UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, per multiple reports.
The New York Post first identified Thompson as the shooting victim.
Without identifying the victim, the New York City Police Department confirmed to 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, where he was pronounced deceased.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
An NYPD press conference was carried live on Wednesday’s edition of CNN Newsroom, during which NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny revealed several details about the getaway vehicle were revealed:
JOSEPH KENNY: The shooter then flees on foot northbound into an alleyway between 54th Street and 55th Street. Once at West 55th Street, the shooter continues to walk westbound on Avenue de America’s. Or he gets onto an electric East Citi Bike and rides northbound on the Avenue Americas toward Central Park, where at 6:48 a.m., we have the shooter riding this bike into Central Park at Center Drive.
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REPORTER: Citi Bike, if I may. Do we know where that Citi Bike is now? Does he docket or does he keep riding?
JOSEPH KENNY: We’re still tracking video of the– Last we see with him on that bike is in Central Park.
Is there a way to track that bike?
There are GPSs on those bikes, will be working with the company.
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REPORTER: …Is there any indication when he gets the Citi Bike that he’s a Citi Bike member? It’s like sometimes if you’re not a member, you can pay to use it. I don’t know if you’re able to tell on the surveillance–
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JOSEPH KENNY: As far as where he got the Citi Bike, we’re still working that through. Like I said, we’re pulling video from numerous locations, numerous sources, and we have him on our timeline walking. And what we’re very fortunate is he has that very distinctive gray backpack on. So we see him on one video clip walking and then another source of video him riding that bike. So we don’t have video or witness confirmation on how he obtained that bike.
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How many More execs are Targets now??
I would expect that there is an army of families that believes United Healthcare’s policies lead to the death of a family member or lead to the bankruptcy of that family.