UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown and rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, sources say.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The New York City Police Department asked for the public's help in apprehending the unidentified gunman who allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning. The Hilton Hotel was hosting the UnitedHealthcare annual investors meeting, and police said Thompson had been in town from Minnesota since Monday.
will be out there with them, keeping them safe." Sources told Fox News that Thompson was shot in the chest and leg shortly before his UnitedHealthcare annual investors meeting. The sources said the shooting was not a random incident. HACKERS BEHIND UNITEDHEALTH GROUP CYBERATTACK REPORTEDLY IDENTIFIED He is survived by his wife Paulette 'Pauley' Thompson, 51, and their two children. They lived together in the family's $1.5 million home in Maple Grove, Minn.
Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny described the shooter as "a light-skinned male" wearing a "light brown wool cream-colored jacket, a black face mask, black and white sneakers, and a very distinctive gray backpack." "The shooter steps on to the sidewalk from behind a car. He ignores numerous other pedestrians, approaches the victim from behind and shoots him in the back," Kenny said. "The shooter then walks toward the victim and continues to shoot.
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