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Brian Thompson, CEO of the insurance unit of American company United Healthcare, was shot dead in New York on Wednesday morning (local time). Thompson was shot by an attacker in front of the Hilton Hotel in New York. News portal Bloomberg quoted police officials as saying that Thompson was shot in the chest.
Thompson had reached the hotel on Wednesday to participate in the company's Investor Day conference. The company said that due to the medical condition of one of their employees, the conference was ended prematurely.
According to the news of the New York Post, a masked person opened fire on Thompson. After the shooting, Thompson was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The police have sealed the spot of firing and have started investigation.
Thompson was targeted
The New York Post quoted witnesses as saying that the attacker had been roaming around the incident site for a long time. As soon as Thompson reached outside the hotel, he started shooting. After firing the attacker fled from the spot. At present the police is searching for the attacker.
The police have not made any arrests in the case yet. Police said the attacker was a white man. He was wearing a cream colored jacket, black face mask and black and white sneakers.
Brian Thompson, who was killed in the attack, had been working at UnitedHealth for the last 20 years. He was made the CEO of the company in 2021.
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