Healthcare CEO gunned down in 'brazen attack'
The Guardian|December 05, 2024
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the US's largest health insurers, was fatally shot in the chest on Wednesday in midtown Manhattan, in what police described as a "brazen, targeted attack".
Anna Betts and Rachel Leingang

Brian Thompson, 50, was shot outside the Hilton Hotel at 1335 Avenue of the Americas just after 6:45am after arriving early for the annual UnitedHealthcare investor conference. A man wearing a mask approached him and fired at him repeatedly, police said.

This was a "brazen targeted attack", New York's police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, said, adding that this "does not appear to be a random act of violence".

"I want to be clear at this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned targeted attack," she added.

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