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A murder charge was filed in New York on Monday night against the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week outside a busy New York City hotel, according to online court documents. After the Pennsylvania court appearance, law enforcement officials told reporters that charges would be filed in New York shortly. Mangione also carried a fake ID with the same name the suspected gunman used at a New York City hostel, police said. An image released by the New York Police Department shows a person of interest sought for questioning in connection with the shooting. Thompson's slaying sent shock waves throughout the corporate and health care worlds, raising questions about appropriate security for top-level executives.

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"Right off the bat, this guy had a day to get away," Alcazar told NBC News. They probably already have a lot more information about him than they are letting on to the public." "That might be the lead the NYPD needs," retired NYPD Detective Jillian Snider told MSNBC. Meanwhile, the shooter shooter fled on foot and then on a rental bike, Tisch said. Before the shooting, the gunman bought a water bottle and two protein bars from a nearby Starbucks and discarded the items, the sources said.

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☆ What we know about UnitedHealthcare CEO's fatal shooting outside NYC hotel
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters that the gunman arrived at the scene about five minutes before the shooting. Thompson received threats before his death, wife saysPaulette Thompson told NBC News on Wednesday that her husband had been receiving threats but she was unclear of their nature. Despite the threats, Thompson did not travel with security. An image released by the New York Police Department shows the individual sought in connection with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Following the shooting, the gunman fled on foot and then mounted an electric bike, the police commissioner said Wednesday.

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☆ Words found on shell casings where UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead, senior law enforcement official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Tom Winter | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Thompson did not travel with any personal security detail despite known threats against him. "There had been some threats," Thompson's wife, Paulette Thompson, told NBC News on Wednesday. "Basically, I don't know, a lack of coverage? I don't know details. Two of UnitedHealthcare's peers, Humana and Cigna, both said in their most recent proxy statements that they provide personal security to executives.

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☆ Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, fatally shot outside NYC hotel, source says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Gabrielle Fonrouge | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, a person familiar with the incident told CNBC. Brian Thompson was named chief executive of UnitedHealthcare in April 2021. A food cart vendor near the scene told NBC News that he did not hear any gunshots but saw police vehicles and two helicopters in the area. Thompson was named CEO of UnitedHealthcare in April 2021, according to his biography page. He previously served as CEO of UnitedHealthcare government programs including Medicare & Retirement and Community & State.

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UnitedHealthcare (UHC) health insurance company signage is displayed on an office building in Phoenix, Arizona on July 19, 2023. Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group 's insurance unit, was fatally shot outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, in what is believed to be a targeted attack, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. Thompson, 50, led UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurer in the U.S.A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed that a 50-year-old male was shot in front of 1335 Avenue of the Americas in New York at 6:46 a.m. The suspect in the shooting is described as using a firearm with a silencer, the person familiar with the matter said. The suspect is also described as a white male wearing a black hoodie, black pants, black sneakers with a white trim and a gray backpack, the person added.

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PinnedThe chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, was fatally shot outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, the police said. Mr. Thompson was taken to Mount Sinai West, where he was pronounced dead. The gunman apparently knew which door Mr. Thompson was going to enter and shot him several times from a few feet away, then fled. Image Brian Thompson was promoted to chief executive of UnitedHealthcare in 2021, heading one unit of the larger UnitedHealth Group. “We’re dealing with a very serious medical situation,” said Andrew Witty, the chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, according to Bloomberg.

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New York CNN —The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning in an apparent targeted attack as he was about to attend the company’s annual investor conference, a law enforcement official tells CNN. Brian Thompson was walking toward the New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, dressed in a suit and tie, to attend UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor conference being held in the ballroom. The gunman fled, cutting through an alleyway and hopping on to a bicycle, the official told CNN. Police work the scene of a shooting, where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot Wednesday in New York. Additional questions should be directed to the New York Police Department,” a New York Hilton Midtown general manager told CNN, noting that Thompson was not a registered guest at the hotel.

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☆ A man who paid $200.57 for a night at a famous NYC hotel and then lived there rent-free for years is unfit to stand trial, court says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mickey Barreto lived in the New Yorker Hotel for free for years before his recent arrest. AdvertisementDoctors say a man who had lived inside the iconic New Yorker Hotel for free for more than half a decade is unfit to stand trial. Mickey Barreto lived in the New Yorker Hotel for years without paying a single cent in rent. In June 2018, Barreto and his partner, Matthew Hannan, stayed in room 2565 at the New Yorker Hotel for one night and paid $200.57. Although a judge ordered him to stop representing himself as the owner of the hotel, Barreto continued to live there for free.

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☆ Nurses at Mount Sinai Morningside and West reach tentative agreement as thousands of nurses still due to strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Celina Tebor Vanessa Yurkevich Ramishah Maruf Samantha Beech | Celina Tebor | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Nurses at two other area hospitals, Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Bronx, are still due to strike after not reaching agreements. The new tentative agreement at Morningside and West brings the anticipated number of nurses to strike down from 8,700 to about 7,125. A Mount Sinai spokesperson told CNN on Saturday the hospital system is actively bargaining with the Mount Sinai Morningside and West campuses under separate union agreements. Another six will be transferred Sunday from the NICUs at Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai West, the spokesperson said. “In addition, we have transferred close to 100 patients from the affected hospitals – The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside – to unaffected hospitals within the Mount Sinai system and partner hospitals in NYC and we continue to safely discharge patients who were schedule to go home.” All elective surgeries have been postponed, the spokesperson said.

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