Terrified millionaire CEOs desperately hiring security after Brian Thompson murder with ‘ghost’ assassin still on loose
Following the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, embittered millionaire CEOs are frantically increasing their security.
Before starting to shoot early on Wednesday morning, the assassin patiently awaited the arrival of the fifty-year-old health insurance executive for an investor presentation in Midtown Manhattan.
The moment the gunman shot Mr. Thompson is captured on chilling CCTV tape.
The accused “assassin” who rode an electric bike into Central Park and disappeared like a ghost is currently being sought by police.
To date, police have not provided a motive for the crime.
However, the horrific massacre has given other CEOs ample cause to fear for their safety.
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According to executives at Allied Universal, which provides security services to 80% of Fortune 500 companies, their phones were “ringing off the hook” with prospective customers on Wednesday.
Allied provides a variety of services, including as placing security guards outside of places of business, chauffeuring executives, keeping an eye on their homes, and tracking their families.
The New York Times notes that the expense of properly covering a top executive is approximately $250,000 per year, according to Glen Kucera, who is in charge of Allied’s enhanced protection services.
According to Chris Pierson, CEO of digital executive protection firm BlackCloak, there has been a notable rise in targeted online and offline attacks on CEOs and their families within the last five years.
Generally speaking, executives in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, and health care industries are targeted more often than those in other industries.
Digital platforms have made it easier to discover the identities and locations of CEOs, even while social media has fueled the ire directed at these titans of business.
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According to CEO salary research firm Equilar, businesses have been increasing their security expenditures; some of the biggest corporations in America doubled their investment between 2021 and 2023.
According to Mr. Pierson, businesses and security organizations invest a significant amount of time and energy in classifying the persistent and common dangers that are present online.
They are often arranged according to the threat’s seriousness, the probability of an assault, and the threat-maker’s ability.
As he flirted with a hotel receptionist, CEO Brian Thompson’s “assassin” took off his mask and showed his face.
FLIRTY ‘KILLER’
Before the heinous killing in Midtown Manhattan, police published a new photo of the suspected shooter grinning at a desk worker at the HI New York City Hostel.
The suspected shooter, whose face was meticulously hidden in practically every CCTV footage, is being sought by police.
According to police sources who spoke to the New York Post, the man “flirted” with the receptionist before he tripped and pulled down the covers.
Police are frantically trying to find the perpetrator, and this is one of several photos they have published from the hostel he stayed at and a Starbucks he visited before the shooting.
When he checked in on November 30, NYPD and FBI officers investigated the hostel on Amsterdam Avenue and discovered the key clue that had been recorded on camera.
According to the police, he arrived on November 24 and left on November 29 before coming back on November 30.
In an attempt to conceal his identity, the suspect utilized a phony driver’s license from New Jersey.
The suspect in the recent CCTV image is dressed similarly to the shooter’s coat.
A woman who works at the hostel told investigators that the two were flirting at the time, and he was spotted grinning at the employee.
After discovering further CCTV footage of him in the vicinity at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, exactly one hour before he is suspected of shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, police followed him to the hostel.
According to sources, a search of the hostel room where he stayed on Wednesday at around 6:30 p.m. turned up nothing noteworthy.
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He is thought to have spent the most of his time wearing a mask while sharing the multi-person room with as many as six other males.
The hostel claims to be entirely compliant with the investigation.
Brian Thompson received ‘threats’
Written by Senior News Reporter Forest McFarland
Paulette, Brian Thompson’s wife, was concerned that her husband would be in danger because he was the head of the biggest private healthcare organization in the United States.
Her statement to NBC News was, “There had been some threats,”
“Basically, a lack of coverage, I guess?
“Details are unknown to me. All I know is that he said that certain individuals had been threatening him.
Thompson left his Minnesota home to attend a conference with investors at the hotel at 8 a.m.
In order to arrive early and get ready for the attack, he crossed the street from the hotel where he was staying without a security escort.
According to Bloomberg News, the discussion lasted for around an hour before participants were drawn away by the increasing police presence outside.
In the end, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty informed guests that they were facing a “very serious medical situation” and threw the audience out.
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