The wife of slain health insurance executive Brian Thompson said Wednesday that her husband received threats before he was shot in midtown Manhattan.

“There had been some threats,” Paulette Thompson told NBC News in her first comments since her husband’s killing early Wednesday.

“Basically, I don’t know, a lack of reporting?” she said, referring to her 50-year-old husband’s role as CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s insurance division.

“I don’t know any details. All I know is that he said there were some people who threatened him,” she told NBC News by phone.

“I can’t really give a thoughtful answer at the moment. “I just found out and I’m trying to comfort my children,” she said, confirming that police had told her it was probably a “targeted attack.”

Brian Thompson, 50, was shot in the chest early Wednesday by a masked man who was waiting for him outside the Hilton Hotel as he went to a conference.

He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

There were no arrests. Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information.