NYPD Still Searching for Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Targeted Shooting Attack

Authorities have not disclosed a name or a motive in the Dec. 4 shooting of Brian Thompson.

This image provided by the New York Police Department shows the suspect sought in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding an investor conference on Dec. 4, 2024. New York Police Department via AP

Officials with the New York Police Department (NYPD) were still searching on Dec. 5 for the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel, a city council member said.

Thompson, the head of UnitedHealth Group’s insurance unit, was shot from behind on Dec. 4 at about 6:45 a.m. in what police said was a targeted attack in which a masked suspect had lain in wait. Thompson was approaching a hotel where UnitedHealthcare was holding its investor conference.