On Wednesday morning, someone shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan before walking away and then getting on a Citi Bike that they rode to Central Park,

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was gunned down this morning in Manhattan. Brian Thompson, 50, was accosted outside of the Hilton Hotel in midtown, and later pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital. Police say that the killing was a targeted attack rather than a random act of violence.

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare who was fatally shot Wednesday, had been at the helm of the insurance giant since April 2021.

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth's insurance unit, was fatally shot on Wednesday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel in what appeared to be a targeted attack by a gunman lying in wait, New York City police officials said.