NY - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Midtown. #6

[RobSA]

it depends on the season, like all hotels

I looked at that. Generally prices are $50-70 range. Highest gets to $120 on the few very expensive days. Point is that $200+ is just way wrong.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Maybe you are just repeating info you read on here but rooms there are closer to $50 than $200.

Putting in a random 1 night date in Hotels.com gives you $256 for one night (and that's with a discount). Obviously the rate(s) during the nights he was there could be different, but just selecting random dates does look like it's over $200 a night.

 

[JennieM]

Up to 14 people in some of the rooms of this specific hostel. View attachment 550224HI New York City Hostel - HI USA

It would be so weird for him to keep his mask on all the time while around his roommates in a small room like this - no idea how he did it.

 

[Stratocaster]

are you suggesting the police are giving us fake AI photos?

Since 2020 the world has changed, and not one thing will surprise me anymore

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I noticed on the HI Hostel website that it says “Free towels and Bed Sheets.” To me, that indicates the guests might be free to change -and thus dispose of - bedsheets/towels. Maybe there’s a big hamper or a laundry area of some kind. A DNA nightmare.

i do believe they had time to retrieve his sheets/towels before they were laundered. But I think this will fall into the same vacuum ... they will find no dna records of this person.

 

[Suburgatory2014]

Yeah, also worth noting this particular hostel is $200+ a night. So, although they seem "cheap", and probably are by NYC standards, these aren't like Motel6 prices.

Where did you get that cost from? If I look at room charges at the Hi Hostel website I see them ranging from $45 a night for not busy times and about $85 a night for a busy time like the holidays.

 

[nodamselindistress]

It was, as I understand it, a shareholders meeting. Many people buy 1 share of a stock to get closer to the CEO's/other management during those days (sometimes two days). My understanding is that the first day of this shareholder event (all held at the same hotel) was a run up to the second day, which was the fohttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealth-group-insiders-sell-us-120027214.htmlrmal meet-the-shareholders day. Dissenting shareholders for this particular equity company might be fairly large.

Other stockholders were miffed/worried about the legal troubles and possible criminal fraud at UHC:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealth-group-insiders-sell-us-120027214.html

The reason for the sell off is a rabbit hole.

So all someone has to do to get access to such events is buy 1 share of stock. Further, the crowd gathers and it's not exactly orderly once it starts (this particular company has had its share of protesters).

If the perp came into town 10 or more days earlier, they had quite a bit of time to scope out the itinerary of the CEO of the company they hated (if that was the motivation).

BT's wife told NBC that he had received death threats. I can understand how he decided to simply defy those threats (he was, after all, paid to do exactly that and I am boggled by his actual paycheck). I am also boggled by this company's reported profits and returns to equity share holders. All of this was the subject matter of this "conference." Feelings were heated.

IMO.

You understand it incorrectly, it was an INVESTORS CONFERENCE not the annual shareholders meeting. This has been corrected on every thread I have read so far, so maybe you got the incorrect info here.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed outside investor conference in N.Y.C.

A manhunt is now underway for the gunman who police believe targeted Thompson in the shooting.

news.yahoo.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

This was not a shareholders meeting. It was an investors conference for United Healthgroup. This would be for analysts and institutional investors, not individual shareholders.

This is an important differentiation. Different audience.

 

[RobSA]

It would be so weird for him to keep his mask on all the time while around all the other men in a small room like this - no idea how he did it.

I bet he left in the mornings and came back in the evenings, didn't spend much time there. He could throw in a few coughs here and there as well.

 

[eddie_van]

BBM
Maybe he was there in the middle of the night. But he wasn't there the whole night.

Dec. 4​

About 5:30 a.m. — The suspected shooter leaves the hostel.

5:41 a.m. — He appears on video at 54th Street and Sixth Avenue walking back and forth in the area of the Hilton hotel where United Healthcare’s parent company, UnitedHealth Group, is holding its annual investor conference.

Police deduce that he rode a bicycle to the Hilton because it took him such a short time to get there. “Could he have stolen the bike? These are things we’re still looking into,” Kenny said.

At some point, he went to a nearby Starbucks and purchased a bottle of water and at least one energy bar before returning to the hotel.

6:44 a.m. — He shoots Thompson as the executive arrives alone, on foot, having walked from a hotel across the street. The man flees.

NYPD seeks public help as suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder remains unidentified

The search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer since Thompson was ambushed Wednesday outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel has stretched beyond NYC.

wsbt.com

that timeline is very interesting. it kind of debunks the idea that he had perfect timing. he was there an hour before BT showed up, and in fact was so early he had to go to a starbucks to warm up before returning.

also, all he had to know was that the hilton had the investor conference, and that BT was going to speak at it. then just waiting at the hilton for him to come would be a simple plan.

 

[10ofRods]

I would be VERY surprised if 9mm ammo was used to euthanize animals. if you had to do it to a small animal it would ruin the body. like in a really bad way. Even cattle are killed by a bolt that retracts back into the gun. Plus the cost of the ammunition vs other more humane methods is just way too much.

The gun is supposedly for cattle and horses and similar.

Not small animal vet, but large animal vet

Vets do not, according to my veterinarian sister, use the same euthanasia method as feed lots/beef processors (who use bolts). Some open range cattle purveyors use the bolt gun, not the bolt method (not sure why - said to be more humane, do not know how that is ever judged).

When it's expensive race horses, though, there's a need to have it be silent (provided by this gun) and humane (quick). Which methods are more humane? My dad always said a gun was quickest and I read that a lot.

IMO.

 

[Kissee13]

yeah they wanted to push a story about how he's so dumb he flirted with a girl and that will be his undoing.

And the girl doesn’t remember anything , ? His voice ? Accent? What they talked about ? Weird

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Putting in a random 1 night date in Hotels.com gives you $256 for one night (and that's with a discount). Obviously the rate(s) during the nights he was there could be different, but just selecting random dates does look like it's over $200 a night.

Sorry, ignore me!! I didn't realize my Hotels.com settings were set to 2 people per night, not one.

 

[arielilane]

New images show UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect in taxi

New images released by police late Saturday show the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson boarding a taxi.

www.fox5ny.com

On Friday evening, investigators found a backpack in Central Park that had been worn by the gunman, police said. They didn’t immediately reveal what, if anything, it contained but said it would be tested and analyzed. Images from FOX 5 NY show officers guarding a brown bag filled with clothing.

 

[HungryBrain]

that timeline is very interesting. it kind of debunks the idea that he had perfect timing. he was there an hour before BT showed up, and in fact was so early he had to go to a starbucks to warm up before returning.

What name do you think they put on his cup? Surely police are speaking to everyone in that shop. I don't think it will be long before he's IDed, but I do think it will be a long time before he is found.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

And the girl doesn’t remember anything , ? His voice ? Accent? What they talked about ? Weird

I'm sure she remembered plenty..but NYPD is understandably keeping some info tight lipped.

 

[Columbo Was The Best]

It would be so weird for him to keep his mask on all the time while around his roommates in a small room like this - no idea how he did it.

His roommates just probably thought ''This man is immunocompromised and takes precautions to avoid catching a new variant of Covid'' Lots of people are still wearing masks (even outdoors!) It could also serve the purpose that some people stayed away from him, not trying to strike up conversation, so he did not have to give any personal info out.

 

[Anance]

Do we know if Brian ever had a security detail through UH? Is that even offered?

There are different levels of security. Some just protect when you visit dangerous areas, like some Latin American or African countries. Others protect your home and workplace. The most expensive and intrusive is where a security team goes everywhere with you 24/7. IDK what type BT had.

 

[arielilane]

Posted 19 hours ago

NYPD releases new photos of person of interest in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting​

 

[eddie_van]

And the girl doesn’t remember anything , ? His voice ? Accent? What they talked about ? Weird

I'm sure the police have interviewed her. I doubt her impressions of him were all that helpful to the investigation.