Security expert shocked UnitedHealthcare CEO doesn't have private details

As New York investigators continue their work to locate the alleged suspect behind the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a former Thompson private services executive raises red flags over a 'completely unusual' security aspect “.

“What strikes me most is his inability to keep himself safe in New York when he is going to give a speech in front of many crazy shareholders and possibly crazy customers of the health care company,” he said. Philip Klein, CEO of Klein Investigations, said on Friday. on “Fox & Friends First.”

“Did he deny security and say, 'Look, I don't want security around me?' Because he runs one of, if not the, largest healthcare industry in the world,” the security expert claimed. “Or secondarily, is the healthcare company not providing him with security?”

New York City Police are asking for the public's help in apprehending the unidentified shooter who allegedly shot and killed Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning, denouncing what investigators considered a “premeditated and planned attack.”

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The Hilton hotel was hosting UnitedHealthcare's annual investor meeting, and police said Thompson had been in town from Minnesota since Monday and was staying across the street.

Private security expert Philip Klein said it was “highly unusual” for a major company not to have details about its CEO. (Getty Images)

When assessing potential motivations, it was reported that leaders were accused of insider trading and fraudand last year, the Justice Department launched an investigation into whether the nation's largest insurer was unfairly restricting competitors and exercising a monopoly. It is unclear whether Thompson was part of this investigation before his murder.

“I don't know of any Top 20 company that doesn't have private security or personal security inside their house. What I mean by house is that inside their company, there are no agents who escort their director or their CEO from point A to point B, or travel with them or go wherever they go,” Klein explained. “It’s completely unusual.”

Thompson's wife told police and media that her husband had received threats in the weeks leading up to the fatal shooting. Klein said this is not uncommon in today's technological and political climate.

“My phone rang yesterday with people in the restaurant industry. Their CEOs are receiving death threats for: “My eggs cost too much. My milk costs too much,'” he said.

“These guys are now receiving threats every day, every day of the week,” Klein added. “And so they have personal security.”

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Once providing personal protection for Thompson, Klein remembers the first time he and his team met the slain CEO at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

“I can tell you, there's not a single person on our team who didn't look at each other after it was over and say, 'This guy is going somewhere.' He was nice to us, shook our hands, told us to be careful of everything and was just a great guy.”

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Danielle Wallace, Alexis McAdams and Eric Revell of FOX Business contributed to this report.