UnitedHealth Group has launched an announcement saying their “hearts are damaged” and that they’ve been “touched by the large outpouring of kindness and assist” since CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in Manhattan early Wednesday.
The masked gunman seemed to be mendacity in wait exterior the Hilton resort in what police stated was a “premeditated” assault. The shooter arrived on the scene about 5 minutes earlier than Thompson earlier than capturing the sufferer within the chest round 6:40 a.m., police stated.
Video captured the second the gunman walked up behind the CEO, pointed his gun at him and fired. A witness fled as Thompson stumbled and fell to the bottom. The gunman then walked nearer to Thompson, firing extra occasions earlier than fleeing.
“So many sufferers, shoppers, well being care professionals, associations, authorities officers and different caring folks have taken day out of their day to succeed in out. We’re grateful, whilst we grieve,” UnitedHealth Group stated of their newest assertion. “Our priorities are, at the beginning, supporting Brian’s household; making certain the protection of our staff; and dealing with legislation enforcement to carry the perpetrator to justice.”
“We, at UnitedHealth Group, will proceed to be there for individuals who depend on us for his or her well being care,” the assertion continued. “We ask that everybody respect the household’s privateness as they mourn the lack of their husband, father, brother and good friend.”
The NYPD launched new images of the suspect, seen with no masks, on Thursday, whereas asking for the general public’s assist in figuring out him. The pictures had been taken from a surveillance digital camera on the HI New York Metropolis Hostel on Manhattan’s Higher West Facet. Police had obtained a warrant to look after coming to consider the suspect stayed there, sources instructed ABC Information.
The New York Metropolis Police Division is asking for the general public’s assist to determine this individual needed for questioning within the Midtown Manhattan homicide of a CEO on Dec. 4, 2024.
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Police had been capable of finding a picture of the suspect with out his face masks as a result of he was flirting with the girl who checked him into the hostel, police sources instructed ABC Information.
As he stood on the check-in desk, the sources stated the girl requested to see his smile. The suspected shooter obliged, knocking down his masks lengthy sufficient for the surveillance digital camera to seize his face.
The suspected shooter checked into the hostel utilizing a New Jersey license that wasn’t his personal, police sources instructed ABC Information. Detectives ran the identify and located it didn’t resemble any identified images of the suspect or different proof amassed thus far, the sources stated.
Police place bullet casing markers exterior of a Hilton Lodge in Midtown Manhattan the place United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Dec. 4, 2024 in New York Metropolis.
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His check-in date was Nov. 30, however officers consider that the suspected shooter was within the metropolis previous to that date.
Regulation enforcement sources instructed ABC Information that he arrived final month from Atlanta, Georgia. He took a Greyhound bus into Port Authority Terminal in Midtown.
Each Greyhound and the father or mother firm of the hostel, Hostelling Worldwide USA, stated in an announcement that they’re “totally cooperating with the NYPD” however can’t remark additional as a result of lively investigation.
Detectives are at the moment canvassing different hostels and places on the Higher West Facet and past, displaying the suspect’s image as they work to determine him, sources stated.
They’re working to be taught extra in regards to the man’s whereabouts within the time between his arrival to New York Metropolis and the capturing incident.
Thompson was a longtime govt whose rise on the firm got here after a stint as a enterprise advisor at international consulting large PwC, in line with his LinkedIn web page.
This undated photograph offered by UnitedHealth Group reveals UnitedHealthcare chief govt officer Brian Thompson.
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He lived in a non-gated neighborhood in Maple Grove, Minnesota, a Twin Cities suburb, roughly 15 miles away from UnitedHealth Group’s Minnetonka headquarters.
After occupying varied govt roles on the firm for practically 20 years, Thompson was appointed to his present place in 2021.
Thompson’s spouse, Paulette Thompson, stated in an announcement that she’s “shattered” by the “mindless killing.”
“Brian was an extremely loving, beneficiant, gifted man who actually lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives,” she stated. “Most significantly, Brian was an extremely loving father to our two sons and will likely be tremendously missed.”
Flags fly at half-staff exterior of the workplace of UnitedHealthcare, the day after the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson was shot lifeless, in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Eric Miller
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