By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-09 08:42:31 | Updated at 2024-12-24 12:31:30
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's Minnesota family homes were targeted in a 'suspected swatting' hours after he was killed on a New York City street, it was revealed.
The Maple Grove Police Department reported that they received 'a report of a bomb threat' involving two houses around 7 p.m. Wednesday.
One home was owned by Thompson, 50, and the other by his wife, Paulette Thompson, according to Hennepin County property records viewed by The Minnesota Star Tribune.
'No devices or suspicious items were located during the investigation,' police said. 'The case is considered an active investigation, while the incident appears to be a hoax.'
The bomb threat was directed to the City Attorney from Maple Grove in an email, claiming there was a pipe bomb at Thompson's home.
A bomb squad was dispatched but found no bomb, and the squad also cleared the nearby home of Thompson's wife.
Thompson purchased his $1million home near his family home in 2018, according to public records, with neighbors telling The Wall Street Journal that he spent much of his time traveling.
His wife Paulette, a practicing physical therapist, disclosed that her estranged husband had previously received threats.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's Minnesota family homes were targeted in a 'suspected swatting' hours after he was killed
Thompson lived in a $1 million mansion (picture) in Maple Grove, Minnesota - down the street from home owned by his estranged wife
Thompson did have a security detail with him on his New York City trip, but he was alone when he was ambushed in a fatal attack Wednesday morning.
The NYPD released new pictures of the healthcare CEO's assassin late Saturday night as the manhunt for the killer continued.
One of the images show the killer - who is wearing a fresh coat and has a face mask on - cowering inside the back of a cab while the other sees him outside the vehicle on the road.
The images appear to have been taken inside the taxi which picked him up on 86th Street and Columbus Avenue two minutes after he left Central Park in Manhattan's Upper West Side.
On Friday night the NYPD provided a clearer idea of the assassin's movements after he murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
They say he entered Central Park moments after the shooting before being spotted exiting on 77th Street on the Upper West Side at 6:56 am.
Additional footage emerged on Friday evening showing the suspect in the minutes after the fatal shooting as he flew up 6th avenue on his electric bike.
The footage showed a new angle of his escape path and showed him darting across the street and into the early morning darkness of Central Park.
His wife Paulette (center), a practicing physical therapist, disclosed that her estranged husband had previously received threats
The NYPD released new pictures of the healthcare CEO's assassin late Saturday night as the manhunt for the killer continued
One of the images show the killer - who has a fresh coat and face mask on - walking down a Manhattan sidewalk
The 50-year-old was gunned down around 6:45 am in Midtown, hours before New Yorkers gathered in the neighborhood for the annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center.
The father-of-two was fatally shot in the chest and leg in the targeted attack, with the killer fleeing on an electric bicycle.
Witnesses said the suspected gunman was seen waiting outside the hotel before the shooting, and knew which door Thompson was going to emerge from before shooting him at point-blank range.
Footage from after the fatal shooting showed NYPD officers performing CPR on the married father, before he was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead.
