Only half joking.

People who do hits like this don’t threaten.

I was leaning toward the people who sold $65 million in stock and might be implicated in the insider trading he was being investigated for.

for a serious and fatal condition. Not just in the movies, this kind of burning resentment can be a major motivator--especially if the stats on their claim refusal rates being mentioned are true.

Obviously, we may both be wrong. But hopefully, it gets solved soon. If you are right, expect a Dateline episode coming our way.

He rode a rental bike into Central Park? No gloves? They are likely going to have his dna.

Link to tweet

I don't actually believe he did anything close to what he did I put in the OP

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but I won’t rule out an insurance connection.

With the DOJ investigation on insider trading.

Angry ex-wife, illegitimate child denied recognition- many things are possible but people will generally gravitate toward the most likely scenario or explanation. People look at possibilities and probabilities and it may not be automatic assumption of truth but just recognizing the most likely reason.

How many people each year are killed in romantic issues or family issues compared to how many CEOs are murdered as a direct result of their job? Seems more likely that it's a case of people assuming it's the reason they want it to be and saying that. We will find out soon enough based on the actuality.

It is hard to believe that people did not understand that OP, but I guess that is the case. Labeling that post as satire would have reduced its effectiveness.

… an affront to satire and sarcasm. People running down rabbit holes by failing to recognize it is a large part of the reward for the effort.

It was someone under control, not apparently distressed.

… the shooter dropped unused ammunition rounds and also dropped a water bottle he was on video purchasing nearby (suggesting they have unmasked video, perhaps?). And maybe fingerprints?

I don’t know if all that that’s true. But if it is, this looks a lot less like a professional hit and more like someone who was simply able to get close enough to shoot him in the chest.

Very few gun owners have them, they require a lot of paperwork to acquire, and you can't get a suppressor in NYC.

Don't know what it says about the shooter's motive, but it tells me he wasn't a typical or casual gun owner, and probably not from NYC.

to properly cycle a pistol, so it must be worked manually. Those type rounds with a silencer would start to approach what Hollywood gives the impression silenced weapons sound like.

the next round, forcing him to push the slide forward. After the second shot the pistol again failed to chamber the next round, and you can see him, with his back turned to the camera, trying to clear the jam. Definitely not a quality firearm.

in enough for a better pistol.

This point. Time will either tell or not.

.... then cheated the customers of his company out of this coverage.

If done to thousands of sick patients and their families it is not far fetched one of them would lashout and target him in retribution for the damages, pain, and suffering he caused.

The OP is making an extremely important point.

Certainly in the top three….

He obviously planned this:

1. Jumped on a CITI Bike to get away quickly.

2. Pre-planned route.

3. Masked his identity.

4. Probably changed somewhere, hence the back pack. May find it later, but not with him.

Apparently the bikes have GPS, they'll find it, just not him on it. Could have also used a load and go Visa card and paid cash at some store. I bet the phone they found was a burner as well. Most likely ditched the gun in a body of water.

I found it ironic he went to NY Sinai, a hospital group he ditched last year out of UHC.

Motives? Too many right now. Could be a disgruntled relative of a patient, disgruntled employee, disgruntled contractor or perhaps his life wasn't so squeaky clean. Police are going to have to look at everything.

CBS - "The individual who investigators say left two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington, D.C., the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack is still on the loose, and the FBI is offering a $500,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person responsible."

The universe where Thompson takes over the entire U.S. healthcare system, commonly known as "TrumpCare" and it's Soylent Green style euthenasia centers, has been denied.

But when I checked, the stock was up for the year.

It could be his wife, an angry husband, a jilted lover, some random whack job, a bookie he stiffed, someone he bullied in high school, someone who wants his job……

The possibilities are endless.