Assassination or Assisted Suicide?

[guyfriday]

The words on the bullet casings refer to insurance tactics "delay deny defend"
https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthc...4a3b88c50c

I agree with this too, but the book title can't be ignored either. The shooter might have done that as a red herring. Something else that needs to be addressed. The firearm used.
Manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killer enters second day — here's what major clues investigators are looking at

The killer may have used a modern version of a rare World War II spy gun, and investigators hope to track down its purchase, sources told The Post.
The gun used by the shooter in the slaying outside the Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue appears to be a B&T VP9, an update of the Welrod pistol — a suppressed firearm developed in the Second World War, sources said.

pictured firearm from linked story below:


this being stated, I'll link to a youtube video about a persons opinion about this:

(3655) United Healthcare: Not a Welrod - YouTube


As well as the video of the well rod being used:


Now given that the unfired casings seem to have been collected from these malfunctions, I will say that the failures to fire might have been planned in order to get the "deny", "Depose", "Defend" message out there, but as for the story of the firearm being a VP-9 I will agree with the "Forgotten Weapons guy in the linked video as to why it doesn't fit.

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Mod edit - Encia22 - Embedded YT video