UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shot and killed on the streets of Manhattan

The CEO of UnitedHealth, Brian Thompson, died Wednesday morning after being shot multiple times in Manhattan in front of the Hilton, according to The New York Post.

Police believe it was a targeted attack. No arrests have been announced at this time.

Thompson was in front of the hotel around 6:45 a.m. to attend a conference. A masked man who had reportedly been waiting for his arrival shot him several times and fled down Sixth Avenue on a bicycle.

Per Pix 11, UnitedHealth Group was holding a conference with investors at a hotel in Manhattan, which was interrupted by the group's CEO, Andrew Witty, who spoke of a "very serious medical situation."

The 50-year-old senior executive was transported to Mt. Sinai West hospital in critical condition, where he was confirmed dead.

Several witnesses told WNYW that the suspect appeared to have been waiting, perhaps throughout the night, outside the hotel, possibly targeting the victim specifically. According to ABC News, police say the shooter wore a ski mask and fled down an alley near West 55th St. He was reportedly a tall, thin man dressed entirely in black.

Thompson had been part of UnitedHealth Group for 20 years and headed its subsidiary, UnitedHealthcare, since 2021.

UnitedHealth Group has 440,000 employees and billed $100.8 billion in the third quarter of the year. The insurer, one of the nation's largest, covers health care for 51 million people.