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The suspect arrested in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week has been identified as Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from Towson, Maryland.
Mangione was taken into custody in Altoona, Penn., on Dec. 9 after he was recognized at a McDonald’s and reported to local authorities.
Police found Mangione in possession of a fake New Jersey ID that matches the one used by the suspect to check into a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan 10 days before the shooting. Police also recovered a firearm similar to the one used in the killing, a silencer, and a three-page handwritten manifesto that investigators say sheds light on his motivations, though its specific contents have not been revealed. The New York Times reported that the document criticized health care companies for putting profits above care.
“We don’t think there’s any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does seem that he has some ill will towards corporate America,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.
Mangione is facing firearm charges, among others, in Pennsylvania, but has not yet been formally charged in connection with Thompson’s death on Dec. 4.
The shooting of Thompson, 50, was described by New York Police Department officials as a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack.” Thompson was outside the New York Hilton Midtown when he was shot multiple times, including once in the back and once in the right calf, as he made his way to the company’s annual investor conference conference. The shooter, who was wearing a mask, fled the scene on foot and later hopped on a bicycle into Central Park. A backpack believed to be owned by the gunman was later recovered by police in Central Park. It contained Monopoly money. Investigators recovered shell casings at the scene, which were engraved with the words “deny,” “delay,” and “depose,” a cryptic message that has raised questions about the…
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