Brian Miller on WNYC. We'll talk now about the Midtown murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

It's been more than two days now, and they don't have a suspect in custody.

The Fortune magazine headline on this, Fortune magazine, which of course covers big business,

says Slane United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's tenure was marked by rocketing profits and

accusations of insider trading and coverage denial.

And maybe we've been seeing that there's been a lot of posting online by people telling

their stories of being denied coverage, not that they're condoning a murder, a possible

assassination, that word might apply, but they're taking the opportunity to draw attention

to why Thompson might have had a lot of random enemies and haters in the general public,

which I guess the Fortune magazine headline implies.

But a real life was lost here in a heinous crime, no matter what we think about the health insurance industry,

or this company specifically specifically or what Brian Thompson

may have represented in our nation. And here more than two days out, the NYPD has not offered a

motive for the shooting. They did, however, release two images of the alleged suspect. And they said they recovered bullet casings at the

site that appear to have the words deny and delay written on them. I think also the word

depose, and those words bring to mind to many in the media and on social media the frustrating

ways in which health insurance companies

will interact with people seeking medical coverage.

So joining us now to discuss the latest on the investigation and how this, which could have

come from a movie or, you know, a classic Agatha Christie crime novel or something like

that, major world-class CEO. classic Agatha Christie crime novel or something like that.

Major world-class CEO shot in broad daylight on a midtown street,

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