in Midtown Manhattan early this morning 50-year-old Brian Thompson the CEO of United healthc Care was shot and killed in what appears at this early stage of our investigation to be a Brazen targeted attack this does not appear to be a random act of violence the victim was in New York City to speak at an investor conference it appears a suspect was lying in wait for several minutes and as the victim was walking to the conference Hotel the suspect of approached from behind and fired several rounds striking the victim at least once in the back and at least once in the right Cal many people passed the suspect but he appeared to wait for his intended target the suspect fled first on foot then on an ebike and was last seen in Central Park on Center Drive early this morning the victim was removed to Roosevelt Hospital where he was pronounced