{"id":2376660,"date":"2024-12-05T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-assassinated-unitedhealthcare-ceo-speaks-out-there-had-been-some-threats\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:18:57","slug":"wife-of-assassinated-unitedhealthcare-ceo-speaks-out-there-had-been-some-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-assassinated-unitedhealthcare-ceo-speaks-out-there-had-been-some-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife of Assassinated UnitedHealthcare CEO Speaks Out: &#8216;There Had Been Some Threats&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwife-of-assassinated-unitedhealthcare-ceo-speaks-out-there-had-been-some-threats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2376660&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2063widow of Brian thompson, the CEO of united Healthcare, has revealed that he\u2062 had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporter-and-mother-of-two-fears-for-her-life-and-her-childrens-safety-after-kathy-griffin-doxxes-her-family\/\" title=\"Trump Supporter and Mother of Two Fears for Her Life and Her Children\u2019s Safety After Kathy Griffin Doxxes Her Family\">received threats<\/a> prior<\/a> to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-gov-orders-flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-teacher\/\" title=\"Iowa Gov. orders flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of teacher\">tragic murder<\/a>. Thompson was shot outside a Hilton hotel in Manhattan early Wednesday \u2063during a company investor event. In a heartfelt statement, Paulette Thompson expressed her devastation, describing her husband as a loving and generous man who had a profound impact on many lives. <\/p>\n<p>She mentioned that there were threats against him, but she did not\u200b have specific details, only noting a potential connection to \u200bhealth care coverage issues.\u200b The police are actively investigating, with Commissioner Jessica Tisch stating that the suspect was\u200c waiting for Thompson before the attack. The shooter approached Thompson and\u200c continued firing, with \u200dindications that there was a malfunction with the weapon. Notably, Thompson did not have security with him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Former FBI supervisor Rob D\u2019Amico speculated that the crime could \u200bbe motivated by \u2064a grudge against\u2062 the company. Key\u200c evidence includes the \u200bsuspect\u2019s \u2063fleeing vehicle, which is reported to have GPS, and a\u200d cellphone\u2062 believed to belong to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooter-convicted-on-all-charges-could-face-death-penalty\/\" title=\"Synagogue shooter found guilty on all counts, may face death penalty.\">shooter found<\/a> near the scene. Additionally, the \u2062suspect was seen waiting for Thompson in a Starbucks before the shooting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widow of murdered United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson said he had received threats at one point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thompson was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ceo-unitedhealthcare-murdered-apparent-targeted-attack-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot to death<\/a> early Wednesday outside a midtown Manhattan Hilton hotel where the company was having an investor event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We are shattered to hear about the senseless killing of our beloved Brian,&rdquo; Paulette Thompson wrote in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/fox-news-us\/slain-unitedhealthcare-ceo-wife-company-boss-break-silence-after-executive-murdered-outside-hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>. &ldquo;Brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There had been some threats,&rdquo; she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/man-fatally-shot-nyc-hotel-police-say-rcna182789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Basically, I don&rsquo;t know, a lack of [health care] coverage? I don&rsquo;t know details. I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t really give a thoughtful response right now. I just found this out, and I&rsquo;m trying to console my children,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/orlando-halloween-celebration-turns-deadly-shooting-breaks-dramatic-video-catches-police-heroic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspect<\/a> is still at large. The suspect had waited for Thompson, she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny&nbsp;said the gunman preceded Thompson to the hotel by about five minutes. The shooter emerged to gun down Thompson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The shooter then walks toward the victim and continues to shoot. It appears that the gun malfunctions as he clears the jam and begins to fire again,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thompson did not travel with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberals-play-guns-democrat-involved-shooting-accident-bullet-fragment-hits-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Speaking to other employees that traveled with him to New York, it doesn&rsquo;t seem like he had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-on-major-security-upgrade-will-fine-members-5k-for-bypassing-metal-detectors\/\" title=\"House Votes On Major Security Upgrade, Will Fine Members K For Bypassing Metal Detectors\">security detail<\/a>. He left the hotel by himself, was walking, didn&rsquo;t seem like he had any issues at at all,&rdquo; Kenny said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/previous-threats-slain-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-didnt-trave-rcna182878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former FBI supervisor&nbsp;Rob D&rsquo;Amico said the incident appears to him to be motivated by a grudge against the company<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Even a layman can find there&rsquo;s so much on the internet now, and people put so much out there,&rdquo; he said, noting that tracking down someone is not as hard as it might appear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Fox Business, the electric bike the suspect used to flee the scene had a GPS system.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/04\/us-news\/ceo-of-unitedhealthcare-fatally-shot-outside-of-hilton-hotel-in-nyc-in-possible-targeted-attack-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported that a cellphone found in an alley near the hotel is believed to have been dropped by the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reported that the suspect bought a bottle of water and two PowerBars while waiting in a Starbucks for Thompson to arrive.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Thompson was fatally shot early Wednesday outside a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan during a company investor event. Paulette Thompson expressed her devastation over his &#8220;senseless killing,&#8221; describing him as a loving and talented man who impacted many lives. She mentioned to NBC that there had been threats related to issues like healthcare coverage, although she lacked specific details. As she copes with the news and comforts her children, police are still searching for the suspect, who appeared to have waited for Thompson before attacking him just minutes after he arrived at the hotel alone without security. Former FBI supervisor Rob D\u2019Amico suggested that the motive might stem from a grudge against the company, noting how easily information can be found online about individuals. Reports indicate that the suspect fled on an electric bike equipped with GPS and may have dropped a cellphone near the scene while waiting for Thompson at Starbucks before committing the crime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brian-Thompson.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27881,3850,4855,46086,4410],"class_list":["post-2376660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassinated","tag-ceo","tag-threats","tag-unitedhealthcare","tag-wife"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brian-Thompson.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376660"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376664,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376660\/revisions\/2376664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}