Brian Thompson killing: Man questioned in Pennsylvania in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying

Brian Thompson killing: Man questioned in Pennsylvania in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying


Man questioned in Pennsylvania in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Police in Pennsylvania are questioning a man on Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News reported.

The man was found with a gun that is similar to the one used to kill the 50-year-old Thompson by a masked gunman last Wednesday in New York City, according to NBC.

The unidentified man also was found in possession of a silencer and a fake New Jersey identification.

Police approached the man after receiving tips from customers at a McDonald’s restaurant who believed he looked suspicious.

New York police previously have said that a person of interest being sought for questioning in the case had stayed at a hostel in Manhattan before Thompson’s shooting after checking in with a fake New Jersey ID.

New York police are en route to Altoona, Pennsylvania, where the man is being questioned.

The development in the case came on the same day that Thompson’s funeral was set to take place in Minnesota.

Read more on the Brian Thompson shooting

 It is not known if the man being questioned in Altoona is the same person who has appeared in surveillance footage of a person of interest in the killing previously released by the New York Police Department.

Thompson’s company, which is a division of UnitedHealth Group, is the largest private payer of health insurance benefits in the United States.

Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare

Courtesy: UnitedHealth Group

The CEO was on his way into an investor day meeting for UHG at the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning when a gunman shot him from behind.

The suspect then fled the area on a bike and pedaled into nearby Central Park.

The NYPD has said the suspect was spotted exiting the park on foot about 20 blocks north of the shooting scene, and that he then took a taxi north to the neighborhood of Washington Heights, where he was last seen entering the Port Authority Bus Terminal there.

Police have also said that person is believed to have arrived in New York City on Nov. 24 on a bus from Atlanta, and that he immediately went to the Hilton that same night and spent about a half hour walking around the streets nearby.

Tom Winter of NBC News and Jonathan Dienst of WNBC contributed to this report

This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.



Source

Tesla says it made its first driverless delivery of a new car to a customer
World

Tesla says it made its first driverless delivery of a new car to a customer

A Tesla logo outside the company’s Tilburg Factory and Delivery Center. Karol Serewis | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the automaker completed its first driverless delivery of a new car to a customer, routing a Model Y SUV from the company’s Austin, Texas, Gigafactory to an apartment building in the area on June […]

Read More
I’m 79 years old and the ‘father of functional medicine’: Here’s my daily routine for a healthy life
World

I’m 79 years old and the ‘father of functional medicine’: Here’s my daily routine for a healthy life

Jeffrey Bland, 79, is considered the “father of functional medicine.” He’s devoted most of his lifetime to studying the origins of diseases to focus on prevention in healthcare. The main question Bland’s research looks to answer is this one: “Could we move to a form of healthcare where we’re spending more time worrying about and […]

Read More
Stock market reclaims February record peak. How the fundamentals and technicals look now vs. then
World

Stock market reclaims February record peak. How the fundamentals and technicals look now vs. then

Just as they say you never step into the same river twice, the view from a given summit is never quite the same upon a second visit. The S & P 500 has fully scaled its way to its first record high in more than four months on Friday, recovering what was at the intraday […]

Read More