Colin Jost kicked off Saturday’s “Weekend Update” with a shoutout to New York City officials for sending a “tough message” on crime, as the gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson remains at large free feet.
“If you shoot someone in the middle of the street, you better get on your bike, jump on the bus and get out of here, sir,” the “Weekend Update” host joked.
He also saw how the aftermath of the shooting “really says something about America.”
“A man was murdered in cold blood and the two main reactions were, ‘Yes, the health care system stinks,’ and also, ‘Girl, that shooter is hot,” said Jost.
The manhunt for the suspected shooter continues. According to officials, he left the scene of the fatal shooting on Wednesday by bicycle and headed toward Central Park and later took a taxi to a Port Authority bus station.
According to New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the person may have fled the city by bus.
“Um, thanks, but a Port Authority passenger who looks like a murderer is just expanding the search,” Jost joked.
Jost said he thought it was “so crazy” that the shooting happened “in broad daylight” and that the shooter was just three blocks from where “SNL” is filmed at Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
“Probably because every cop in town is watching us Christmas tree”, he joked.
Co-host Michael Che addressed an apparently flirtatious moment between the suspected shooter and an employee at his New York hostel, which reportedly led to him pulling down his mask to reveal his face to the camera.
″[The employee’s] name has been reported as Lucky S. Bechalive,” he joked.
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