MIDTOWN SHOOTING | CEO of UnitedHealthcare executed outside hotel; gunman caught on camera

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Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot dead Wednesday outside a popular Midtown hotel on Wednesday morning in a cold-blooded execution, police said.

The horrifying incident unfolded in...