Update: The person of interest is 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, a former Ivy League student with an online footprint.
BREAKING.
UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione claims that the $2,000 in foreign currency found on his person during his arrest was *PLANTED.*
"One of the most interesting parts of that particular hearing was actually his statements after the conversation… pic.twitter.com/XCGraXQmX5
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 10, 2024
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.
The murder suspect linked to the UnitedHealthcare CEO has been identified as Luigi Mangione, a radical anti-capitalist climate activist and former Ivy League student who idolized Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.
Authorities discovered he was carrying a manifesto condemning the… pic.twitter.com/lXbYyc1iz2
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) December 9, 2024
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has named 26 year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione who was born and raised in Maryland, and most recently lived in Honolulu, Hawaii as their person of interest in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. pic.twitter.com/3LzJMFcktv
— Art Candee (@ArtCandee) December 9, 2024
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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