'Delay and 'depose': Words found on shell casing may offer clues in CEO’s murder

05 December 2024

On Wednesday, December 4, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed while walking in New York City.

The New York Police Department (NYPD), that day, didn't identify a specific motive, but detectives have said that the murder clearly was not random — that the suspected shooter acted deliberately and knew exactly what he was doing.

NYPD detectives have noted the suspect's use of a silencer.

According to reporting from CNN the following day, the words "delay" and "depose" were "found on a live round and a shell casing tied to the shooter."

Those words, CNN says, may offer a clue on a possible motivation.

"Law enforcement sources told CNN 'depose' was written on a shell casing from a round that was fired into the victim," CNN reports. "'Delay' was written on a live round that was ejected when the shooter appeared to be clearing a jam."

CNN adds, "Police are exploring whether the words found indicate a motive, pointing to a popular phrase in the insurance industry: 'delay, deny, defend.'"

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