- Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in Manhattan Wednesday morning.
- Thirteen hours later, his home and that of his wife were targeted with bomb threats, police said.
- Police determined the threats were a hoax.
The homes of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and his wife in a suburb outside Minneapolis were targeted with fake bomb threats Wednesday evening, more than 13 hours after Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan, police said.
Around 7 p.m. Wednesday, city employees in the Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove received emails threatening to bomb Thompson's home and the home of his wife, according to incident reports released by the Maple Grove police department. Thompson and his wife lived in separate houses less than a mile apart.
Police checked both homes and determined the threats were a hoax. In a statement, Maple Grove police called the threats a form of "swatting," a kind of harassment.
The New York Police Department said Thompson was gunned down at about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. The shooter fled the scene before police arrived, and a manhunt is ongoing.
UnitedHealthcare is the largest private insurer in the US, and Thompson was in New York for an investor meeting when he was killed.