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Three shell casings recovered from the site of a health care executive's murder in Manhattan

last week match the gun found in Luigi Mangione's possession when he was recently

picked up in Pennsylvania.

That's what New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch disclosed to reporters today. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson

was gunned down outside a hotel. He was 50 years old and leaves behind a wife and two sons.

His death has drawn condemnations against violence, but it has also amplified

public anger against corporate America and heightened worries about copycat attacks. Washington Post

reporter Dan Diamond spoke to NPR's here and now about the overall anxiety some executives

are expressing. It used to be a pride point that your photo would be posted

on your company's website. Some of these health care companies have taken down those photos. They've

locked their doors, the doors to their offices that historically someone could walk in when

paying a visit. So I think there are real steps we've seen in the past week of companies

trying to protect themselves and protect

their employees because of this generalized fear. Dan Diamond speaking with NPR. FBI director Christopher

Ray plans to step down in January at the end of the Biden administration. Ray's decision comes after

President-elect Trump already announced his pick to replace rape. Here's

NPR's Ryan Lucas. It had been unclear whether Ray would force Trump to fire him once Trump got

back into office or whether he would step down. We now have Ray's decision. He is indeed going to

step down with the change in administration. That decision clears the way for the man who Trump has announced

that he intends to nominate to be the next FBI director, that is Cash Patel, someone who

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