An upstate New York man made four calls threatening UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s family in the days after the executive was murdered in Midtown Manhattan, authorities said Wednesday.
Shane Daley, 40, of Galway, was charged with cyberstalking for the nasty calls, the Justice Department said in a press release.
Daley made his first call to Thompson’s family in the hours after the murder, according to the feds. He then made one more call on each of the following three days, investigators said.
In one of those calls, Daley allegedly told an unnamed Thompson family member, “Your [relative] got lit the f—k up cause he’s a f—king asshole. Profiting off the backs of poor Americans. This s—t is going to keep happening to you f—king pricks. F—k you,” according to the Albany Times-Union.
“Daley threatened and harassed a grieving family in the immediate aftermath of a loved one’s murder,” interim Manhattan District Attorney Jay Clayton said in a press release. “These selfish, harmful and callous actions undermine public safety and will not be tolerated.”
Following his arraignment on Wednesday, Daley was released on several conditions, including that he wear wear a GPS monitor, undergo substance abuse treatment and have no contact with the Thompson family again.
Thompson, 50, was fatally shot on the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, while on his way to a meeting at the Residences Hilton Club on W. 54th St. near Sixth Ave.
Accused killer, 27-year-old Luigi Mangione, is facing federal and state murder charges in connection with the attack.
Rather than sympathy, Thompson’s murder sparked an outpouring of public anger at the health care industry. Disdain for U.S. insurance companies was allegedly Mangione’s motive for the killing, as cops said they found a handwritten manifesto after arresting him.
“Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming,” the document read in part.
With Molly Crane-Newman
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