{"id":6414,"date":"2024-12-05T20:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T20:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2024-12-05T20:13:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T20:13:36","slug":"unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-fatally-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-fatally-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson fatally shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UnitedHealthcare CEO&nbsp;Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside a Hilton on Wednesday.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Thompson, alongside two other executives, was facing a lawsuit of insider trading related to an ongoing Justice Department investigation.\n\n\n\n</p><p>The class action lawsuit was initiated in May. It claimed that Thompson and two other executives offloaded millions in stock during a federal antitrust investigation.<a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/go.ezodn.com%5C/ads%5C/charity%5C/proxy?p_id=4490ff2a-0d72-48de-4e57-cedc5b5dea8d&amp;d_id=79196&amp;imp_id=6068924301179733&amp;c_id=1084&amp;l_id=10016&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazonconservation.org%2Ftake-action%2Fdonate%2F&amp;ffid=1&amp;co=XK%5C%22">\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnitedHealth was aware of the DOJ investigation since at least October 2023. Instead of disclosing this material investigation to investors or the public, UnitedHealth insiders sold more than $120 million of their personally held UnitedHealth shares,\u201d the suit filed by the City of Hollywood Firefighters\u2019 Pension Fund alleges.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Since, the New York Police Department\u00a0<a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/watch?v=9FD5YYDcEd4%5C%22">released\u00a0two photos of the suspect for the killing of Thompson.<br>\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-embed' is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio><div class='\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"'>\n<iframe loading='\"lazy\"' title='\"UnitedHealthcare' ceo fatally shot in attack nyc: police width='\"500\"' height='\"281\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/EabLK8JCpqU?feature=oembed%5C%22" frameborder='\"0\"' allow='\"accelerometer;' autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share referrerpolicy='\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"' allowfullscreen>\n<figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Following the shooting, the suspect fled the scene on an electric Citi Bike.<br><img decoding='\"async\"' loading='\"lazy\"' width='\"992\"' height='\"661\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a8900077f6ee04023f1fdb5dbf29fa80daea72eaf5c7d4923045e4e752abdcfa.webp' https: src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/boreddaddy.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/a8900077f6ee04023f1fdb5dbf29fa80daea72eaf5c7d4923045e4e752abdcfa.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"'>Getty Images<br>Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said officers recovered three live 9 mm rounds, three discharged shell casings, and a cell phone near the scene.<br><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/go.ezodn.com%5C/utilcave_com%5C/ezoicbwa.png%5C%22" alt='\"Ezoic\"'>Allegedly, three words \u201cdeny,\u201d \u201cdepose,\u201d and \u201cdefend\u201d were carved into the live rounds and shell casings found at the crime scene<em>.<br>Thompson\u2019s wife, Paulette, recalled her husband receiving threats. \u201cBasically, I don\u2019t know, a lack of coverage? I don\u2019t know details. I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him,\u201d she\u00a0<a rel='\"noreferrer' noopener href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.nbcnews.com%5C/news%5C/us-news%5C/man-fatally-shot-nyc-hotel-police-say-rcna182789%5C%22" target='\"_blank\"'>said.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>UnitedHealthcare CEO&nbsp;Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside a Hilton on Wednesday. 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