According to authorities, a gunman shot the CEO of a well-known health insurance many times outside a renowned Manhattan hotel in New York City, killing him in a “brazen, targeted” assault.
According to investigators, Brian Thompson, the former CEO of UnitedHealthcare insurance, was shot dead at close range.
On the pavement outside the New York Hilton Midtown early on Wednesday morning before his company’s investors’ day conference.
According to authorities, the unidentified gunman was reportedly laying in wait at the hotel when he shot Thompson at about 6:40 a.m.
Detectives spotted the phrases “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” on shot casings recovered from the site of Thompson’s murder, police sources told ABC News late Wednesday night.
“Brazen, targeted attack” that was “premeditated,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated during a press briefing on the masked shooter, who is still at large.