PA Police Detain a Man in the NY Murder of Brian Thompson – Update

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Update: The person of interest is 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, a former Ivy League student with an online footprint.

Reportedly, he is anti-Capitalist, anti-healthcare, and climate change activist. This is early reporting. He is a tech wiz from Towson, Maryland. Mangione is a data engineer with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in University of Pennsylvania.

He was a prep school valedictorian who had grievances against the healthcare industry. On the Goodreads website, he liked online quotes from “Unabomber’’ Ted Kaczynski raging against the country’s medical community.

Original Story

A man is being held for questioning in connection with last week’s killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan, according to three law enforcement officials who spoke to the New York Times. The man was identified based on a tip from someone who spotted him at McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The suspect had a gun, a silencer, and false ID cards similar to those they believe the killer used in New York.

He was also caught with a manifesto.

While the man is said to have had a gun like the one used in the shooting, he has not yet been arrested or charged. His name has not been released.

New York police investigators are traveling to Altoona.

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kat
6 months ago

Kid was once a “good guy”, according to classmates. Parents were business owners, and big in the social circuit. Republican, no less. This smells of cult operations; turning a child against the family and what it stands for, then milking big bucks from them. Will be interested in how this turns out.

Dr. Van Nostrand
6 months ago

Not very smart if he was still holding onto the evidence.

Canadian Friend
6 months ago

Yeah I find it strange that a Valedictorian, a brilliant student was that dumb he did other things such as lower his mask when we all know there are cameras everywhere Would not a brilliant plan this better and make it very hard to find him ? he is only 26, had his entire life in front of him, could… Read more »