UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot near a Midtown Manhattan hotel in a potentially targeted shooting early Wednesday, according to police.

The executive, Brian Thompson, was shot in what the police described as a “brazen targeted attack” outside a hotel where the company was holding an investor meeting. The assailant was last spotted in Central Park,

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in what appears to be a targeted murder Wednesday morning outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan, according to the New York City Police Department.