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Callous tourists have been visiting the Midtown site where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered — with some snapping photos and others shamelessly attempting to justify the

cold-blooded slaying. At least nine people — one from as far away as Texas — stopped in the fog and rain on Tuesday at the north entrance of the Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue, where Thompson,

50, was gunned down from behind in a targeted killing last Wednesday. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO BRIAN THOMPSON * Brian Thompson, the CEO of insurance giant

UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down Wednesday outside a luxury Midtown hotel in a “brazen, targeted attack,” police said. * Thompson was named CEO of UnitedHealth in April 2021. He joined the

company in 2004. He was one of several senior executives at the company under investigation by the Department of Justice. * Thompson’s wife, Paulette, said her husband had been getting

threats before he was killed. * Thompson’s shooting led to sick support online, and even spurred a tasteless lookalike competition in NYC. * A person of interest has been nabbed by police

officers inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. * The suspect has been identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, originally from Towson, Md. He’s an Ivy League graduate who hated the medical community.

FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE POST’S LIVE UPDATES ON THE NEWS SURROUNDING BRIAN THOMPSON’S MURDER. The morbid gawkers who flocked to the murder site varied in their motivations — some merely

curious and others unabashedly craven in their delight, insisting that the murderer did a “good thing.” Emily Singleton, 34, and Sam Hyland, 20, revealed they enthusiastically included the

location on their itinerary following the tragic event. EXPLORE MORE “We planned this trip about a month ago and then the assassination of that CEO happened a couple days before we came so

it was like we have to visit here,” Singleton, of Florida, told The Post. “Also, he did a good thing anyway, no matter what people will say. He murdered somebody in good reason,” the tourist

heartlessly explained. When asked why she supports the lawless killing, Singleton said, “Because of the health care system.” Hyland agreed with his friend’s points and believes that the

murder was morally justified. Some other visitors had less reprehensible reasoning for their photoshoots. Rodrigo, 59, came to the city from Texas on his way upstate to spend the holidays

with friends. The former New Yorker works in video production and included the murder scene serendipitously to his list of sights to see while walking to Columbus Circle. “So it’s just like

on the way. It’s like might as well stop by, you know. It’s right here. It’s just a crazy thing. I’ve taken pictures of like Christmas trees and new buildings and like ornaments and holiday

stuff,” Rodrigo told The Post. “I have no ill will. It’s one of those things. Remember John Lennon, you know. The Dakota became a big thing,” he elaborated. When asked what he thinks about

the killing that has become a political inflection point, Rodrigo said he is ambivalent, claiming he “despises capitalism” and understands why some people have been avid proponents of the

killer. “I just read an article about how indirectly all of these people who are denied coverage, you know, they’re getting buried and that’s more than one person,” Rodrigo told The Post.

“And, the other side, no one should lose their life because of the job they’re doing. No one should lose their life because, you know, they’re doing what the shareholders want them to do or

what they think is right, you know. I’m sure he didn’t see it coming,” Rodrigo said. The shutterbug said he would be posting the photos to social media. Several other people visited the

murder site and took photos but declined to talk to The Post. Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pa., and later charged by Manhattan prosecutors with murder for allegedly

killing Thompson. Mangione was captured while eating at a McDonald’s and was allegedly in possession of a manifesto and a weapon that matched the description of the one used in Thompson’s

slaying. The alleged assassin is in the process of being extradited to New York City.