UnitedHealthcare CEO killed in ‘targeted shooting’
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed Wednesday morning in what investigators suspect was a targeted shooting outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding an investor conference. The killing was was a “brazen, targeted attack,” Jessica Tisch, the New York City police commissioner said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called it a “horrific and targeted shooting.” Thompson, 50, was set to speak at an investor meeting when he was gunned down around 6:45 a.m. outside the New York Hilton Midtown by a shooter who fled on foot and then took an e-bike into Central Park, according to the New York Police Department. Scott Duffey, former FBI Special Agent, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.