Wife Of Slain UnitedHealth CEO Says He’d Received Threats Over Coverage Denial, NYPD Has New Photo

The Huffington Post reports:

The wife of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson revealed to NBC News shortly after his fatal shooting that he’d been receiving threats.

“Yes, there had been some threats. … I don’t know details,” his wife, Paulette Thompson, told the network after her husband was shot in New York City on Wednesday morning. “I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.”

She believed the threats had to do with “a lack of coverage” ― ostensibly referring to UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, denying some insurance coverage.

Read the full article. The NYPD just released the above image captured by a storefront cam on the same block as the shooting. Police have also confirmed that the gunman used a “suppressor” – commonly known as a silencer. CNN reports that the gunman’s backpack may provide a clue in tracking him down.

“Yes, there had been some threats basically I don’t know, a lack of coverage? I don’t know details,” Thompson’s wife told NBC News. “I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.” https://t.co/4ZtmfEr2Yr

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 4, 2024

Video of today’s killing of UnitedHealth CEO.
This is much worse than I thought; it’s an execution. pic.twitter.com/JKrWlmaP73

— IvanV1 (@Ivanv1) December 4, 2024