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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday morning in front of a Manhattan hotel, according to several news reports. 

The shooting occurred at about 7 a.m. near a hotel on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

Thompson was rushed to Mt Sinai Hospital in critical condition where he was pronounced dead, according to the New York Post.

Police are reported looking for a masked gunman. 

Thompson became the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in 2021 and joined UnitedHealth Group in 2004.