After Thompson was killed in an ambush-style attack outside a Manhattan hotel, communities and individuals across his home state of Iowa begin to mourn his loss.
IOWA, USA — 50-year-old Brian Thompson, the CEO of Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed early Wednesday morning in what New York City authorities are calling a “targeted attack.”
New York police said that shortly before 7 a.m., Thompson was fatally shot in front of the Hilton hotel in Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare Group was holding an annual investor conference. The conference has since been ended early due to Thompson’s death.
“It appears as though this was a targeted murder,” NYC Mayor Eric Adams said, referencing preliminary police investigation.
Thompson was shot at least once in the back and once in the calf according to officials after the shooter “appeared to wait for his intended target.”
No motive has been established, and the gunman remains at-large after last being seen riding …
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