The chief executive of UnitedHealth’s insurance arm was fatally shot outside a hotel in New York City Wednesday morning in a targeted attack, police said.A manhunt is underway for a suspect who was lying in wait for the executive, Brian Thompson, and fled after shooting Thompson in the back and leg. Police said Thompson lived in Minnesota and was in New York to attend an investor meeting.The New York City Police Department earlier said a 50-year-old man was shot around 6:45 a.m. near a Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Police officers found him unconscious. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead.The apparent ass*ssin who m*rdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan used a silencer according to CBS New York.NYPD has released photos of the suspect and is now offering a $10,000 reward.Police were seen performing CPR on Thompson after the suspect carried out the attack and fled through a nearby alley.It is believed that the suspect waited hours for Thompson, with some reports claiming he waited overnight. "At approximately 640 AM in front of the Hilton Hotel... the perpetrator discharged a firearm striking the 50-year-old male victim in the chest and causing his demise," a police statement said.NYC Mayor Eric Adams said the attack appeared to be targeted."We want to be clear to New Yorkers that this does not appear to be a random act of violence."
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