NYPD released two new photos of the UnitedHealthCare CEO’s shooter.
As previously reported, UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan in what is believed to be a targeted attack.
Thompson, 50, arrived before 7 am for a conference when he was shot at multiple times by a masked man who police say was waiting for him to arrive, the New York Post reported.
Thompson was pronounced dead at the Mt. Sinai Hospital.
The assailant calmly executed Brian Thompson and then took off down 6th Street on a bicycle.
According to CBS News, the shooter waited for hours overnight and used a silencer when he fatally shot Brian Thompson.
The new photos released by NYPD Crime Stoppers show the shooter’s unmasked face.
Detectives investigating the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson have uncovered a potential motive: shell casings at the crime scene were inscribed with words.
The inscribed shell casings—three live 9mm rounds and three discharged casings—bearing the words “Deny,” “Defend,” and “Depose”—were found among the evidence collected at the scene, ABC News reported.
Brian Thompson’s wife said her husband was being threatened before Wednesday’s fatal shooting.
“There had been some threats,” Paulette Thompson said, according to The New York Post.
When asked about the reasoning behind the threats, Paulette Thompson said: “I don’t know, a lack of coverage?”
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