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UnitedHealth executive killed in Manhattan in targeted attack

By America-Today December,5 2024

A gunman killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on Wednesday in a “brazen,

targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was

holding its investor conference, police said, setting off a massive search for

the fleeing assailant hours before the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas

tree lighting nearby.

Brian Thompson，50, was shot around 6:45 a.m. as he walked alone to

the New York Hilton Midtown from a nearby hotel, police said. The shooter

appeared to be “lying in wait for several minutes” before approaching

Thompson from behind and opening fire, New York City Police

Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Police had not yet established a motive.