The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the insurance unit of UnitedHealth Group, He was shot dead this Wednesday in the vicinity of the Hilton Hotelin downtown Manhattan (New York), when he was preparing to attend the multinational’s annual investor conference, according to the United States press.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed to CNBC that A 50-year-old man was shot in front of 1335 Avenue of the Americas in New York at 6:46 a.m. local time, although he did not confirm the identity of the victim.
According to CNN, which quotes a law enforcement official, the attack would have been selective and it would have occurred when Thompson was walking to the Hilton hotel in New York, dressed in a suit and tie, to attend UnitedHealth’s annual investor conference.
Knowledgeable sources cited by CNBC describe the suspect in the shooting as a white man wearing a black hoodieblack pants, black sneakers with white trim and a gray backpack, who used a firearm with a silencer.
Police ask for help to capture the murderer
The NYPD has offered a reward for any clue that leads to the capture of the man who murdered the businessman. Police Chief Jessica Tish stated at a press conference that the attack was “premeditated, planned and selective,” and that the suspect waited for Thompson to approach before shooting him several times, wounding him in the back and leg. and flee on an electric bicycle.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny has said the suspect He waited for Thompson for five minutes and shot him in the backand initially the gun’s magazine jammed, but he fixed it and continued pulling the trigger, according to the preliminary investigation.
His wife, Paulette Thompson, with whom he has two children, told NBC News that “some people had been threatening him”. The last images of the suspect, shortly after the murder, show him entering Central Park on a public electric bicycle.
