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Police at the scene of the shooting of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson in New York on Dec. 4.
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The UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive who was fatally shot in New York on Wednesday morning had no personal security detail, a circumstance that could prompt swift changes inside corporate boardrooms, especially as the global political environment grows more unstable.
Brian Thompson, 50, was shot in the back and the leg outside the New York Hilton Midtown, where the largest US insurer was hosting an investor day. Authorities said the shooting was a targeted attack. New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said in a press conference that Thompson did not have a security detail and arrived at the hotel alone.