[US] Gunman at large after UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in ‘brazen targeted attack,’ police say

[ForceFate]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/04/us/brian-thompson-united-healthcare-death/index.html

The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was a “brazen, targeted attack,” NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters Wednesday, noting that the gunman was “lying in wait” for several minutes as he anticipated his intended target.

 

[ShaunSA]

Ai shame ne

 

[R13...]

They're apparently a terrible company who don't pay claims. Wonder if this is just another disgruntled client in debt because of them.

 

[dontcryforme]

UnitedHealth's Wikipedia page's controversies take up like 80% of the page

 

[R13...]

UnitedHealth's Wikipedia page's controversies take up like 80% of the page

US healthcare is scummy but seems these guys are near the top of that pile of manure.

 

[kolaval]

Good, don't burn and loot, go to the root.

 

[zulucat]

Good, don't burn and loot, go to the root.

Execute business leaders? Is that your way?

 

[kolaval]

Execute business leaders? Is that your way?

Good point, not generally no.

However with these medical companies,
I suspect there was some grave wrong doing on the company's part.

 

[kolaval]

Execute business leaders? Is that your way?

It's strange, we live in a world where e.g Merck made and lied about Vioxx which killed thousands. They settled for $4 billion to avoid further lawsuits.
What about those dead people?

 

[Gordon_R]

Police have a few clues about the perpetrator:

What we know about fatal shooting of health executive Brian Thompson

A "person of interest" is questioned in Pennsylvania, while police try to establish the gunman's motive.

www.bbc.com

Police revealed the suspect was photographed at a nearby Starbucks just minutes before the shooting.

While he is masked in the image, police sources told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that the mask is pulled down far enough so that his eyes and part of his nose can be seen.

Additionally, police are testing three bullet casings and three live rounds found at the scene for DNA.

A cell phone was discovered in an alley along the suspect's escape route. Police say they are "working through" the phone.

Investigators have so far not identified a motive in the killing, although police did note that the assailant fled without taking any of Thompson's belongings.

In an interview with MSNBC, Thompson's wife said that there had "been some threats" against him earlier, although she was unable to provide details.

 

[The_Mowgs]

Police have a few clues about the perpetrator:

What we know about fatal shooting of health executive Brian Thompson

A "person of interest" is questioned in Pennsylvania, while police try to establish the gunman's motive.

www.bbc.com

Not identified the motive for the killing...

 

[Gordon_R]

Not identified the motive for the killing...

There are millions of members of health insurers. I don't think that's much of a clue to his identity.

 

[The_Mowgs]

There are millions of members of health insurers. I don't think that's much of a clue to his identity.

You reap what you sow

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Execute business leaders? Is that your way?

BIG PHARMA committed genocide via covid vaccination so someone gotta pay, right ?

Something like that.

 

[wbot]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864531338126110935

 

[wbot]

Just a normal day in NYC tbh

 

[The_Mowgs]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864531338126110935

He could have survived, but they couldn’t take him to the nearest ER because it was out of network.

 

[Wrath of Khan MD]

BIG PHARMA committed genocide via covid vaccination so someone gotta pay, right ?

Something like that.

this man chose to wake up and smoke meth....

it's too early for conspiracies theories that make no logical sense, go back to bed.

 

[ShaunSA]

Execute business leaders? Is that your way?

Yes. Next question

 

[ShaunSA]

Police have a few clues about the perpetrator:

What we know about fatal shooting of health executive Brian Thompson

A "person of interest" is questioned in Pennsylvania, while police try to establish the gunman's motive.

www.bbc.com

Mask up Take lives. That's a slogan I can live with