The killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could be a “disgruntled” employee or client of the health insurance giant, the NYPD’s top detective said Friday.
Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny revealed investigators’ thinking on the still-unidentified gunman’s motive during a huddle with reporters.
“Our thought on it is obviously it could possibly be a disgruntled employee or disgruntled client,” he said.
The potential that the killer bore a grudge against UnitedHealthcare — which attracted hate and controversy even before the shocking murder for denying claims — and its chief executive, Thompson, casts his apparent meticulousness in planning, carrying out and escaping consequences for his shocking crime in an even darker light.
The masked gunman not only appears to have meticulously planned his shocking hit on Thompson, 50, outside a Midtown Hilton hotel, but also took great pains to conceal his identity, Kenny said.
The suspect said nothing to his roommates during his days-long stay at an Upper West Side hostel, Kenny said.
He even kept his mask on while eating, the chief said.
Sources have said the sole image showing the suspect’s face only came about because he was flirting with a receptionist at the hostel.
