The shell casings of the bullets that killed Brian Thompson had words on them

[Mosby]

The words "deny," "defend" and "depose" were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down, police sources told ABC News late Wednesday evening.

Thompson was shot to death at point-blank range in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning before he was set to attend an investor conference, according to police.

The masked gunman, who remains on the loose, carried out a "brazen, targeted attack" that was "premeditated," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. But the motive remains unknown, police said.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-chest-midtown-manhattan-masked-gunman-large/story?id=116446382

[RandySF]

1. I'm sorry. I can't find any tears.

[LeftInTX]

2. Weird. Sounds like a bad TV plot.

[C Moon]

8. Agreed. I still think it was a hit to make sure he didn't talk.

[yaesu]

3. rich fascist elite have opened up a can of worms they can't control called Karma. nt

[LearnedHand]

4. Wow. That sounds very "let's get this civil war started"

Creepy AF.

[Skittles]

7. it is very disturbing indeed

almost as disturbing as people celebrating someone getting ambushed and gunned down in the street

[Stargazer99]

11. Oh you mean like public school children shot and killed in their desks

[Skittles]

14. sorry I didn't realize we celebrated that

[Demobrat]

5. The motive remains unknown?

Not to anyone who has ever dealt with an insurance company.

[pnwmom]

6. Another possible motive is related to the investigation into his insider trading. Stockholders lost many millions. nt

[No Vested Interest]

9. Victim was shot from behind. He never saw it coming and had no chance.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. This seems rather close to Allstate's slogan, Allstate's Motto: Delay, Deny and Defend

I wonder if the CEO who was shot, other than being in just an insurance group (United Healthcare) perhaps was involved in denial of svc/benefits for a patient? The word depose replaces the word delay, perhaps in ref. to deposing of claims (w/o any benefits paid out), just flat out denied. It sounds like it.

Here's part of the statement (in "THE LEGAL EXAMINER AFFILIATE NETWORK > TRANSPORTATION" article, dated FEB 8, 2007):

Allstate's Motto: Delay, Deny and Defend

Tonight on CNN’s 360 With Anderson Cooper, Mr. Cooper will report on his 18 month investigation into the duplicitous tactics employed by Allstate, which claims “You’re in Good Hands With Allstate,” State Farm, which claims to be “Like a Good Neighbor,” and other major automobile insurers to force unfair settlements on victims of motor vehicle accidents. Cooper interviewed victims, lawyers, and insurance company insiders. CNN previewed the story on Mr. Cooper’s blogsite, reporting:

And if you are in a minor impact crash and get hurt…insurance companies will most likely try doing the same thing to you: delay handling your claim, deny you were hurt and defend their decision in drawn-out court battles. It’s the three D’s: delay, deny and defend. That, in a nutshell, is the stategy adopted by several major auto insurance companies over the past ten years…. With nowhere to go, Allstate and others bet you’ll take what they offer and walk away. It’s right in the training manuals we obtained from Allstate: force “smaller walk-away settlements.”

[LeftInTX]

12. I doubt if this CEO worked directly with any claims! He probably set corporate policy etc

He was the CEO of the corporation

[SWBTATTReg]

13. Maybe not directly w/ the specific case or whatever that drove the shooter. Shooting this CEO who represents

the 'evil' corporation in a denial of claim/benefits spat, which, perhaps makes to some, making some sort of twisted sense/logic.

The insurance industry and other similar industries do make more money by deny, deny, deny. The more they deny, the more money they make (we all know this).

I suspect that the police will look into the history of those making complains or noise regarding their claims being denied via claims made to the company. As much interest that there seems to be on this shooting, we'll no doubt hear more about this case.

[Mike 03]

17. Good catch!! NT

[SunSeeker]

15. Sounds more related to insider trading than denying medical coverage.

DOJ was investigating his sale of shares of the company’s stock options worth $15.1 million in February, just two weeks before the DOJ announced its probe into the company. DOJ was also attemping to block UnitedHealth Group Incorporated from spending $3.3 billion to acquire its rival health and hospice provider, Amedisys Inc., as it would be monopolistic.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unitedhealthcare-ceo-gunned-down-manhattan-010522957.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEblZJv6Xcyk7GZz8fS25UoRHLh2uBUKeVrIDkaMm1j9QkWWB6BXb5hbyLVwRdlFHWK2TDzgHtxVXRvbjKCv9l4e7I9IZ9E-kq3UfrJEP3F21C_5Hmzdq25A_JqSSU_QSXDbNV1sdsuEBNkL8Gc2-cm19Hj7JCynnLrQrxFYEuLS

A grieving family member would not have the money to hire a sophisticated hit man. If they did have that kind of money, they would have spent it on their loved one's care.

This looks like someone with money got pissed at Thompson.

[John Shaft]

16. I just binge-researched CIA hijinks recently

I'm just gonna stop there and not entertain notions. Sometimes having a vivid imagination . . .

But who ever writes messages on bullets?

I kid, I kid . . . LOL

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. but how convenient

[David__77]

19. If CEOs start getting killed I expect more gun control to pass.

Regardless, I think the elites will increasingly remove thwmselves from regular society in the years ahead.

[Passages]

20. Absolutely horrifying someone would hate you that much.