Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot in midtown Manhattan early Wednesday in what police said appeared to be a "brazen, targeted attack. The event was canceled after reports of the shooting emerged. Andrew Witty, the chief executive of parent United Healthcare Group, had spoken to the conference that morning, the New York Times reported. After he left the stage at the hotel, attendees learned Thompson had been shot.
People were scared. Thompson was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The shooter — described by police as a light-skinned male wearing a cream-colored jacket and carrying a gray backpack — fled from the scene, and a manhunt is underway.
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