Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurer in the U.S., was murdered in New York City on Wednesday morning in what law enforcement believe was a targeted attack.
Thompson was fatally shot in the chest a little after 6:45 a.m. at the New York Hilton Midtown. He was in the city for the company’s annual investor conference.
Mr. Thompson had arrived early to prepare, according to the people familiar with the investigation. The gunman apparently knew which door Mr. Thompson was going to enter and shot him several times from mere feet away, then fled. [...]
Just after 9 a.m. on Wednesday, yellow caution tape closed off the section of West 54th Street just outside the hotel entrance. Inside, the morning continued as usual, with guests ordering coffee and arriving with luggage.
The only sign of trouble was a small group of police officers huddled in front of a check-in sign for the conference.
Mr. Thompson was promoted to chief executive of UnitedHealthcare in April 2021, heading one unit of the larger UnitedHealth Group. He lives in Minnesota. (The New York Times)
Police are still looking for the suspect.
NEW: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot and k*lled in Manhattan by a man in a black mask.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 4, 2024
The 50-year-old CEO was outside of the Hilton hotel when a man came up to him and shot him in the chest.
The masked man, who had a grey backpack on, then fled into a nearby… pic.twitter.com/umBPdGby17
Gunman who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomspon waited for Thompson to arrive, fired multiple times from 20 feet, fled on foot in a back alley then hopped on a bicycle; he remains at large: eyewitness to CNN
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 4, 2024
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