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UnitedHealthcare CEO’s wife calls shooting ‘senseless killing’ as police release images of suspect – as it happened

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Admin

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A driver who witnessed the incident, described the gun as a “silent” and “black gun.”

In an interview with ABC News, driver Amar Abdelmula said that he heard “the shot” adding: “It was silent gun, black gun.”

New York police search for person suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO in ‘brazen’ attack

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Admin

Police look for suspect who shot and killed Brian Thompson, 50, outside Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan

Healthcare boss’s fatal shooting: what we know so far

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the US’s largest health insurers, was shot dead on Wednesday in midtown Manhattan, police confirmed in a press conference.

Brian Thompson, 50, was shot outside the Hilton hotel at 1335 Avenue of the Americas just after 6.45am after arriving early for the company’s annual investor conference. A man wearing a mask approached him and fired at him repeatedly, police said.