CEO of UHG Shot and Killed in NYC - WTF is wrong with you New York

[Bevo 13660]

I'll be interested to learn if it was random violence, an employee, doctor, or patient.

 

UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson Fatally Shot in Broad Daylight in Front of Midtown Hilton: Reports

Thompson has been CEO of the healthcare company since 2021, according to his bio

By

Greg Hanlon

Published on December 4, 2024 09:40AM EST

 

 

 

UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in front of the Hilton hotel, according to multiple reports, including ABC, The New York Times and PIX 11, who cite police sources.

A New York Police Department spokesman tells PEOPLE that officers responded to a call at about 6:40 a.m. in front of 1335 Sixth Avenue, the address for the New York Hilton Midtown, where they found a 50-year-old man who'd been shot in the chest. The victim was transported to the hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.

Multiple reports have named Thompson as the victim, but the spokesman said the victim's name is being withheld publicly pending family notification.

According to the Times, which reviewed a police report, the gunman fled east on Sixth Avenue and police are still trying to locate him.

According to his bio on the company's website, Thompson was named CEO in April 2021. Prior to that, he was CEO of the company's government programs, including its medicare program. 

He joined the company in 2004, according to his bio. 

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

 

 

[Dahobbs 17838]

6 minutes ago, Bevo said:

I'll be interested to learn if it was random violence, an employee, doctor, or patient.

 

UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson Fatally Shot in Broad Daylight in Front of Midtown Hilton: Reports

Thompson has been CEO of the healthcare company since 2021, according to his bio

By

Greg Hanlon

Published on December 4, 2024 09:40AM EST

 

 

 

UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in front of the Hilton hotel, according to multiple reports, including ABC, The New York Times and PIX 11, who cite police sources.

A New York Police Department spokesman tells PEOPLE that officers responded to a call at about 6:40 a.m. in front of 1335 Sixth Avenue, the address for the New York Hilton Midtown, where they found a 50-year-old man who'd been shot in the chest. The victim was transported to the hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.

Multiple reports have named Thompson as the victim, but the spokesman said the victim's name is being withheld publicly pending family notification.

According to the Times, which reviewed a police report, the gunman fled east on Sixth Avenue and police are still trying to locate him.

According to his bio on the company's website, Thompson was named CEO in April 2021. Prior to that, he was CEO of the company's government programs, including its medicare program. 

He joined the company in 2004, according to his bio. 

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

 

 

Trump did say he could shoot someone on 5th avenue...

[Goofyboy 3336]

I’m waiting for this to happen to right wing politicians in anti-abortion states. A woman is going to die at some point and a father or husband is going to snap.

[crash_davis 23182]

With this shot, the class wars begin...

[Bill Brasky 1514]

what did he know about Boeing? 

[Buzzrock 15032]

6:40am in Manhattan in December is not broad daylight 

[Blotto 23755]

When I first read this story, an article had a bulleted Summary at the top of the article which included the following:

- UnitedHealthcare (NYSE:UNH) CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed earlier Wednesday morning outside a midtown Manhattan hotel where he was scheduled to speak at the company's annual investor conference.
- UnitedHealth Group shares opened up ~2% Wednesday.

And my first thought was, if they really cared about their shareholders, they would cap a few more execs. As it turns out, he was the CEO Of UnitedHealth Group's health benefits unit, not the top dog CEO. 

 

[Incredulity 11738]

90% chance its personal(money, sex, ....)

5% its random

5% its job related

[Hagbard Celine 11024]

95% its job related

[High Plains Drifter 11090]

 

If its somebody pissed off because their wife was denied treatment for cancer or something, that would be both personal and job related. 

[texasdago 7677]

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

[royiv 9447]

Thoughts and prayers for ana in his time of mourning.

Just now, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

Winner.

[SurlyGator 919]

3 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

Definitely NOT too soon.

[crash_davis 23182]

2 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

Him: Why was my claim denied?

UH: Pre-existing condition. 

Him: What pre-existing condition?

UH: Aging. You were gonna die anyway.

[boilerhorn 1471]

5 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

Jesus, that is some top-shelf gallows humor.  DEF not too soon.

[Pescado_Rojo 19473]

As a UHC customer, I'm not saying it's right...but I understand. 

[CooterBrown 18139]

13 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

100% they would've denied it.  UnitedHealthCare denied me coverage for a heart blockage because they said I should've never been admitted to the hospital with "undetermined chest pain" so the blockage should've never been discovered.

 

[DDD Dad 14425]

22 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

[David Dennison 19142]

8 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

100% they would've denied it.  UnitedHealthCare denied me coverage for a heart blockage because they said I should've never been admitted to the hospital with "undetermined chest pain" so the blockage should've never been discovered.

And then what happened?

[locodos 5451]

26 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

pffft he doesn't have shitty UH healthcare.  My money is that someone's family member was given the ole' For Profit healthcare fuckaroo and they returned the favor.  

[Incredulity 11738]

33 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

If its somebody pissed off because their wife was denied treatment for cancer or something, that would be both personal and job related. 

If he was fucking the wife, its personal.

[locodos 5451]

1 minute ago, Incredulity said:

If he was fucking the wife, its personal.

I think most would consider that a proper fucking.

[Celery Man 21036]

Drop a EMS On ‘Em

[Degenerate Gardner 4106]

At least the death was quick with no medical bankruptcy preceding it as many of their customers experienced. Still, murder probably isn’t the most effective way to change a fucked for profit healthcare system.

[locodos 5451]

1 hour ago, Blotto said:

When I first read this story, an article had a bulleted Summary at the top of the article which included the following:

- UnitedHealthcare (NYSE:UNH) CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed earlier Wednesday morning outside a midtown Manhattan hotel where he was scheduled to speak at the company's annual investor conference.
- UnitedHealth Group shares opened up ~2% Wednesday.

 

1 minute ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

At least the death was quick with no medical bankruptcy preceding it as many of their customers experienced. Still, ONE murder probably isn’t the most effective way to change a fucked for profit healthcare system.

fify

[CooterBrown 18139]

14 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

And then what happened?

I died.

 

[David Dennison 19142]

2 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

I died.

 

Thoughts and prayers.

[Js1 85963]

31 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

100% they would've denied it.  UnitedHealthCare denied me coverage for a heart blockage because they said I should've never been admitted to the hospital with "undetermined chest pain" so the blockage should've never been discovered.

 

and where were you this morning?

[Surly Bevo 25542]

Regardless, this is a bad deal, but if it is business-related, wow.

Somebody said it above, but I will not be the least bit shocked if more of this kind of thing happens.  

[Al Czervik 1252]

6 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Thoughts and prayers.

Already sent.  

[locodos 5451]

Just now, Al Czervik said:

Already sent.  

Did you get prior authorization?

[BottleRocket 654]

8 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Thoughts and prayers.

 

Denied

 

 

[sidis 9886]

i had to wait six extra months for my spinal fusion because of uhc's denial bullshit. claimed the dr's admin did not fill out form correctly and was denied and then when doing the appeal, they said they could not do a peer to peer review with the surgeon because...it was on appeal. had to file a different appeal through a different process with an entirely new mri and a bunch of other bullshit.

that infuriating labyrinth of nonsense makes me read this news and immediately recall the meme of "i'm not advocating for it...but i understand."

[Pato del Muerto 52991]

1 hour ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

I’m sure the system ran up a nice bill during life saving measures that they will be able to deny due to failure to save his life. 

[elfenix 34398]

1 hour ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

Pre-existing puncture

[billfromlaketravis 11646]

Based on the pictures, that’s a straight up assassination. 
 

Suspect is seen in a textbook firing stance. This wasn’t a mugging. 

[High Plains Drifter 11090]

1 hour ago, texasdago said:

If he had survived, I wonder if UnitedHealthcare would have denied his claim

 

Based on his pic, it looks like they denied his claim to get his teeth straightened. 

 

[High Plains Drifter 11090]

53 minutes ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

At least the death was quick with no medical bankruptcy preceding it as many of their customers experienced. Still, murder probably isn’t the most effective way to change a fucked for profit healthcare system.

 

Nothing else has worked, so might as well give that a try. 

 

[ChiTownDoc 21273]

1 hour ago, Incredulity said:

90% chance its personal(money, sex, ....)

5% its random

5% its job related

lol 

1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

95% its job related

Yep

[ChiTownDoc 21273]

NSIAP

[Bill Brasky 1514]

1 hour ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

At least the death was quick with no medical bankruptcy preceding it as many of their customers experienced. Still, murder probably isn’t the most effective way to change a fucked for profit healthcare system.

too small of a dosage.....so far 

[workswithseed 2137]

52 minutes ago, sidis said:

i had to wait six extra months for my spinal fusion because of uhc's denial bullshit. claimed the dr's admin did not fill out form correctly and was denied and then when doing the appeal, they said they could not do a peer to peer review with the surgeon because...it was on appeal. had to file a different appeal through a different process with an entirely new mri and a bunch of other bullshit.

that infuriating labyrinth of nonsense makes me read this news and immediately recall the meme of "i'm not advocating for it...but i understand."

[Incredulity 11738]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-chest-midtown-manhattan-masked-gunman-large/story?id=116446382

 

I hadn't seen that they have images of the shooter/shooting.

I will change my prediction to 50% personal, 50% business.  Definitely, not random.

[BabaYaga 15425]

3 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

Anyone lamenting private healthcare should have something major done at the VA.....whew boy......

Not me personally, but I've seen family/friends have to deal with that nightmare.  

1 minute ago, Incredulity said:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-chest-midtown-manhattan-masked-gunman-large/story?id=116446382

 

I hadn't seen that they have images of the shooter/shooting.

I will change my prediction to 50% personal, 50% business.  Definitely, not random.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2645]

ehhhhh 

[Anastasis 23525]

Looks like a 100% targeted killing.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/04/nyregion/brian-thompson-uhc-ceo-shot

Live Updates: Police Hunt for Gunman After UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Killed in Midtown Manhattan

The executive, Brian Thompson, was killed in what the police described as a “brazen targeted attack” outside a hotel where the company was holding an investor meeting. 

[workswithseed 2137]

4 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Anyone lamenting private healthcare should have something major done at the VA.....whew boy......

Not me personally, but I've seen family/friends have to deal with that nightmare.  

I mean I just look north where it's cheaper to kill your patients than to actually help people on the people's dime. It still is horrible to go through that.

[randomhorn 1933]

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

I died.

 

Dibs on your stuff

[SimonBolivar 10962]

I was there two weeks ago and saw an ECU Pirates bus parked in front of the hotel. Logically it's pretty easy to see that it was Las Vegas Raiders owner Mike Davis that was the culprit.

1.)ECU football was led by Mike Houston until he was fired a few weeks back.

2.) Before he coached ECU and James Madison, Houston was the head coach of The Citadel

3.) The current HC of The Citadel is Maurice Drayton who was the assistant special teams coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022 AS WELL AS an assistant under Mike Houston at The Citadel in 2014-2015.

 

Look at this fuck, obviously he did it.


 

 I've never been more certain of anything in my life!

[Fudge Nuggets 19295]

1 hour ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

Still, murder probably isn’t the most effective way to change a fucked for profit healthcare system.

You don’t know that.