Brian Thompson -7/ 10, 1974 – 12/ 4,
2024, CEO of the American health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot & killed in Manhattan, New York, on December 4, 2024. The shooting occurred in the morning outside an entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown hotel.
Brian was in the city to attend an annual investors' meeting for UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare. Prior to his death, he faced criticism for the company's rejection of insurance claims, & his family reported that he had received death threats in the past. The suspect, described as a white man wearing a mask, fled the scene. On 12/ 9, 2024, cops arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione in Altoona,
Pennsylvania, & charged him with
Brian's murder in a Manhattan court.
cops said
Luigi was carrying a 3D-printed pistol & a 3D-printed suppressor like those used in the attack,
The suspect arrived in New York City on 11/ 24, 2024, via Greyhound bus. The bus route began in Atlanta,
Georgia, but cops don't know from which city or town he boarded. He checked into the HI New York City Hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on November 24, 2024, with a fake New Jersey id card & paid in cash. He stayed all but 1 night of the 10 days he was in New York City at the hostel, checking out on 12/ 3, 2024
Luigi Mangione the assassin was eating at an Altoona
Pennsylvania, McDonald's when an employee recognized him,
& alerted the cops !
also see Shinzo Abe
Brian Thompson On 12/4, 2024, was in NYC for an annual UnitedHealthcare investors meeting. He left a Marriott hotel where he was staying, which was across the street from the New York Hilton Midtown, where his meeting was to be held. As he was walking along West 54th Street toward the Hilton he was shot from behind by an assailant
in a hooded jacket & a pistol. Thompson was taken to Mount Sinai West hospital in Manhattan, where he died.
Following his killing, public officials, expressed dismay & offered condolences to Thompson's family. numerous media sources reported that social media users shared their contempt for Thompson, UHC, & the American health , the assailant fired 3 times at him from a suppressed 9 mm pistol, striking him in the back & right calf.
The cops believe it to be the
weapon found in the suspect's
bag after his arrest – a partially 3D-printed Glock 19 & 3D-printed suppressor. The ghost
gun consists of a 3D-printed lower receiver, metal
slide, Glock 19 internals from a parts kit, & uses a standard
Glock magazine. The 3D-printed part's design was an iteration of "FMDA 19.2", a design released in
2021 by the
libertarian group Deterrence Dispensed.
Born:
Brian Robert Thompson
7 / 10, 1974
Ames, Iowa, U.S.
Died 12 / 4, 2024
New York City, U.S.
Cause of death: Gunshot wounds
Education: University of Iowa (BBA)
Title: CEO of UnitedHealthcare
Term:
2021–2024
Spouse: Paulette Reveiz
Children: 2
