UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed in NYC

[Baron Scicluna]

Brian Thompson was shot and killed on the way to a UnitedHealthcare shareholders meeting in Manhattan. Police are saying he was targeted. Gunman on the loose.

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

 

[FileNotFound]

Posted this earlier on the running shooting thread, but it deserves its own thread.

Just got the most "sun rises in east" push notification I've ever seen from the Wall Street Journal:

"The fatal shooting of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson was a premeditated, targeted attack, NYC police said."

No ****. That narrows the suspect pool down to about 10 million.

 

[dixiehack]

I do not suspect it was a disgruntled policy holder. But the CEO/owner class everywhere could stand to take a lesson from how deeply unmourned this man is.

A lot of people wouldn’t mind the C-suites of America to rack up a body count of their own. Some of that overlaps with the MAGA movement but a good bit of it does not. I tried making this argument when Ragu would go off on a Capitalism Uber Alles tangent. If you want to cut the peasant class a break for no other reason, do it as protection money.

 

[SixToe]

Definitely a hit. The shooter knew where he would be and what time.

Still searching for the guy, who was last seen in Central Park.

 

[Neutral Corner]

"I've got a little list, they'll never be missed..."

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

Will UnitedHealthcare deem coverage of his fatal wounds as “medically necessary”?

Inside UnitedHealth’s Effort to Deny Coverage for a Patient’s Care — ProPublica

 

[dixiehack]

Bold move Cotton. This should go over well.

On Nov. 14, the American Society of Anesthesiologists put out a letter that sounded the alarm that Anthem insurance suddenly decided to cap its coverage of anesthesia at an arbitrary time limit. It’s a change that doctors say isn’t based on good medicine.

https://www.fox61.com/article/news/...imit/520-9d4aecee-1bf6-4eab-94c4-cfbd5fcb1141

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Happened very close to my wife’s office. About an hour before she got to work. The crime scene was obviously still very active.

Hard to believe in this day and age the shooter is still at large. Definitely seems to be someone with a plan and the skill to execute that plan. For lack of a better term.

 

[Driftwood]

Unmourned just like Scrooge at Christmas.
“I’ll go to the funeral but only if there is lunch,”

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Disgruntled former employee or angry policy holder?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Happened very close to my wife’s office. About an hour before she got to work. The crime scene was obviously still very active.

Hard to believe in this day and age the shooter is still at large. Definitely seems to be someone with a plan and the skill to execute that plan. For lack of a better term.

That's what's unusual here. If it was done out of anger, usually the killer wants the world to know why he was angry. Many even want to be caught/killed at the scene.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Disgruntled former employee or angry policy holder?

That would cull the suspect list to about 10 million.

 

[SixToe]

CEO showed up early to prep for a meeting. Shooter was waiting, some said he'd been there milling around for a while. Totally obscured (hoodie, gloves) and his pistol had a suppressor. Black clothing and gray backpack, like a bajillion other people up there.

I know it's not a fave here but the NY Post has a video of the shooting. The actual event. The shooter was calm, thorough and made zero effort to hide or run until after it was done.

Strangely, he kept racking the slide on the gun, as if it was jamming. Perhaps the suppressor was causing issues.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Disgruntled former employee or angry policy holder?

Or jilted romantic partner or jealous spouse of one?

 

[Roscablo]

It might be the circles I follow, but I haven't seen a lot of sympathy in the socials. Lots of creative comments, though.

Capitalism, health care situations, crap insurance companies. Not calling for CEOs to get whacked or anything, but this is kind of the place we're at, no? At least the sympathy.

 

[dixiehack]

Back in the spring the company had to pay a $22 million crypto ransom after getting locked out of their data. Maybe some kind of follow up to that went wrong?

UnitedHealth reportedly pays $22M ransomware

 

[SixToe]

Almost seems like a Law & Order episode where Johnny's beloved hero veteran grandpa is denied coverage, ends up in a coma or dies, Johnny starts stalking, "I'm just in town to see the sights," all the things.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

A roving gang of thugs, a blackmailer, an angry husband, a gay lover...

 

[Starman]

More than a million people died of COVID. It's pretty well known who was substantially responsible for that.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

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