Security increased for Rockefeller tree lighting after Brian Thompson murder [Video]

Security was ramped up for the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center’s iconic Christmas tree Wednesday evening, hours after a masked gunman shot and killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a midtown Manhattan hotel just a few blocks away. 

Chief of Department Jeffrey B. Maddrey said there would be a “massive presence” of police, including additional officers in the subway.

“This is a terrible event, but people are going to go on and enjoy the tree lighting tonight,” he said.

CALIFORNIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHOOTING WOUNDS 2 BOYS, 5 AND 6; SUSPECTED GUNMAN DEAD

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed at close range outside the Hilton Hotel Wednesday morning. 

In the chilling video obtained by Fox News Digital, Thompson is seen walking down a New York City sidewalk when a masked man wearing a black hooded jacket and a backpack fatally shoots Thompson before fleeing the scene on a bike, disappearing into Central Park. 

The suspect …