The New York Police Department is investigating "wanted" posters in Manhattan that display the names and images of senior executives.
The posters follow last week's midtown assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Thompson's image, crossed out with a red X, has been seen on posters, as have the names and images of other insurance and financial executives, Bloomberg reported.
Videos shared on social media showed wanted signs in lower Manhattan, the New York Post reported.
The posters warn that "HEALTH CARE CEOS SHOULD NOT FEEL SAFE" and include "DENY… DEFEND… DEPOSE," the words found on the bullets allegedly shot by Luigi Mangione, Thompson's accused killer.
Some of the posters featured executives from major financial institutions that are not directly connected to health insurance.
DailyMail.com reported posters included red and black words saying: "Wanted. Denying medical care for corporate profit. Health care CEOs should not feel safe."
Police also reported a surge in online threats against executives.
An NYPD bulletin issued Tuesday emphasized the heightened risk environment for healthcare executives after Thompson's "brazen, targeted" shooting, ABC News reported.
In addition to the wanted posters, online viral posts have listed the names and salaries of several health insurance executives, and social media users continue to celebrate Thompson's death.
The police bulletin highlighted a viral social media post featuring the names and salaries of eight health insurance CEOs, which some online users shared "emphasizing that it is a hitlist and that CEOs should be afraid."
"My mom was denied chemo multiple times and suffered tremendously they missed her cancer for two years because she was constantly denied… she will have life altering damage because of it. F*** him may he rest in p***," one person wrote, according to the bulletin.
Some social media reactions to Thompson's murder have been so sympathetic toward Mangione that law enforcement officials fear that extremists may consider the alleged assassin a "martyr" and pick up his cause, sources told the Post.
When he was arrested Monday, Mangione was found with a manifesto that revealed he targeted Thompson because of frustration with U.S. healthcare and health insurance companies.
Amazon was forced to remove merchandise sympathetic toward Mangione.
Items with "Free Luigi" on them have been put up for sale, and gifts such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, and other goods with "Deny Defend Depose" have been popping up on websites such as Amazon, TikTok, and Ebay.
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