(Bloomberg) — The New York Police Department is investigating a number of ‘WANTED’ posters of senior executives that have been hung in parts of Manhattan.
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The posters have included images of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executives, including Brian Thompson, who was murdered last Wednesday, as well as American Express Co. chief executive officer Stephen Squeri. The posters of Thompson were crossed out with a red X.
It’s the latest development among a string of incidents causing anxiety among executives in the wake of the fatal shooting of Thompson. In addition to the posters, police are aware of a surge in online threats against executives, according to an NYPD spokesman.
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with Thompson’s murder, was found with a manifesto condemning high profits of the health care industry, saying “these parasites simply had it coming.”
The NYPD has said it’s on alert for “a risk that a wide range of extremists may view Mangione as a martyr and an example to follow,” according to a law enforcement document reviewed by Bloomberg. “Rhetoric may signal an elevated threat facing executives in the near-term.”
—With assistance from Gillian Tan.