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It was a typical early December morning in New York City when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson started his day with a cup of coffee and a granola bar ahead of a day of meetings. That’s when an assailant walked up behind him and shot him three times, killing the husband and father of two boys on a closed-circuit camera for the world to see.

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