Police investigate after a masked gunman murdered United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside a Midtown Hilton hotel early Wednesday morning, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York City. The executive was set to speak in front of a ballroom full of colleagues when he was shot and killed before 7 a.m. outside a hotel on 6th Ave. near W. 54th St. The gunman is still at large after fleeing the scene where police suspect he may have been lying in wait for Thompson.

Police on the scene of deadly shooting at the Residences Hilton Club on Sixth Ave. near W. 54th St., on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)
Barry Williams/New York Daily News

Police on the scene of a deadly shooting at the Residences Hilton Club on Sixth Ave. near W. 54th St., on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Barry Williams/New York Daily News

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Manhattan, New York.

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Barry Williams/New York Daily News

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Manhattan, New York.

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Barry Williams/New York Daily News

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Manhattan, New York.

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Barry Williams/New York Daily News

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Manhattan, New York.

Police on the scene of deadly shooting at the Residences Hilton Club on Sixth Ave. near W. 54th St. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)
Barry Williams/New York Daily News

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Manhattan, New York.

Police on the scene of deadly shooting at the Residences Hilton Club on Sixth Ave. near W. 54th St., on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)
Barry Williams/New York Daily News

NYPD officers and detectives investigate the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Club Residences at 1335 Sixth Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Manhattan, New York.

Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealth. (Business Wire)
Business Wire via AP

Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealth, was shot and killed outside a Midtown Hilton hotel on Dec. 4, 2024. He was 50.

Originally Published: December 4, 2024 at 10:28 AM EST

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