Not long ago, Brian Thompson, the president of UnitedHealthcare, was shot. This shooting took place in the busy part of Mentaneh city; Apparently, Thompson was supposed to give a speech at the investor conference. The suspect of this murder, with a mask and light brown or cream-colored jacket, waited for Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel for five minutes; Just where he was expected to give a speech.
Description of a murder
Thompson, who went to the scene on foot, was shot in the back and leg and died about half an hour later at a hospital. According to NYPD, the suspect’s gun may have jammed, but he was able to quickly fix it and continue shooting. It seems that he also used a muffler.
According to CBS, investigators believe the firearm is a BT Station Six 9.
After the shooting, evidence shows him fleeing toward Central Park on an electric bicycle. Police believe he left New York possibly on a bus headed for Atlanta, Georgia.
Investigators have not yet identified a motive for the killing, but have focused in part on the words written on the bullets found at the crime scene. They wrote on the bullet: Delay, Deny, Defend.
The words “deny”, “defend” and “depose” were written on the cartridge found at the shooting scene, which appears to refer to a book critical of the insurance industry. which was published in 2010.
This book is titled “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.” has been published.
Grand prize F.B.I
The FBI offered a $50,000 reward for information on the killer. Meanwhile, police have reportedly collected more than 200 images of the suspect from the time he arrived in New York to the time he fled Manhattan after the shooting. Including two clear images of the suspect, one showing him smiling with a black mask pulled down his face. According to reports, a hotel receptionist asked him to show his face. The man was staying at a hostel on New York’s Upper West Side and was reportedly using a fake New Jersey ID for identification.
The police also found a backpack with clothes from the suspect; Additionally, they are trying to find DNA evidence using water bottles and candy wrappers found at the crime scene and a Starbucks coffee cup they believe is linked to the suspect. A mobile phone was also discovered in an alley on the suspect’s escape route. The police managed to arrest the suspect.
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested and charged in connection with the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears to be suffering from a back condition called spondylolisthesis, which can cause severe pain.
Various reports online suggest that the insurance company that Thompson headed has the highest rate of denial of insurance claims and owes people a lot of medical expenses, despite huge annual profits. Apparently, this is the reason why the murderer has become one of the most popular people in America.
Apparently, the company uses an artificial intelligence system to review insurance claims and estimate risk, which is why it has the highest claim rejection rate in the US.
Although the murderer has now been arrested as a murder suspect; But since he has recently used fake information and images created with deepfake, the judicial authorities do not have any documents from him that can be used to charge that person.
In addition, it is said that several lawyers have announced that they will represent this person for free. It is interesting to know that, due to the large reward that was offered for the identification of the suspect, most of the people had announced that they would avoid introducing the person due to their annoyance with the insurance companies.
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