Health Care CEO murdered in NYC in a targeted attack

Apparently didn't affect the stock-yet. Also there an investor event/conference today which had to be canceled.
 

It will be interesting to find out what the shooter's motive was. I think with the ACA, insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to anyone, but they can still bankrupt a person with high deductibles and co-pays.

Brian Thompson's pay compensation last year was about $10 million dollars. That might be a contributing factor if indeed the shooter was deep in debt due to medical bills.
 
As I was reading some of the news releases, there wasn't a whole lot to support this being targeted... shooter would have had to know exactly when he'd be walking out, etc. or *if* he'd be walking out at that moment as one example. But then I read that his wife has stated there were some threats against him previously, so that kind of changed everything.
 
I was part of an Investigation team that probed the killing of a dog judge. I don't know their proper title. He was a judge for a local dog competition show that is held in the Pittsburgh area at that time. He was killed on his way home from running errands. A vehicle pulled up alongside him and rolled down the passenger side winder and shot 3 bullets from a .380 pistol, two of which struck him. One shot hit him in his left shoulder and the other 2 shots struck him in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

It was a busy highway and only one person was able to give a kind of ambiguous description of the vehicle and only part of the license plate numbers and letters, but together, it was enough to put together a list of only 40 vehicles. We found him on vehicle 33 on our list. We hauled him into the station and read him his rights, which he waived by signing our form and was willing to talk to us. He said he killed the man because he took off points because his dog didn't wear an expensive diamond collar as the winning dog had done.
 
The suspect used as E scooter or bike while escaping. These things are an issue on their own and not just in NYC.

I've almost been run over by people riding them on the sidewalk. If they have a motor they need to registered and driver license just like other motor vehicles.

That being said hopefully they can track it.
 
911 said:
I was part of an Investigation team that probed the killing of a dog judge. I don't know their proper title. He was a judge for a local dog competition show that is held in the Pittsburgh area at that time. He was killed on his way home from running errands. A vehicle pulled up alongside him and rolled down the passenger side winder and shot 3 bullets from a .380 pistol, two of which struck him. One shot hit him in his left shoulder and the other 2 shots struck him in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

It was a busy highway and only one person was able to give a kind of ambiguous description of the vehicle and only part of the license plate numbers and letters, but together, it was enough to put together a list of only 40 vehicles. We found him on vehicle 33 on our list. We hauled him into the station and read him his rights, which he waived by signing our form and was willing to talk to us. He said he killed the man because he took off points because his dog didn't wear an expensive diamond collar as the winning dog had done.
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Maybe with his experience with dogs he can participate in a program like Paws for Prison during his stay in prison.
 
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I had a beef with my Union Rep years ago.

The Company was supporting me during a difficult time, and the Union was giving me a really hard time. I actually day dreamt about taking this Rep out...as I was stressed to the gills. Nothing ever came of this thought, but I was clearly on thin ice mentally.

I can see how someone pushed to the edge by an Insurance Company could lash out.
 
HermitHogan said:
It will be interesting to find out what the shooter's motive was. I think with the ACA, insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to anyone, but they can still bankrupt a person with high deductibles and co-pays.

Brian Thompson's pay compensation last year was about $10 million dollars. That might be a contributing factor if indeed the shooter was deep in debt due to medical bills.
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Did they catch him?
 
They said on the news that he was being investigated by the DOJ for insider trading, and they think that the killing might be related to that. What I read was that there was speculation of it being a professional hit job, since the shooter used a silencer and maybe special ammunition.
UHC apparently sold off millions of dollars in stock ahead of the DOJ Investigation, which is causing huge investor losses. I think that we will probably be hearing more about why this happened as the investigation continues.
 
Very sad someone lost their life over some kind of grevience. Healthcare, pharmaceutical, corporate are getting worse and worse. People will be losing their minds.

@911 Wow, what a story. Makes me glad I just thrift cats. Don't need anything designer.
 
The Suspect
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Rakaia said:
Insurance companies take risks by sweet talking the premiums and hard talking the claims.
There's a lesson in here from Newton's law about action and reaction.
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Are you seriously suggesting the murder was justified? Really?
 
HermitHogan said:
Here's his pic from Starbucks. Somebody's going to recognize him.
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[EDIT: @RadishRose beat me to it, although this is a slightly different photo.]
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If this was a professional hit, catching him/her might prove difficult. Dark hair, White, 20s- 40s, medium height and build? That covers a lot of NYers, presuming it's even a NYer. He/she could be two-three states away by now.

Without a personal connection or axe to grind with the victim, and no mistakes like fingerprints or dropping something that will leave a trail, this will be a hard case to crack.
 
Rakaia said:
@Buckeye
I'm not suggesting that murder is acceptable but I am saying that it is understandable, desperate people do desperate things.
Actions have consequences, this applies to a parasitic insurance company as well as a murderer.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Sorry, but if you think it is "understandable" (your word, not mine) then to you it is acceptable. We've all been desperate, but I don't think any of us on here have committed such a cowardly act. Sad that you are okay with it. "Actions have consequences" indeed...
 
StarSong said:
If this was a professional hit, catching him/her might prove difficult. Dark hair, White, 20s- 40s, medium height and build? That covers a lot of NYers, presuming it's even a NYer. He/she could be two-three states away by now.

Without a personal connection or axe to grind with the victim, and no mistakes like fingerprints or dropping something that will leave a trail, this will be a hard case to crack.
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There's one shot of him talking on the phone while walking on the sidewalk. If that was his own phone, they got him.

If he used his own credit card to rent the e-bike, they got him.

If someone recognizes him from the photo, they got him.

Granted, identifying him and capturing him are two different things. Like you said, he could be in a different state by now or even in another country. He could have gotten on a boat or even a plane.
 

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