The spouse of slain medical health insurance CEO Brian Thompson claimed Wednesday that her husband had been getting threats earlier than he was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan.
“There had been some threats,” Paulette Thompson informed NBC Information in her first feedback since her husband was murdered early Wednesday.
“Basically, I don’t know, a lack of coverage?” she mentioned, referring to her 50-year-old husband’s position as CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s insurance coverage division.
“I don’t know details. I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him,” she informed NBC Information by telephone.
“I can’t really give a thoughtful response right now. I just found this out and I’m trying to console my children,” she mentioned, confirming that police had informed her it’s believed to have been a “targeted attack.”
Brian Thompson, 50, was shot within the chest early Wednesday morning by a masked man who was ready for him exterior the Hilton lodge as he headed to a convention. He was rushed in crucial situation to the Mt. Sinai Hospital, the place he was later pronounced useless, police mentioned.
No arrests have been made. Crime Stoppers are providing a $10,000 reward for data.
