UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Thompson was fatally shot in the chest in Manhattan, the New York Post reported on Wednesday.
According to the publication's sources, a masked man shot at Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown Manhattan Hotel at 6:46 am ET. The police told the newspaper the attack seems to be pre-planned.
The businessman reportedly succumbed to wounds at the hospital he was taken to.