{"id":134316,"date":"2024-12-07T11:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T04:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134316"},"modified":"2024-12-07T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T04:02:49","slug":"united-healthcare-ceo-shooting-news-police-have-reason-to-believe-gunman-has-left-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134316","title":{"rendered":"United Healthcare CEO Shooting News: Police Have \u2018Reason to Believe\u2019 Gunman Has Left NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>For the general public, the shooting in Manhattan of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare on Wednesday seemed like something off Netflix: a coldblooded morning murder outside a hotel, a hooded man shooting a corporate bigwig from behind, the victim turning to face the attacker before crumpling to the ground, mortally wounded.<\/p>\n<p>But beyond those images from a dark surveillance video, little is known about the shooting or the gunman. The police have not established a motive for the killing, and three days into their search they have not publicly named a suspect or made an arrest.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">For those who professionally study criminal behavior, though, the shooting was packed with crucial information, with the killer\u2019s every known move providing new opportunities to speculate about who he might be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The police said the shooting was a targeted attack by someone with experience with firearms. But was that someone acting on a personal grudge \u2014 or a hired hand? And if the killer was a hit man, was he an amateur or a seasoned professional?<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The consensus among experts following the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/06\/nyregion\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson\" title=\"\">killing of Brian Thompson<\/a>, the veteran chief executive of one of the nation\u2019s largest health insurers, was that the shooter could indeed handle himself around a gun, but that everything else suggested that he was unlikely to have been hired to commit the crime. <\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cForgive me for saying too much on too little evidence, but it looks like the kind of guy that made up his mind that he was doing the right thing,\u201d said David Shapiro, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, and a former F.B.I. special agent. \u201cHe didn\u2019t look like a guy that was fearful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">He added: \u201cIn terms of a professional hit man, that seems unlikely. It would be very hard to get somebody to do something like this. It\u2019s very high risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The gunman waited by a specific entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown and fired his weapon with confidence. He also appeared to have outfitted his gun with a silencer, which are rarely used in murders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/05\/nyregion\/unitedhealthcare-shooting-suspect-gun-silencer.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">silencers have become more popular<\/a>, and while the shooter may have had military or law enforcement training, experts pointed out, he could just as easily be an avid hunter or have practiced at a range. <\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">The scene of Brian Thompson\u2019s killing Wednesday morning in Manhattan.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Karsten Moran for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The culprit did appear to have a getaway plan: jumping on a bicycle, perhaps electric, and riding it toward Central Park, the last place where he was spotted. But again, experts were skeptical. \u201cThat\u2019s not much of a plan \u2014 on a bicycle,\u201d said Dennis Kenney, also a professor at John Jay College. \u201cEven an electric bicycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI mean, the whole problem is doing the whole thing in Midtown Manhattan, even though it\u2019s in the morning,\u201d he continued. Not only are there \u201ccameras everywhere,\u201d he said, \u201cthere\u2019s too much of a possibility of other people intervening, of a cop happening to walk by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">He added: \u201cThere\u2019s just too much that can go wrong and there\u2019s too little that you control<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">And the shooter left a trail of clues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, the police released <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/05\/nyregion\/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare-news\" title=\"\">images<\/a> of a man they said was wanted in connection with the shooting, and revealed that bullet casings collected at the scene had been inscribed with messages, including the words \u201cdelay\u201d and \u201cdeny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Before the shooting, according to the police, the man stayed in a hostel some miles away, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where he shared a room with other guests and where his smiling face was captured by a surveillance camera. He went to a Starbucks near the Hilton before the shooting, where a camera again recorded his actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">After the shooting, the police found not only the shell casings but also a cellphone that they are examining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">None of this looks like the work of a professional, the experts said. (Assassinations occur but are usually ordered by governments or criminal groups like drug cartels, and rarely leave behind much evidence, they said.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, when authorities revealed that the bullet casings collected at the scene were scrawled with \u201cdelay,\u201d \u201cdeny\u201d and other words, they did not suggest the meaning of the messages. But some experts wondered if the shooting could have been motivated by frustration over common problems people have with health insurers \u2014 problems for which Mr. Thompson\u2019s company, UnitedHealthcare, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"#delay-deny-defend-united-health-care-insurance-claims\" title=\"\">was often criticized.<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">New York City police officers at the  Manhattan hostel where the police say the gunman stayed.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Caitlin Ochs for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">At this point, all signs point toward a person who is not a professional, according to Gary Jenkins, a former police investigator from Kansas City, Mo., who now hosts the \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/gangland-wire\/id984020877\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gangland Wire\u201d podcast<\/a>. Instead, it was likely \u201csomebody that has an ax to grind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In rare cases, Mr. Jenkins said, people who are upset tap their networks for a hired gun. An angry spouse, a jilted lover or a duplicitous business partner might ask a bartender, hairdresser or a friend if they know someone who knows someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But like the other experts interviewed in the wake of the shooting, Mr. Jenkins speculated that in this case, it was the shooter himself, or someone close to him, who was \u201cdisgruntled,\u201d possibly over something related to insurance coverage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Others brought up the possibility, however remote, that the messages on the shell casings \u2014 words that could be perceived as a reference to the tactics used by insurers to avoid paying claims \u2014 were written to throw investigators off track. \u201cIs that a great red herring?\u201d asked Mr. Shapiro, the former F.B.I. special agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But like red herrings, the idea that someone can easily hire a hit man is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/14\/nyregion\/hit-men-are-easy-to-find-in-the-movies-real-life-is-another-story.html\" title=\"\">\u201cmore the stuff of movies and fables,\u201d<\/a> said Michael C. Farkas, a defense attorney who has worked as a New York City homicide prosecutor. \u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s never happened or that there aren\u2019t mercenaries that can be hired,\u201d he said. \u201cBut this doesn\u2019t seem to be such a situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">It is far more likely, he agreed with the others, that the shooter acted alone. \u201cI think he planned this as meticulously as his abilities allow,\u201d said Mr. Farkas. \u201cAnd he\u2019s probably intelligent enough to know the odds of evading capture indefinitely are not in his favor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe clearly wanted to send a message, and he is trying to get away.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/06\/nyregion\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the general public, the shooting in Manhattan of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare on Wednesday seemed like something off Netflix: a coldblooded morning murder outside a hotel, a hooded &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134316\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}