A former bodyguard of the late UnitedHealthcare CEO was dumbfounded by the shortage of safety for Brian Thompson after he was killed in a deadly taking pictures, sparking a manhunt in New York Metropolis.
“It was baffling, to be honest with you. You know, you get at somebody in the number one healthcare organization in the United States of America, who is a corporate executive, a high-ranking one, as a matter of fact, just sitting on the board of directors, and he has no protection around him, that is just baffling,” Philip Klein mentioned throughout his Thursday night time look on CNN’s present “Laura Coates Live.”
“I don’t understand it. We still don’t understand it,” he added.
Thompson was killed proper earlier than 7 a.m. native time on Wednesday exterior of New York Hilton Midtown. There, he was supposed to talk with buyers at an annual assembly.
The health-care government was shot as soon as in the proper calf and within the again, New York Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny mentioned. He was declared lifeless half-hour later in what legislation enforcement known as a “targeted” taking pictures.
Police are nonetheless in search of the suspect who remains to be on the run because the manhunt reached its third day. The gunman’s images have been launched for the reason that murder happened. Police are testing for fingerprints and picked up DNA on a protein bar wrapper and bottle discovered close to the taking pictures website.
Police consider the suspect left New York Metropolis on a bus.
Klein, who’s the CEO of Klein Investigations, advised CNN host Laure Coates that there might be two the reason why Thompson didn’t have safety element round him.
“One, it could have been a personal choice. He may have not liked living in the bubble,” Klein mentioned on Thursday, including that as a substitute UnitedHealthcare could have chosen to not present safety for Thompson.
The longtime investigator burdened that he doesn’t know the reply, however that the circumstances are “highly unusual.”
“It’s extremely uncommon for the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar company to not have individuals round him. It is simply — once more, it is baffling,” he mentioned.
