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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan early Wednesday morning in what police have said appears to be a “brazen, targeted attack” on the insurance CEO.
A masked gunman was “lying in wait” outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in Manhattan just before 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, police say. When Thompson, 50, appeared outside the hotel, possibly to help set up for an investors’ conference scheduled for today, the gunman fired at least three rounds at the executive, hitting him in the back and leg.
The gunman fled the scene. Thompson, meanwhile, was transported to Roosevelt Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:12 a.m.
“At this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
As of Thursday afternoon, the suspect remained at large. PEOPLE covered the developments in the case as it unfolded. Keep reading for a full recap.
- UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan on Wednesday, Dec. 4, shortly before 6:45 a.m.
- As of late afternoon Thursday, the suspect remained at large
- Police have said the killing was “targeted”
- Police have not discussed a motive. However, the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were reportedly discovered by detectives on shell casings found at the scene
- Those words are similar to “delay, deny, defend” — a phrase about the insurance industry to describe a strategy of rejecting claims. The phrase echoes the title of a 2010 book Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Out Claims And What You Can Do About It, by Rutgers University law professor Jay Feinman.
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