UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed in NYC

[WLJ]

And of course we got people foaming at the mouth if you call them silencers. They should get in their Tardis/DeLorean and go back in time and argue with the patent holder on that.

[WLJ]

https://x.com/Timcast/status/1864676529768136879

[Hawkmoon]

And from the other side of the expertise scale:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-nypd-inspector-skeptical-unitedhealthcare-ceo-gunman-professional-zeroes-weapon-choice

I think I'd prefer to listen to Ian ...

[Hawkmoon]

Delay, deny, defend.

The real surprise is perhaps why some CEO of a major healthcare insurer hasn't been gunned down before this.

Woke up to find this in my news feed: https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in several states will now decide what the cap is for anesthesiologists during major surgery. This is a logical follow-up to the long-standing practice by insurance companies of having nurses who have never met or examined the client decide whether or not what the patient's own doctor prescribed is "reasonable."

[Frank Castle]

Did Brian Thompson know the Clintons?

[lee n. field]

Did Brian Thompson know the Clintons?

probably

[Mk-211]

Story is getting better.

He instituted AI to keep patients from receiving medical care. Then all the shady financial stuff that he was into.

Dirt bag CEO: 0
Assassin: 1

[WLJ]

Did Brian Thompson know the Clintons?

probably

Obviously a suicide then. Case closed.

[Northwoods]

Obviously a suicide then. Case closed.

Only with multiple shots to the back of the head.

[Bogie]

One would think that there would be some insurance rounds... First round was a leg? Maybe he wanted to anchor, but then why no head shot? Only three, plus he shucked three? That's weird...
 
Sheesh - the guys around here who use the bicycles for their drive-bys will burn a whole gigglestick.
 
Anyone figure the weapon? Looks like a straight semi-auto - no weird crap...

[dogmush]

If I were to guess (and guess it really is) I'd say it was a standard pretty normal glockish pistol with a home made "Fuel Filter" like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/146243211957 on it.

No booster, so not a full cycle, but it'll run enough to eject the case and get the next round under the ejector. You can see him flinch when he tries for a second shot and gets a click.

So bang (casing on ground), click, rack (live round on ground, round 3 from mag in chamber) repeat x2.  That would hive you the three casings and three live rounds on the ground that are being reported.

[WLJ]

Delay, deny, defend.

The real surprise is perhaps why some CEO of a major healthcare insurer hasn't been gunned down before this.

Woke up to find this in my news feed: https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in several states will now decide what the cap is for anesthesiologists during major surgery. This is a logical follow-up to the long-standing practice by insurance companies of having nurses who have never met or examined the client decide whether or not what the patient's own doctor prescribed is "reasonable."

Being reported they have now reversed that decision

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14163485/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson.html

[HankB]

If I were to guess (and guess it really is) I'd say it was a standard pretty normal glockish pistol with a home made "Fuel Filter" like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/146243211957 on it.

No booster, so not a full cycle, but it'll run enough to eject the case and get the next round under the ejector. You can see him flinch when he tries for a second shot and gets a click.

So bang (casing on ground), click, rack (live round on ground, round 3 from mag in chamber) repeat x2.  That would hive you the three casings and three live rounds on the ground that are being reported.

I think you're right. I saw where some "expert" was willing to bet his pension that it was an exotic pistol like a Welrod. I really hope someone took this "expert" up on his bet. 

[K Frame]

As can be expected, the "progressive" left is celebrating this guy's assassination.

Big time.

Stay classy, left wingers. Stay classy.

[Ben]

On the TV, the "expert" cops they interviewed are back to saying that it was a B&T and that "It is such a rare pistol that only a few gun stores in the country sell them."

I mean, they're expensive, but even my LGS has them, though they mostly carry the PDW types. I suppose sales are small enough that the ATF could trace it, depending of course on the state where the shooter lived. If they wanted to find out if someone bought one at my LGS, if the buyer had a CCW, they never got a NICS check, and the ATF would have to physically go to the store and pull all the paper 4473s (because my LGS thankfully refuses to use electronic 4473s) and hand sort them one by one.

EDIT: Disregard the background check comment. I'm only on coffee #1 and forgot the tax stamp. Which, if the shooter had an IQ above 50 and wanted to avoid being traced, would lead us back to what Dogmush posted.

Military Arms Channel:

https://youtu.be/ul-l0jEgkwA

[K Frame]

Gun Jesus has already put the kaibosh on it being either a Weldrod or a VT9.

[HankB]

On the TV, the "expert" cops they interviewed are back to saying that it was a B&T and that "It is such a rare pistol that only a few gun stores in the country sell them." . . .

Being a B&T would explain the manual cycling required after every shot, but does it also explain the live founds ejected as well as the fired cases? I think dogmush's explanation fits what we know so far better than what the TV "experts" are saying.

[Ben]

Gun Jesus has already put the kaibosh on it being either a Weldrod or a VT9.

Well, to be a pedantic jackass, the B&T is technically a Station Six. 

[K Frame]

OK, so Ian is Gun Jesus.

You're just Gun Jackass.

[Ben]

As can be expected, the "progressive" left is celebrating this guy's assassination.

Big time.

Stay classy, left wingers. Stay classy.

On that.

You know what would be neat to see? A street camera picking up an assassin who stalked Taylor Lorenz, and getting to watch him shoot her in the leg, and the gut, and then have his gun jam and while he's fiddling with it, you get to watch her writhe around, suffering in excruciating pain. Then when he clears his jam, you can watch her face, showing horrified fear, as he raises the pistol up to put a bullet between her eyes, ending her miserable, pathetic life, because the MSM sucks, and that's what they deserve. Hahahaha!

Did I do it right?

[WLJ]

As can be expected, the "progressive" left is celebrating this guy's assassination.

Big time.

Stay classy, left wingers. Stay classy.

Got to remember this was a mostly peaceful shooting

[Mk-211]

If you watch the video, there's a person standing there next to the wall.

When he aims the gun at the CEO, that person turns and walks away slowly.

[MechAg94]

https://www.instagram.com/lukewearechange/p/DDNt446pLV0/

[AZRedhawk44]

If you watch the video, there's a person standing there next to the wall.

When he aims the gun at the CEO, that person turns and walks away slowly.

I think that was a hotel porter or valet, who just didn't want to get shot himself.  If you're not armed and not willing to wrestle with a man with a gun, getting out of his tunnel vision is generally a smart move.

[RocketMan]

I think that was a hotel porter or valet, who just didn't want to get shot himself.  If you're not armed and not willing to wrestle with a man with a gun, getting out of his tunnel vision is generally a smart move.

Not sure if it was a porter or valet, but it did seem more like a self-preservation move on his part.