Brian Thompson
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Brian Thompson was an American executive at UnitedHealthcare, until he was gunned down on a Manhattan street, outside his hotel.[1][2][3][4]
Before a suspect was named experts assured the public the killer, while knowledgeable about firearms, seemed unlikely to be a paid assassin.[2]
within a few days a suspect emerged, and was arrested, Luigi Mangione, a scion from a wealthy Baltimore real estate family, who had developed debilitating spinal pain.[3] While Mangione left a three page manifesto behind, law enforcement officials are struggling to determine a coherent motive for the killing.
References
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Reed Abelson (2024-12-04). "Who Was Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
Mr. Thompson’s killing on Wednesday outside a midtown Manhattan hotel as he was walking toward the UnitedHealth Group’s annual investor day sent shock waves through the nation’s vast health care sector. The fatal shooting elicited an outpouring of sympathy from rival insurers, executives, health care providers and others.
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Annie Correal (2024-12-06). "Was Brian Thompson's Killer a Hit Man? Unlikely, Experts Say". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
The consensus among experts following the killing of Brian Thompson, the veteran chief executive of one of the nation’s largest health insurers, was that the shooter could indeed handle himself around a gun, but that everything else suggested that he was unlikely to have been hired to commit the crime.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Corey Kilgannon; Mike Baker; Luke Broadwater; Shawn Hubler (2024-12-10). "Luigi Mangione, Suspect in CEO Killing, Withdrew From a Life of Privilege and Promise". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-12-10. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
With his credentials and connections, he could have ended up one day as an entrepreneur or the chief executive of one of his family’s thriving businesses. Instead, investigators suspect, he took a different path.
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John Tozzi; Myles Miller (2024-12-04). "UnitedHealth Executive Fatally Shot in NYC, Sparking Manhunt". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
Thompson, 50, was shot in the back around 6:45 a.m. outside of the New York Hilton Midtown, where the largest US insurer was hosting its investor day.
- ↑ "Q2 2024 Unitedhealth Group Inc Earnings Call". Yahoo Finance. Thomson Reuters StreetEvents. 2024-07-17. Archived from the original on 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-05.