Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot outside of a Hilton hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday morning in what appears to be a targeted attack, the New York City Police Department said.
Officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting outside the hotel at around 6:46 a.m. and found Thompson, 50, on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to his back and his leg, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference later on Wednesday. (An earlier version of this post stated Thompson had been shot in the chest, citing an NYPD spokesperson.) Thompson was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said the shooter appeared to have been lying in wait for Thompson. According to security footage, the gunman…
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