How UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s Slaying Fits the Profile of ‘Vendetta’ Cases

PROFILE OF AN ASSASSIN

The mystery man who gunned down the multi-millionaire insurance CEO on a Manhattan sidewalk likely had a bone to pick, experts tell the Daily Beast.

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Updated Dec. 6 2024 7:55PM EST / Published Dec. 5 2024 4:25PM EST

A photo illustration of the United Health CEO Brian Thompson and the assassin. — Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/NYPD/United Health Group

The shock slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has all the makings of a “vendetta” assassination carried out by a man with “personal grievances” against the health insurance company he oversaw.

Josh Fiallo

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How UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s Slaying Fits the Profile of ‘Vendetta’ Cases

The mystery man who gunned down the multi-millionaire insurance CEO on a Manhattan sidewalk likely had a bone to pick, experts tell the Daily Beast.

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