UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot dead in Midtown Manhattan, masked gunman at large

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed by a masked man near a Midtown Manhattan hotel Wednesday morning, according to police sources.

The shooting, which was reported around 6:40 a.m., appears to be targeted but police do not know why, sources said.

Thompson was not staying at the Hilton outside of which he was shot, sources said. The hotel is by the intersection of West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue.

Thompson was in New York City for an investors conference and his schedule was widely known, police sources said.

The gunman, who was wearing a ski mask, fled down an alleyway near West 55th Street and remains at large, police said.

The suspect is described as a skinny man wearing all black who stands at about 6-foot-1, police said.

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