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UHC CEO Brian Thompson is shot and killed in New York City
After clearing the jam, the shooter began to fire again, Kenny said, and then fled on foot.
Responding to reporter questions, Kenny said police don’t know if the shooter could have been a professional, nor could investigators say if there was a silencer on the weapon. From watching the video, he said, “it does seem that he’s proficient in the use of firearms as he was able to clear the malfunctions pretty quickly.”
After his initial flight from the scene, the suspect was later seen riding an e-bike, including when he was spotted in Central Park.
“The motive for this murder currently is unknown,” Kenny said. “Based on the evidence we have so far, it does appear that the victim was specifically targeted. But at this point, we do not know why.”
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Thompson was CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer. It is a division of Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, which is the fourth-largest public company in America behind Walmart, Amazon and Apple.
His wife, Paulette Thompson, told NBC News that he had been receiving threats. “There had been some threats,” she said in a phone call with NBC News. “Basically, I don’t know, a lack of coverage? I don’t know details. I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.”
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Hermantown cracks down on ‘deplorable’ trailer park
He eventually found that about a dozen homes are in severe disrepair, but the worst of it, Holmes said, was one that had been without water for months after a line failed and flooded. A caving roof was held up by a two-by-four. Human waste was stored indoors. A porch had collapsed. The resident’s complaints to the owner and a maintenance worker had gone ignored, yet rent, which ranges from $800 to about $1,100, was still collected.
While Holmes worked with St. Louis County to find alternate housing for the resident, a disabled veteran, the man took his own life. Shortly before that, he had filed a lawsuit against the park owner. A 60-year-old who had served in the U.S. Army, he had been the first resident to allow Holmes in.
Hermantown’s complaint alleges several misdemeanor crimes, including failure to provide safe living structures and potable water and sewer connections to all units.
Corrective actions have been ordered by the city and the state, but the little work that has been done continues to be unpermitted and substandard, Holmes said, calling living conditions “deplorable” and the situation a “park-wide failure.”
Maintenance of manufactured homes can be difficult, he said, but he’s never seen anything so dire in his career.
“The last thing we want is to see people hurt or displaced, and we’re starting to run out of time,” Holmes said. “A lot of this is related to being provided with drinking water and bathing water, which they’ll lose most likely in these freezing conditions.”
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St. Paul Public Schools names 3 superintendent finalists
But intervention efforts are underway, board members were told.
Here’s a look at the superintendent finalists:
CEO, Fresh Energy, a St. Paul nonprofit
Education: Doctorate in organizational leadership and policy from the University of Memphis.
On the job: Started her career as a St. Paul Public Schools teacher and then held administrative positions in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Memphis City Schools and East Metro Integration District before being appointed the state education commissioner by Gov. Mark Dayton. Later, she served as superintendent of Boston Public Schools, serving 50,000 students and more than 10,000 staff members.
In the news: Cassellius came from a long line of educators, including two grandparents who were professors at a historically black college, and she faced a steep learning curve when appointed commissioner, but was up to the challenge, the Star Tribune reported in 2011.
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Man shot in chest during carjacking in Twin Cities alley; 5 suspects flee
Several people ambushed a Minneapolis motorist late at night in an alley, shot him in the chest and drove off with his vehicle.
The carjacking occurred about 11:25 p.m. Thursday in the 3900 Block of 11th Avenue S., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
The critically wounded victim, a man in his 20s, was given immediate medical attention before being taken by emergency medical responders to HCMC, police added.
Five suspects, male and female, fled the scene in the man’s vehicle and possibly a second vehicle, police said. No arrests have been announced.