The man responsible for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson may have been a “disgruntled” employee or customer of the health insurance giant, the NYPD's top detective announced Friday.
In a meeting with reporters, Chief of Detectives Joe Kenney revealed investigators' thoughts on the motive of the shooter, who has not yet been identified.
“In our opinion, it's clearly a disgruntled employee or a potentially disgruntled customer,” he said.
It is possible that the killer harbored a grudge against United Healthcare (which had been a source of hate and controversy even before the shocking murders he denied billing) and its CEO, Thompson. It casts his apparent meticulousness in planning, carrying out, and escaping the consequences of a shocking crime. Even darker light.
Kenney said the masked gunman not only carefully planned the shocking attack on Thompson, 50, outside the Midtown Hilton Hotel, but also went to great lengths to conceal his identity. It seems like it was.
Kenney said the suspect did not tell his roommate during the several days he stayed at the Upper West Side hostel.
According to the police chief, the man kept his mask on while eating.
Officials said the only image of the suspect's face came from him flirting with a hostel receptionist.
