The death of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shocking in its brazenness—an assassin with a suppressed firearm murdered the executive outside the New York Hilton Midtown during an investor’s meeting. It was around 6:45 AM on Wednesday. Shell casings recovered at the scene read “deny,” defend,” and “depose” on them.
As police try to piece together the evidence of this crime, former Maryland State Police Commander Neill Franklin decided to reveal a new theory with CNN’s Dana Bash: Brian Thompson arranged to have himself killed.
WATCH: Former Maryland State Police investigator suggests UnitedHealthCare CEO may have hired his own hit man
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Is this unseemly? We know nothing concrete about the killer other than he flirted with the front desk staffer at the hostel he stayed at before the murder. He took a bus from Atlanta to New York City, and we have clearer pictures of his face. That’s it. In less than 72 hours, we can toss the ‘he killed himself’ hand grenade into the tent.
New video obtained by CBS News shows what appears to be the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson walking west along 55th Street in Manhattan and briefly stopping at a pile of trash minutes after he visited a nearby Starbucks. https://t.co/Q7sbesPv4J pic.twitter.com/T9vCHjtDGI
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 6, 2024
Thompson was facing death threats before his murder. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but let’s slow down a bit here because we have this theory, plus another where he allegedly was about to give testimony regarding insider trading that involved Nancy Pelosi.
Let's cool down and find this guy before tossing new theories, which might take a while since he left the city.
BREAKING: The suspect who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has escaped New York City, police say. pic.twitter.com/RhnBfxMehk
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 6, 2024
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