Authorities have not disclosed a name or a motive in the Wednesday morning shooting of Brian Thompson.
Officials with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) were still searching on Thursday for the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what was described as a “brazen” attack outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel, a city council member said.
Thompson, the head of UnitedHealth Group’s insurance unit, was shot from behind on Wednesday morning at around 6:45 a.m. in what police said was a targeted attack in which a masked suspect had lain in wait. Thompson was approaching a hotel where UnitedHealthcare was holding its investor conference.
Investigators have not yet revealed if they have a suspect in mind and no motive has been ascribed, NYPD officials said in a news conference Wednesday. Officials have not provided any updates or briefings since then.
Keith Powers, a New York City Council member, told CNN that the NYPD said the “investigation is underway, and I have confidence that we’re going to bring this person into custody.”
Authorities in the city, he added, are working around the clock to find and arrest the suspect.
“We want people to be coming into Manhattan—certainly that part of Manhattan. So we