Police say Brian Thompson was shot in a 'brazen, targeted attack' by a gunman who was lying in wait. The victim's wife said that he had received threats recently.
Police in New York are hunting a gunman who shot dead a healthcare executive outside a hotel in what was a 'brazen targeted attack'. Brian Thompson, who had been the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare since April 2021, was killed outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan. The gunman, who was wearing a face mask, was lying in wait for about five minutes before he approached the 50-year-old victim from behind. He opened fire several times, shooting him in the back and leg.
Every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack,' she said. Mr Thompson's wife, Paulette Thompson, said that he had been receiving threats. 'There had been some threats,' she said in a phone call to Sky's US partner network, NBC News. 'Basically, I don't know, a lack of coverage? I don't know details. I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.
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