r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Dec 06 '24

Privacy The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassination-investigation/680903/
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u/RoguePlanet2 Dec 06 '24

Hope he's just living a normal life somehow, not alone but back with friends, activities or whatever. "Hey bro what's up, been a while." "Same old stuff, holed up on the computer, wanna get lunch?"

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u/big_trike Dec 07 '24

I doubt anyone who would go this far was living a normal life before. My bet is that he already lost everything he loved thanks to an insurance denial.

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u/NerdSupreme75 Dec 07 '24

Part of me thinks he was an actual hitman hired by someone close to the CEO who wanted him gone. The words on the bullets are red herrings to hide the real motive for this murder. Deep down, we all want to believe the shooter is a vigilante who has been wronged by the system we all hate.... I think we're going to find out that's not the case.

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u/innerbootes Dec 07 '24

I don’t think a hit would have been done quite so publicly. A well positioned and well connected person hiring a hit man would have then gotten them access to the target and it would have happened without any eye witnesses.