NYC media outlet PIX11 News has learned that the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the parent company of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan, just outside the Hilton Hotel.
“Multiple sources confirm to @PIX11News that United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside the Hilton hotel in midtown just before 7 am, where he was slated to speak at a investor meeting later today,” PIX11’s Dan Mannarino wrote on X.
NYPost reports the fatal shooting of CEO Brian Thompson,50, was a “targeted attack.”
Here’s more:
The CEO of UnitedHealth was fatally shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown in what police say was a targeted attack. Brian Thompson, 50, was at the hotel at around 6:46 am when a masked man fired at the CEO and fled eastbound on 6th Avenue, police sources told The Post. Thomas was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Thompson became CEO of UnitedHealthcare in 2021 after joining UnitedHealth Group in 2004. UnitedHealth Group is largest health insurance company in the US by revenue, with over $189 billion in 2024.
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson killer:
Collects shell casings
Shot to the heart from behind
Silencer (banned in NYC)
Great “hiding” skills
This dude was a pro pic.twitter.com/8HulIkVj78— Gusano (@mistergusano) December 4, 2024
CBS New York’s Tim McNicholas posted on X a screenshot of an NYPD Crime Stoppers flyer indicating that a $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Judging by the far-right image on the flyer, and as reported by other media outlets, the suspect is believed to have used a firearm with a suppressor.
Earlier, Mayor Eric Adams told reporters the killing appeared to be targeted: “We want to be clear to New Yorkers that this does not appear to be a random act of violence.”
New York’s police commissioner called the killing a “brazen targeted attack.”
NYTimes noted:
“The pages on the UnitedHealthcare and UnitedHealth Group websites with headshots and bios for company leadership were not available after the shooting on Wednesday morning. It was not immediately clear why the pages were no longer accessible.”
The suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomspon killing used a “firearm with a silencer,” according to CNBC, citing a source close to the investigation.
According to the source, “The suspect is also described as a white male wearing a black hoodie, black pants, black sneakers with white trim, and a gray backpack.”
The shooting of Thomspon occurred in front of 1335 Avenue of the Americas in midtown Manhattan at 0646 ET.
Current scene on 54th and 6th Ave- NYPD hasn’t confirmed identity of 50-year-old man shot and killed this am outside Hilton Hotel but per @CNBC/ person familiar with matter…it was United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, it was targeted & shooter used a silencer. Presser 11:30 EST pic.twitter.com/w7aabZ3hhh
— Sam Brock (@SamBrockNBC) December 4, 2024
