this morning at 6:46 a.m. patrol officers from Midtown North precent responded to a 911 call of a person shot in front of the Hilton Hotel located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 6:48 a.m. officers arrive and find the victim Brian R Thompson a 50-year-old male on the sidewalk in front of the Hilton with gunshot wounds to his back and leg Mr Thompson was removed by EMS to Roosevelt Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:12 a.m. Mr Thompson is the CEO of United Healthcare and resides in Minnesota what we know is that the shooter arrived at the location on foot about 5 minutes prior to the victim’s arrival he stands alongside the building line as numerous other people and pedestrians pass him by from video we see at 6:44 a.m. the victim is walking alone towards the Hilton After exiting his hotel across the street we believe the victim was headed to the Hilton Hotel to attend the United Health Group investors conference that was scheduled to start at 8:00 a.m. the shooters steps onto the sidewalk from behind the car he ignores numerous other pedestrians approaches the victim from behind and shoots him in the back the shooter then walks toward the victim and continues to shoot the shooter then flees on foot Northbound into an Alleyway between 54th Street and 55th Street once at West 55th Street the shooter continues to walk westbound on Avenue Americas where he gets onto an electric e City bike and rides Northbound on the Avenue Americas towards Central Park where at 64 8: a.m. we have the shooter riding this bike into Central Park at Center Drive the motive for this murder currently is unknown but based on the evidence we have so far it does appear that the victim was specifically targeted but at this point we do not know why this does not appear to be a random act of violence