray Kelly in just about fifteen minutes -- -- be interesting to see what I guess a relentless forward to that the motto of course well when killing -- -- Jonathan Hunt just north of times where Jonathan thank you what the car.

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