The killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO left a message on bullet casings

According to police sources who spoke to several media outlets, the shell casings had the words “deny,” “defend” and “release” written on them. The messages leave hints about the shooter’s motives.

The bulleted messages hint at bitterness toward UnitedHealthcare’s practices or the health care industry in general. This phrase is popular in the insurance industry, according to CNN.

Social media users discover possible connection between shell casing reports and 2010 book Delay, Denial, Defense: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It Jay M. Feynman.

According to the book’s description on Amazon, it serves as “an expose of insurance injustice and a blueprint for consumers and lawmakers to fight back,” arguing that the denial of “valid” insurance claims is “the result of a growing and systematic focus on maximizing profits by big companies.”

Police sources told ABC News that police may be closing in on the suspect and have obtained a search warrant for his whereabouts.

Detectives and experts believe that the suspect was not a professional killer, citing his demeanor and apparent gun addiction.

“This is not a professional killer, but one ordered by the manner of behavior and the malfunction of the weapon. I think when you start looking at all the footage and you see a gun malfunctioning with a silencer that causes a serious malfunction, that’s not the sign of a hitman,” Zeke Anger, US Marshals spokesman. , CNN reported.

Police found three 9mm cartridges and shell casings at the scene, indicating that he had repeatedly discharged the gun due to malfunctions, as is common with handguns that do not have a silencer attached to the Nielsen device. The obvious malfunctions suggest that he was not a professional killer.

According to the New York Police Department and released surveillance footage, Thompson was shot multiple times at 6:46 a.m. near New York Hilton Midtown, where he was on his way to a UnitedHealthcare investor conference. His killer was wearing a black hooded jacket, a rucksack and carrying a silenced pistol.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the shooting a “brazen, targeted attack” and “intentional.” A $10,000 reward was quickly announced for information on the suspect.

Police are actively checking surveillance footage to find the suspect. So far, in addition to the footage of the shooting, police have recovered footage of the man at Starbucks shortly before, as well as footage of him fleeing on a bicycle afterward. His face is covered in all the shots.

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The killing rocked the health insurance industry, and other CEOs invested in security improvements.

“The heads of major medical concerns and their security departments were adding people, security details, precautions, screening mail — all over the country,” said John J. Miller, CNN’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst.