United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s family is facing the unimaginable.
The health insurance executive was shot and killed in New York City Dec. 4, leaving behind wife Paulette Thompson and their two children. Shortly after the tragedy—which NYPD are treating as a targeted attack, according to NBC News—his widow spoke out about the threats he had been receiving prior to the shooting.
“Yes, there had been some threats basically, I don’t know, a lack of coverage? I don’t know details,” she told NBC News. “I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.”
However, Thompson’s widow also noted that the shock of the fatal attack was still fresh.
“I can’t really give a thoughtful response right now,” she continued. “I just found this out and I’m trying to console my children.”
Paulette later issued a heartfelt remembrance.
“We are shattered to hear about the senseless killing of our beloved Brian,” she said in the statement, obtained by CNN. “Brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives. Most importantly, Brian was an incredibly loving father to our two sons and will be greatly missed.”
