Last week, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed in Manhattan. A five-day search for the gunman ensued. On Monday, a 26-year-old suspect, Luigi Mangione, was arrested in Pennsylvania after an employee at a McDonald’s recognized him and called the police. Dionne Searcey, who covers wealth and corporations, and Maria Cramer, a crime reporter in New York City, break down what we know about the suspect, and what the case has revealed about many Americans’ contempt for insurance companies. Guest: Dionne Searcey, a reporter for The New York Times writing about how the choices made by people and corporations affect the future of our planet. Maria Cramer, a reporter for The New York Times covering the New York Police Department and crime in the city and surrounding areas.
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This is the Daily Today, the five day manhunt for the killer of a healthcare CEO.
What we know about the suspect now in custody and what the case has revealed about many Americans contempt for insurance companies.
It's Tuesday, December 10th.
On Wednesday morning of last week, the Chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, left his hotel in midtown Manhattan for his company's investor conference a few blocks away.
It was 6:45 in the morning, still mostly dark out.
And as Thompson neared his destination, a hooded and masked gunman emerged from behind a parked car, took out a gun with a silencer and began to fire at him over and over in what's clearly a targeted attack.
Chilling new details tonight following what police say was the premeditated murder of the CEO of United Healthcare.
On the busy streets of midtown Manhattan early today.
Surveillance videos of all of this, which emerged a few hours later, shocked the city.
It was so surreal.
It's something that you would watch on a TV show or in a movie.
This like In Cold Blood assassination two blocks away from my house.
What I heard was that he ran up 6th Avenue and into the park.
And so, you know, that would be like right here.