NEW YORK, N.Y. – UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, Fox News has confirmed.
A manhunt is underway as the suspect remains at-large.
Sources told Fox News that Thompson was shot in the chest and leg shortly before his UnitedHealthcare annual investors meeting.
The sources said the shooting was not a random incident.
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Thompson was reportedly in town from Minnesota.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate, reacted to news of Thompson’s killing, decrying the shooting as “horrifying news and a terrible loss for the business and health care community in Minnesota,” according to the New York Times.
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Without identifying the victim, the New York City Police Department told Fox News Digital that a 50-year-old man was shot in the chest outside the Hilton Hotel on 6th Ave. at approximately 6:46 a.m. and was transported to Mt. Sinai West hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
News cameras captured video of NYPD officers working to revive Thompson on the sidewalk outside the Hilton before he was transported to the hospital.
Several witnesses claimed to FOX 5 New York that the suspect appeared to have been lying in wait, potentially overnight, outside the hotel, possibly targeting the victim.
A police press conference is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
The New York Post first identified Thompson as the shooting victim.
Thompson’s sister, Elena Reveiz, told The Times via a phone interview that she was still processing hearing that her brother had been killed.
“He was a good person, and I am so sad,” Reveiz reportedly said, adding that Thompson was a loving father to his two children.
According to ABC News, police say the shooter was wearing a ski mask and fled down an alleyway near West 55th St.
The suspect is described as a skinny man, standing at about 6-foot-1 and wearing all black.
Fox News Digital reached out to UnitedHealthcare but did not immediately hear back.
UnitedHealth Group – the parent company to UnitedHealthcare – is the largest health insurance company by market share, according to the American Medical Association.
