Who is Luigi Mangione? UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shoots murder suspect

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Luigi Mangione – the 26-year-old identified by authorities as a “strong person of interest” in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week – was formally charged with murder late Monday in New York, hours after his arrest in Altoona. Pennsylvania, after a day-long manhunt.

This booking photo released by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections shows Luigi Mangione, a … (+) Suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Important facts

Mangione was arraigned Monday in Manhattan state court on one count of murder, three counts of weapons possession and one count of forgery, according to court records.

According to multiple reports, Mangione, who was held without bail during a court appearance in Pennsylvania, was also initially charged in Pennsylvania with forgery, carrying firearms without a license, tampering with records or identification, possession of instruments of crime and providing false identification the law enforcement authorities.

NYPD Chief Detective Joseph Kenny said Mangione will be extradited to New York to face charges.

Earlier Monday, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Mangione was recognized at a McDonald’s in Altoona and reported to local police, who then discovered he had “multiple fake IDs,” a U.S. passport, a firearm and a silencer, which were similar to those used in the restaurant’s murder and a “handwritten document that reflects both his motivation and his way of thinking.”

Officers asked Mangione if he had been in New York recently, causing him to become quiet and shake, according to a description of his arrest.

Mangione, a Maryland native, most recently lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, has no history of arrests in New York or elsewhere in the country and may have attended college in Pennsylvania, police said.

Social media pages apparently intended for Mangione say he graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer and information science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 and was valedictorian of the Gilman School, a private college, in 2016. 12 school in Maryland, was.

The New York Times reported that Mangione was the valedictorian when he graduated from the all-boys private school in 2016, giving a speech in which he described how his class “developed new ideas and challenged the world around them.”

The Daily Pennsylvanian – Penn’s student newspaper – reported that Mangione founded the school’s Game Research and Development Environment Club and that he was inducted into the Eta Kappa Nu honor society for excellence in electrical and computer engineering before his graduation in 2020.

A LinkedIn page apparently belonging to Mangione describes internships at the Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics and Firaxis Games before working as an engineer for TrueCar, a car shopping website based in California, for four years .

The Times also reported that Mangione worked as an advisor in the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies Program in 2019.

This story is current and will be updated.

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What is known about Luigi Mangione’s alleged ghost gun?

A description of Mangione’s arrest notes: Officers found a 3D printed pistol and a 3D printed silencer in his backpack. The pistol was loaded with a Glock magazine containing six 9-millimeter full metal jacket bullets. A loose nine-millimeter hollow-point cartridge was also found in the backpack. Authorities said the gun and silencer matched the firearm used in the shooting of Thompson.

What do we know about Luigi Mangione’s life at Penn?

Mangione graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer and information science, according to social media accounts that appear to belong to him and the university’s alumni database. The Daily Pennsylvanian – Penn’s student newspaper – reported that Mangione founded the school’s Game Research and Development Environment Club and was inducted into the Eta Kappa Nu honor society for excellence in electrical and computer engineering before graduating in 2020. A post on an Instagram account that he apparently also belongs to shows that he belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Did Luigi Mangione have a Goodreads account?

A Goodreads report apparently written by Mangione gave “Industrial Society and Its Future,” a book by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, four out of five stars in January. A review written by the report states: “It is easy to quickly and thoughtlessly dismiss this as a madman’s manifesto to avoid confronting some of the unpleasant problems it identifies.” But it is simply impossible to ignore “How prescient many of his predictions about modern society were.” The review also quoted another person’s opinion that “violence is necessary for survival.”

Have the police given a motive?

Police have not given an official motive for Thompson’s killing. Officers found three 9mm cartridges at the scene and the words “deny,” “defend” and “deposit” were visible on the shell casings, reflecting a phrase often used to describe insurance companies’ denial tactics to criticize claims. At Monday’s news conference, Kenny said that the three-page handwritten manifesto Mangione found when he was arrested was in the possession of Altoona police, but that “it appears that he has some antipathy toward the American economy.” Kenny also said the document did not contain any other “specific threats” to individuals. Citing an unnamed law enforcement official, the Associated Press reported that in the document mentioned, Mangione admitted to working alone and stated: “To the Feds: I will be brief because I respect what you have done for our country “To save you a lengthy investigation, I state clearly that I have not worked with anyone.” The note continues: “I apologize for any disruption or trauma, but it had to be done.” Honestly, These parasites just had it.”

Was Mangione reported missing?

Mangione’s mother, Kathleen Mangione, reported him missing to San Francisco police last month. According to the San Francisco Standard, the missing person report was filed on November 18, although it is unclear whether Mangione was supposed to be in the city when his mother filed the report. Although he was born and raised in Maryland, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said he has “connections to San Francisco” and most recently lived in Honolulu.

Who is Nino Mangione?

Luigi Mangione is related to Nino Mangione, a Republican representative in the Maryland House of Representatives, The Baltimore Sun reported Monday. The Sun reported that the two are cousins who are friends on social media. Forbes has reached out to Mangione for comment. A statement posted on behalf of the Mangione family on his social media accounts said they could not comment on the news reports. “We only know what we read in the media. Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We pray for Brian Thompson’s family and ask people to pray for everyone involved.”

What is known about the Mangione family?

The Baltimore Banner reported that Mangione came “from a prominent Baltimore family.” According to Banner, his grandfather was a self-employed real estate developer who owned country clubs, nursing homes and a radio station, and his grandmother was “a supporter of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center” and the Baltimore Opera Company. According to Banner, the Mangione family has owned Hayfields Country Club in Hunt Valley, Maryland – northwest of the city of Baltimore – since 1986.

What do we know about Mangione’s time in Hawaii?

In Honolulu, where police say Magnione’s last known address was, he was a member of a coworking space called Hub Coworking Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Mangione reportedly came to the site with his roommates from a nearby condominium called Surfbreak and worked there. On its website, Surfbreak describes itself as a “co-living and co-working community for digital nomads and remote workers.” Surfbreak founder and CEO RJ Martin expressed shock at Mangione’s arrest, telling the Honolulu Civil Beat, “I loved that guy… In a way, I feel like my members are my children,” according to the report Other coliving space residents called Mangione a “natural leader” and said he helped start a book club in the community. Martin and another resident told the outlet they suggested the book club read Kaczynski’s book as a “joke.”

Important background

Thompson, 50, was CEO of the health insurance division of the $550 billion UnitedHealth Group and was in New York City on Wednesday for UnitedHealth Group’s investor meeting – which was canceled after the shooting. He was shot in the back and hit in the back and right calf just before 7 a.m. on Dec. 4 outside the New York Hilton Midtown, prompting the suspect to flee the area on foot and on an electric bicycle. Minnesota-based Thompson has been CEO since April 2021 and has been with UnitedHealth Group since 2004. Video of the shooting showed the suspect walking out behind Thompson – who had no security detail – before firing multiple times. Before the arrest, police said they believed the shooting was a “brazen targeted attack” and searched New York City before believing the suspect had left the city on a bus. Thompson’s wife, Paulette Thompson, told NBC News, “There have been some threats,” but did not provide details about the threats. Thompson had two sons, one who had just graduated from high school and one who was still in high school. Police had searched for the shooter by deploying dive teams in Central Park, flying helicopters, searching surveillance cameras in the area, using drones and using dogs. They have released several photos of the suspected shooter since Wednesday, but in which his face was mostly obscured.

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