Posted on 12/04/2024 9:40:18 PM PST by Morgana
Detectives investigating the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson reportedly found shell casings with the words 'deny', 'defend' and 'depose' inscribed on them.
Police sources told ABC News that casings were found at the scene with the cryptic messages left on them.
Detectives are now working to determine what the words mean and if they could possibly hint at a motive for the slaying of the 50-year-old.
Officers are still searching for the unknown assailant who gunned down Thompson outside of the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday morning.
Authorities say he fled the scene on foot before then making a getaway on an electric bike into nearby Central Park.
Surveillance footage of the shooting shows Thompson walking alone outside of the entrance to the midtown hotel when the gunman steps into frame and opens fire.
The masked killer draws out a large gun fitted with a silencer and shots him in the back, sending the CEO stumbling down the street.
Several bystanders were seen in the footage witnessing the horror shooting, with one woman standing mere feet away from the gunman when he opened fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Yes be did say that. Jesse Waters even changed his viewpoint over that
Another twist to the background story--Thompson and his wife have been living in separate homes for several years.
Thompson and Paulette had been living in separate homes less than a mile
apart in suburban Maple Grove for several years, according to property
records, voter registration data and neighbors. WSJ
Another possible insider trading motive, same source:
He has also recently faced legal scrutiny. Thompson was one of three United
executives named in a lawsuit from a Florida pension fund in May accusing
the company of hiding a Justice Department antitrust investigation from
shareholders while insiders sold stock—including $15 million in Thompson’s
personally held shares. He hadn’t answered the claims in court before he was
killed.
The complaint mentioned that Thompson and other company leaders sold more than $117 million worth of UnitedHealth stock over a four-month period while they were aware of the federal antitrust probe, before the investigation had been made public.
A ruse you may say? This ain't the movies, fellas. Since he wrote on the cartridges there's a chance he left a partial print (unlikely) or more likely DNA on the cartridge cases.
I'd also like to believe a pro would police his brass or use a wheel gun, right? Hopefully he paid in cash at Starbucks (if that story is true) or for the alleged divvy bike, because they will trace his credit card or debit card back to the bank that issued it. He better hope he didn't have a cell phone on him either, because they will geo locate the phone numbers at the murder location and ping his phone along his escape route. Once this is established, they will find out who that number is registered to. Heck, they'll find out the name of everyone in that area with a phone. After possibly ID’ing the phone number, they will go to every store and building along the cell tower path and retrieve video from the hundreds of cameras that are located in a major urban area. Being a “pro” he should have this all accounted for.
Big Brother is ALWAYS watching you ,especially in large urban areas.
That's my 2 cents. I hope it gives everyone something to think about. I say he isn't a pro and it's only a short matter of time before a suspect is named or captured.
Interesting. I wonder if Feinman writes from a leftist perspective. I notice in the blurb he mentions “insurance injustice” which has a leftist ring to it. Makes me speculate that the shooter was a disgruntled lefty of some sort taking “direct action” against a perceived corporate-fascist oppressor.
Experts have already combed company records for frequent complaints and threats which will produce a short list of bolo subjects.
Professional hit—-? A few minutes shooting a suppressed automatic pistol teaches any amateur that he may have to feed it manually, which the film demonstrates.
That looks like the weapon used by the Israeli assassins in the Spielberg movie “Munich”. It’s been several years but IIRC they had to cock it before each shot.
Man oh man, but you are GOOD! That's exactly what the assassin's weapon is, designed
specifically for assassinations in WWII. Silent but deadly. Thanks to you I learned something.
👍
They’re not at all uncommon words, but don’t they have access to a dictionary?
I just saw this picture you posted after I had previously posted about the “professional assassin.”
Those are unfired cartridges. This jives with the shooter working the slide because he had a malfunction, at least twice. It doesn’t appear to be a Welrod either, the firearm slide skinnier than the silencer which denotes an attachment. I believe the entire barrel of the Welrod is one piece.
Why the need for a silencer when you are going to shoot somebody in front of people in a public place anyways?
The totality of all these circumstances doesn’t add up to a “pro” for me.
Again, this is just my 2 cents.
My first clue was the first shot to the leg. Big miss for a "pro."
Also, some other issues at play with United Health’s family of companies:
...The first official report by Change Healthcare, which manages revenue and payments for medical providers, estimated in July [2024] that only 500 people had been compromised.
Now, the scope of the February 21 ransomware attack has spurred Congress to call for lifting the cap on how much a negligent healthcare firm can be fined.
‘The healthcare industry has some of the worst cybersecurity practices in the nation,’ Senator Mark Warner said, ‘despite its critical importance to Americans’ well-being and privacy.’
Today, existing legislation provides a ceiling of $2 million per violation for offenders of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
If passed, these ‘commonsense reforms’ would also include ‘include jail time for CEOs that lie to the government about their cybersecurity,’ Wyden added....
>> Forgive me for not...
appreciated but not necessary
The Sebelius Coverup
Weekly Standard ^ | December 10, 2012 | Jeffrey H. Anderson, senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute
Posted on 12/10/2012, 1:49:30 PM by Cincinatus’ Wife
“.... likely in concert with the White House — and to the chagrin of many HHS employees — Sebelius and other senior HHS officials decided that word could too easily get out about the firewall project. If it did, it would alert people to UnitedHealth Group’s having gained a potentially huge competitive advantage — a political concern for the White House on the cusp of the election, especially in light of the crony capitalism charges that have plagued this administration. Therefore, HHS, under Sebelius’s leadership, suspended work on the firewall and told United-Health Group not to alert the SEC to the purchase — as UnitedHealth Group was legally required to do within four days of the transaction — until after the election....
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Suppose you’re boinking his old lady and she is loving it. You guys decide to make it look like a grudge insurance hit. Few shells with writing on them and it’s off to bed. “You do know Honey, my old man just died and we’re rich”.
Good GOD people the possibilities are endless. All it takes is 3 to 5 pounds of trigger pull and a calm hand. Hell a chimpanzee at 10 or 15 feet would do it for a banana. IMO
“It looked to me as if the shooter was using a suppressed Ruger MKIV with subsonic ammo that did not have enough power to work the semiautomatic action and he had to manually recycle the bolt between shots.”
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That seems to be the opinion of many in regards to the gun type. Although, he apparently failed to test his equipment before-hand. That was a mistake.
A Welrod? Aren’t those called “the assassin’s gun” I haven’t even really heard of those except in novels.
Random jackoffs are sociopaths or physcopaths. This smells of motive and that provides a thread to the shooter. Now we all eat popcorn and see if LEO can catch the shooter before it hits tv on Cold Case Files.
Good catch!
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