The Minnesota home of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s family was targeted in a “suspected swat” hours after he was killed on a New York City street, it has been revealed.
Maple Grove police reported Wednesday around 7 p.m. that they had “received a report of a bomb threat” involving two homes.
One home was owned by Thompson, 50, and the other by his wife, Paulette Thompson, according to Hennepin County property records viewed by The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“No devices or suspicious objects were found during the investigation,” police said. “The matter is considered an active investigation, while the incident appears to be a hoax.”
The bomb threat came in an email to Maple Grove’s city attorney, claiming there was a pipe bomb in Thompson’s home.
A bomb squad was dispatched but found no bomb, and the squad also evacuated the nearby home of Thompson’s wife.
Thompson bought his $1 million home near his childhood home in 2018, according to public records, and neighbors told The Wall Street Journal that he spent much of his time traveling.
His wife Paulette, a practicing physical therapist, revealed that her estranged husband had previously received threats.
The Minnesota home of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s family was targeted in a ‘suspected swat’ hours after he was killed
Thompson lived in a $1 million mansion (pictured) in Maple Grove, Minnesota, down the street from the home owned by his estranged wife
Thompson did have a security guard with him during his trip to New York City, but he was alone when he was ambushed in a fatal attack Wednesday morning.
The NYPD released new photos of the healthcare CEO’s killer late Saturday night as the manhunt for the killer continued.
One of the images shows the killer – wearing a new jacket and face mask – crouching in the back of a taxi, while the other sees him outside the vehicle on the road.
The footage appears to have been taken in the taxi that picked him up at 86th Street and Columbus Avenue, two minutes after he left Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
On Friday evening, the NYPD provided a clearer picture of the killer’s movements after he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
They say he entered Central Park shortly after the shooting before being seen leaving 77th Street on the Upper West Side at 6:56 a.m.
Additional footage emerged Friday evening showing the suspect flying up 6th Avenue on his electric bicycle in the minutes after the fatal shooting.
The footage showed a new angle of his escape route and showed him crossing the street into the early morning darkness of Central Park.
His wife Paulette (center), a practicing physical therapist, said her estranged husband had previously received threats
The NYPD released new photos of the health care CEO’s killer late Saturday night as the manhunt for the killer continued
One of the images shows the killer – wearing a crisp coat and face mask – walking down a Manhattan sidewalk
The 50-year-old was shot around 6:45 a.m. in Midtown, hours before New Yorkers gathered nearby for the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting.
The father-of-two was fatally shot in the chest and leg in the targeted attack, with the killer fleeing on an electric bicycle.
Witnesses said the suspected gunman was waiting outside the hotel before the shooting, and that he knew which door Thompson would be coming out of before shooting him at close range.
Footage from after the fatal shooting showed NYPD officers performing CPR on the married father before he was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.