UnitedHealth CEO Fatally Shot Outside Manhattan Hotel

The New York Post reports:

The CEO of UnitedHealth was fatally shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown in what police say was a targeted attack.

Brian Thompson, 50, was at the hotel at around 6:46 a.m. when a masked man fired at the CEO and fled eastbound off of 6th Avenue, police sources told The Post. Thomas was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Thompson was in New York City for an investors meeting at a Hilton hotel, according to sources. He became CEO of UnitedHealth in 2021 after joining UnitedHealth Group in 2004. UnitedHealthGroup was scheduled to start its annual Investor Conference at 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to the company.

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NYPost reporters about to learn the difference between CEO of UnitedHealth (what it says in text/dek) and CEO of UnitedHealthcare (what it says in hed)

Sir Andrew Witty is still, AFAIK, okay

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