United Healthcare CEO gunned down outside Manhattan hotel: report

A masked man shot and killed the CEO of UnitedHealth outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan, according to reports

Insurance executive Brian Thompson had arrived around 6:46 a.m. at the Hilton Hotel for a conference when a gunman who had allegedly been lying in wait for him opened fire and then fled, reported the New York Post.

The 50-year-old Thompson was rushed to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition but was later pronounced dead, police said.

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The suspect was described as a white man wearing a cream-colored jacket, black face mask and black-and-white sneakers, and investigators said he was also carrying a grey backpack.

The shooter hadn't been a guest at the hotel, but it's not clear whether he had other business there.

The suspect fled though a nearby alley and then fled the scene on a bicycle, and he remains at large, according to multiple reports.