Despite previous threats, slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson didn't travel with security
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, gunned down in front of a busy New York City hotel, didn't travel with any personal security despite known threats against him.
The health insurance CEO gunned down in front of a busy New York City hotel on Wednesday didn't travel with any personal security detail, officials said, despite known threats against him.
A masked gunman fatally shot UnitedHealthcare chief Brian Thompson, 50, in a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack” outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Sixth Avenue in the heart of Manhattan, police said.
Thompson was staying at another nearby hotel before heading solo to the Hilton, on his way to speak at UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference, when he was confronted by his killer.
"Speaking to other employees that traveled with him to New York, it doesn't seem like he had a security detail," NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters. "He left the hotel by himself, was walking, didn't seem like he had any issues at at all."
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