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UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer arrested, had manifesto slamming 'corporate America'
Police said a fake New Jersey ID card, matching the one the suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, had used to check into the New York City hotel before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder, was found in his possession.
Police said a fake New Jersey ID card, matching the one the suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, had used to check into the New York City hotel before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder, was found in his possession.
Luigi Mangione, 26, an Ivy League graduate, was found at a McDonald's store in Altoona in Pennsylvania with a gun and a suppressor "both consistent with the weapon used in
the murder". (Photo: X)
India Today World Desk
New Delhi,
Dec 10, 2024
Written By: Prateek Chakraborty
In Short
Written By: Prateek Chakraborty
In Short
Luigi Mangione, 26, arrested in Pennsylvania for UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder
McDonald's employee spotted him in store and alerted police
Mangione had no prior arrests in New York; gun, fake IDs found in his possession
A 26-year-old man was arrested on gun charges in Pennsylvania in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week. Police said the man, identified as Luigi Mangione, was a "person of strong interest" and possessed a gun and multiple fake identity documents.
Mangione, an Ivy League graduate, was found at a McDonald's store in Altoona in Pennsylvania with a gun and a suppressor "both consistent with the weapon used in the murder," New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, CNN reported. Tisch said the McDonald's employee saw him sitting and eating and was suspicious of his movements, following which she called the police.
A fake New Jersey ID card, matching the one the suspect had used to check into the New York City hotel before the shooting, was found by authorities. A three-page manifesto was also recovered which "spoke to both his motivation and mindset", Tisch said.
New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said the document did not contain any specific threats, but had indicated an "ill will towards corporate America". "These parasites had it coming," a line from the manifesto read, which was seen by a police official. Another line from the document read, "I do apologise for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done."
According to Kenny, the suspect acted alone and he was self-funded. NYPD detectives were on their way to Pennsylvania where they could question the suspect, Tisch said.
HOW THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED AND CAUGHT
Kenny credited the McDonald's employee for recognising the suspect, saying it was due to the police's efforts to widely circulate the photos of the gunman without a face mask, which the NYPD released last week. He said that the firearm that was recovered from the suspect was a ghost gun "that had the capability of firing a 9mm round", and it may have been 3D printed, CNN reported.
According to Kenny, Mangione was born in Maryland and his last known address was in Honolulu, Hawaii, and had no prior arrests in New York. Tisch said police recovered "clothing, including a mask, consistent with those worn by our wanted individual".
The suspect's arrest seemingly brought an end to a massive manhunt that stretched for five days and which saw police widening its search beyond New York and using its divers to search for clues and investigate evidence.
Police also recovered bullet casings with the words "deny," "defend," and "depose" inscribed on them at the scene. The words echo the phrase "delay, deny, defend", often used by critics of insurance companies that delay payments, deny claims, and defend their actions.
Kenny credited the McDonald's employee for recognising the suspect, saying it was due to the police's efforts to widely circulate the photos of the gunman without a face mask, which the NYPD released last week. He said that the firearm that was recovered from the suspect was a ghost gun "that had the capability of firing a 9mm round", and it may have been 3D printed, CNN reported.
According to Kenny, Mangione was born in Maryland and his last known address was in Honolulu, Hawaii, and had no prior arrests in New York. Tisch said police recovered "clothing, including a mask, consistent with those worn by our wanted individual".
The suspect's arrest seemingly brought an end to a massive manhunt that stretched for five days and which saw police widening its search beyond New York and using its divers to search for clues and investigate evidence.
Police also recovered bullet casings with the words "deny," "defend," and "depose" inscribed on them at the scene. The words echo the phrase "delay, deny, defend", often used by critics of insurance companies that delay payments, deny claims, and defend their actions.
SUSPECT IS A POSTGRADUATE
According to the suspect's LinkedIn page, he worked as a data engineer and has a bachelor's and master's of science engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. A university spokesperson confirmed to The Guardian about Mangione's educational credentials.
Video footage showed the gunman riding a bicycle into Central Park and later taking a taxi to a bus terminal that offers commuter service to New Jersey and Greyhound routes to Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. Police said the suspect was believed to have left New York City in an intercity bus after he was captured on camera entering the bus terminal but not exiting it.
According to The New York Times, Mangione arrived in Altoona on a Greyhound bus, hours before the police identified him and arrested him.
SHOOTING OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO
On December 4, Thompson, 50, died after being shot in the back and leg outside a hotel in Manhattan, where he was attending an annual investor conference. Police termed the shooting as a targeted attack. He left behind his wife and two sons.
The gunman arrived in New York City on November 24, having travelled on a bus from Atlanta. He checked into a hostel on Manhattan's Upper West Side using a fake identification card and paying in cash.
Earlier photos of the suspect, taken in the hostel lobby, showed him smiling and ostensibly flirting with the receptionist, providing one of the few unmasked glimpses of the individual.
The FBI joined the investigation and offered a USD 50,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest. Before the suspect was caught, the NYPD had released two new photos of the gunman that were believed to be captured from a dashcam mounted inside a taxi.
Reacting to the suspect's arrest, a UnitedHealth Group spokesperson said, "We hope today's apprehension brings some relief to Brian’s family, friends, colleagues, and the many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy."
"We thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation. We ask that everyone respect the family’s privacy as they mourn," the spokesperson said.
A private memorial service for Thompson was held on Monday, a person familiar with the plans told CNN.
Police Say Luigi Mangione, Suspected Killer of Insurance CEO, Had 'Ill Will Toward Corporate America'
"I do apologize for any strife or trauma, but it had to be done," the Ivy League graduate reportedly wrote in a manifesto admitting to killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. "These parasites had it coming."
Luigi Mangione is seen here in a 2016 photo posted on his Facebook page.
(Photo: Luigi Mangione/Facebook)
Brett Wilkins
Dec 09, 2024
COMMON DREAMS
Luigi Mangione—the 26-year-old man arrested in Pennsylvania Monday on gun charges and suspected of last week's assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson—was carrying a manifesto condemning insurance industry greed, police said after his apprehension.
Mangione, a Maryland native who according to his social media profiles has a master's degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, was apprehended after being recognized in a McDonald's in Altoona, The New York Timesreported. He has been charged with weapons, forgery, and other crimes and is scheduled to appear before a judge in western Pennsylvania.
New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione was in possession of a 9mm handgun—possibly a ghost gun made with numerous parts or a 3D printer—the type used to kill Thompson, as well as a silencer and what he described as an anti-corporate manifesto.
"It does seem he has some ill will toward corporate America," Kenny said.
A police official who said they saw the manifesto toldCNN that Mangione admitted to killing Thompson in the hand-written document, writing that he acted alone and was "self-funded."
"I do apologize for any strife or trauma," the document stated, "but it had to be done. These parasites had it coming."
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch claimed that Mangione was also carrying a fake New Jersey ID matching the one the suspecter killer used to check into a New York City hostel 10 days before Thompson was gunned down in broad daylight in Manhattan with a silencer-equipped gun firing 9mm bullets.
Three bullet casings were inscribed with the words "deny," "defend," and "depose"—a phrase commonly used by critics to describe insurance industry tactics to avoid paying patient claims. UnitedHealth, the nation's biggest private insurer, is notorious for denying more claims than any other insurance company.
Mangione's social media posts run the gamut from praising the opinions of right-wing figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson to leaving positive reviews on Goodreads for books including Dr. Seuss' cautionary environmental tale The Lorax and the manifesto of Theodore Kaczynski—better known as the Unabomber.
"He had the balls to recognize that peaceful protest has gotten us absolutely nowhere and at the end of the day, he's probably right," Mangione controversially opined of Kaczynski, whom he called "an extreme political revolutionary."
"When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive," he asserted.
"I do apologize for any strife or trauma, but it had to be done," the Ivy League graduate reportedly wrote in a manifesto admitting to killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. "These parasites had it coming."
Luigi Mangione is seen here in a 2016 photo posted on his Facebook page.
(Photo: Luigi Mangione/Facebook)
Brett Wilkins
Dec 09, 2024
COMMON DREAMS
Luigi Mangione—the 26-year-old man arrested in Pennsylvania Monday on gun charges and suspected of last week's assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson—was carrying a manifesto condemning insurance industry greed, police said after his apprehension.
Mangione, a Maryland native who according to his social media profiles has a master's degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, was apprehended after being recognized in a McDonald's in Altoona, The New York Timesreported. He has been charged with weapons, forgery, and other crimes and is scheduled to appear before a judge in western Pennsylvania.
New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione was in possession of a 9mm handgun—possibly a ghost gun made with numerous parts or a 3D printer—the type used to kill Thompson, as well as a silencer and what he described as an anti-corporate manifesto.
"It does seem he has some ill will toward corporate America," Kenny said.
A police official who said they saw the manifesto toldCNN that Mangione admitted to killing Thompson in the hand-written document, writing that he acted alone and was "self-funded."
"I do apologize for any strife or trauma," the document stated, "but it had to be done. These parasites had it coming."
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch claimed that Mangione was also carrying a fake New Jersey ID matching the one the suspecter killer used to check into a New York City hostel 10 days before Thompson was gunned down in broad daylight in Manhattan with a silencer-equipped gun firing 9mm bullets.
Three bullet casings were inscribed with the words "deny," "defend," and "depose"—a phrase commonly used by critics to describe insurance industry tactics to avoid paying patient claims. UnitedHealth, the nation's biggest private insurer, is notorious for denying more claims than any other insurance company.
Mangione's social media posts run the gamut from praising the opinions of right-wing figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson to leaving positive reviews on Goodreads for books including Dr. Seuss' cautionary environmental tale The Lorax and the manifesto of Theodore Kaczynski—better known as the Unabomber.
"He had the balls to recognize that peaceful protest has gotten us absolutely nowhere and at the end of the day, he's probably right," Mangione controversially opined of Kaczynski, whom he called "an extreme political revolutionary."
"When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive," he asserted.
‘Parasites had it coming’: Chilling details about NY gunman
The New Daily
Dec 10, 2024, updated Dec 10, 2024
Chilling details have emerged about the man in custody over the suspected gunning down an American healthcare boss in a brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel.
The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday (US time) after a McDonald’s worker recognised him as the man sought over the death of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson.
The worker called local police, who said they found a man “wearing a medical mask and a beanie” and sitting “in the rear of the building at a table”, looking at a laptop, according to a criminal complaint read out in court.
Officers asked the man to pull down the mask – and “immediately recognised him as the suspect”.
The man gave the police a New Jersey ID in the name of Mark Rosario. When they asked him if he had been to New York City recently, he “became quiet and started to shake”, the complaint said.
After a search turned up no one of that name, the man told officers he was Luigi Mangione. Asked why he gave a false name, he said “I clearly shouldn’t have”, according to the complaint.
Mangione was found with a “ghost gun” – a firearm assembled from parts, making it untraceable – and a silencer consistent with the weapon used to shoot Thompson, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
He also had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the killer. The ghost gun may have been produced by a 3D printer, said Joseph Kenny, the NYPD’s chief of detectives.
Police also found a handwritten document that speaks to “both his motivation and his mindset”, Tisch said. While the document did not mention specific targets, Mangione harboured “ill will toward corporate America”, Kenny said.
“These parasites had it coming,” one line from the note reads, according to CNN.
“I do apologise for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done,” another states.
A Goodreads account apparently belonging to Mangione also gave a four-star review earlier this year to a book written by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski earlier this year, according to The New York Times.
Kaczynski was a Chicago-born mathematician and domestic terrorist whose mail bombing campaign killed three people and injured more than two dozen others during the late 1970s and early 90s.
“It’s easy to quickly and thoughtlessly write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies,” the review reads.
The New Daily
Dec 10, 2024, updated Dec 10, 2024
Chilling details have emerged about the man in custody over the suspected gunning down an American healthcare boss in a brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel.
The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday (US time) after a McDonald’s worker recognised him as the man sought over the death of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson.
The worker called local police, who said they found a man “wearing a medical mask and a beanie” and sitting “in the rear of the building at a table”, looking at a laptop, according to a criminal complaint read out in court.
Officers asked the man to pull down the mask – and “immediately recognised him as the suspect”.
The man gave the police a New Jersey ID in the name of Mark Rosario. When they asked him if he had been to New York City recently, he “became quiet and started to shake”, the complaint said.
After a search turned up no one of that name, the man told officers he was Luigi Mangione. Asked why he gave a false name, he said “I clearly shouldn’t have”, according to the complaint.
Mangione was found with a “ghost gun” – a firearm assembled from parts, making it untraceable – and a silencer consistent with the weapon used to shoot Thompson, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
He also had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the killer. The ghost gun may have been produced by a 3D printer, said Joseph Kenny, the NYPD’s chief of detectives.
Police also found a handwritten document that speaks to “both his motivation and his mindset”, Tisch said. While the document did not mention specific targets, Mangione harboured “ill will toward corporate America”, Kenny said.
“These parasites had it coming,” one line from the note reads, according to CNN.
“I do apologise for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done,” another states.
A Goodreads account apparently belonging to Mangione also gave a four-star review earlier this year to a book written by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski earlier this year, according to The New York Times.
Kaczynski was a Chicago-born mathematician and domestic terrorist whose mail bombing campaign killed three people and injured more than two dozen others during the late 1970s and early 90s.
“It’s easy to quickly and thoughtlessly write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies,” the review reads.
New York CEO shooting: Murder suspect Luigi Mangione thought the Unabomber was an ‘extreme political revolutionary’
By Susie Coen
Daily Telegraph UK·
9 Dec, 2024
The suspect being questioned in connection with the murder of American insurance boss Brian Thompson was an Ivy League student who thought the Unabomber was an “extreme political revolutionary”.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was eating in McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning when a staff member recognised him and tipped off the authorities.
The six-day manhunt for the New York assassin culminated in Mangione being found with the three-page manifesto, a ghost gun - a homemade firearm - and a silencer. He also had his passport and the fake ID the suspect used to check in at a hostel on the Upper West Side.
He was wearing clothing which matched the suspect and his manifesto showed he had “ill will towards corporate America” and is said to have listed grievances with the healthcare industry and railed against “parasites”.
Theodore (Ted) Kaczynski , AKA The Unabomber, seen after his 1996 arrest. Photo / FBI
Mangione went on to share an online take he said was “interesting” which read: “When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it’s not terrorism, it’s war and revolution.”
CNN reports that Mangione’s own manifesto railed against “corporate America”.
“I do apologise for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done,” a police source who had seen the document told the channel.
“These parasites had it coming.”
By Susie Coen
Daily Telegraph UK·
9 Dec, 2024
The suspect being questioned in connection with the murder of American insurance boss Brian Thompson was an Ivy League student who thought the Unabomber was an “extreme political revolutionary”.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was eating in McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning when a staff member recognised him and tipped off the authorities.
The six-day manhunt for the New York assassin culminated in Mangione being found with the three-page manifesto, a ghost gun - a homemade firearm - and a silencer. He also had his passport and the fake ID the suspect used to check in at a hostel on the Upper West Side.
He was wearing clothing which matched the suspect and his manifesto showed he had “ill will towards corporate America” and is said to have listed grievances with the healthcare industry and railed against “parasites”.
Luigi Mangione, the man arrested over the death of insurance CEO Brian Thompson.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Mangione is believed to be “our person of interest”.
The suspect now faces gun charges in Pennsylvania and the authorities will work on getting him to New York to face further charges, New York Police Department chief of detectives Joseph Kenny said. Mangione has not yet been charged.
A high-achieving mathematical whizz from Maryland, Mangione appears to have long wanted to make his mark on the world.
In one social media post, he said he used to get “bummed out” in maths class because “all the low-hanging fruit has been solved before I was born”.
He added that he was now grateful for his “21st century education” and he would focus on issues including “evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks”.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Mangione is believed to be “our person of interest”.
The suspect now faces gun charges in Pennsylvania and the authorities will work on getting him to New York to face further charges, New York Police Department chief of detectives Joseph Kenny said. Mangione has not yet been charged.
A high-achieving mathematical whizz from Maryland, Mangione appears to have long wanted to make his mark on the world.
In one social media post, he said he used to get “bummed out” in maths class because “all the low-hanging fruit has been solved before I was born”.
He added that he was now grateful for his “21st century education” and he would focus on issues including “evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks”.
Alleged New York CEO shooter Luigi Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
After becoming valedictorian of his 2016 high school class at Gilman School in Baltimore, which costs around US$40,000 ($68,000) a year, Mangione went on to study computer science at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the most prestigious universities in America.
He then went on to work as a data engineer for TrueCar living in California and later Honolulu, Hawaii, according to his LinkedIn.
The Unabomber and the manifesto
According to his Goodreads account, Mangione was sympathetic towards Ted Kaczyski, the Unabomber, who he described as a “mathematical prodigy”.
In his review of Industrial Society and Its Future, the Unabomber Manifesto, he wrote: “It’s easy to quickly and thoughtless[ly] write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies. But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out.
“He was a violent individual - rightfully imprisoned - who maimed innocent people. While these actions tend to be characterised as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary.”
After becoming valedictorian of his 2016 high school class at Gilman School in Baltimore, which costs around US$40,000 ($68,000) a year, Mangione went on to study computer science at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the most prestigious universities in America.
He then went on to work as a data engineer for TrueCar living in California and later Honolulu, Hawaii, according to his LinkedIn.
The Unabomber and the manifesto
According to his Goodreads account, Mangione was sympathetic towards Ted Kaczyski, the Unabomber, who he described as a “mathematical prodigy”.
In his review of Industrial Society and Its Future, the Unabomber Manifesto, he wrote: “It’s easy to quickly and thoughtless[ly] write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies. But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out.
“He was a violent individual - rightfully imprisoned - who maimed innocent people. While these actions tend to be characterised as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary.”
Theodore (Ted) Kaczynski , AKA The Unabomber, seen after his 1996 arrest. Photo / FBIMangione went on to share an online take he said was “interesting” which read: “When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it’s not terrorism, it’s war and revolution.”
CNN reports that Mangione’s own manifesto railed against “corporate America”.
“I do apologise for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done,” a police source who had seen the document told the channel.
“These parasites had it coming.”
This handout image of the wanted man went viral. Photo / NYPD
Elsewhere online, Mangione went on to criticise fossil fuel companies, adding: “They have zero qualms about burning down the planet for a buck, so why should we have any qualms about burning them down to survive?
“We’re animals just like everything else on this planet, except we’ve forgotten the law of the jungle and bend over for our overlords when any other animal would recognise the threat and fight to the death for their survival. ‘Violence never solved anything’ is a statement uttered by cowards and predators.’”
Mangione’s social media accounts are filled with comments about the state of society and mental health.
In one post on X, formerly Twitter, he shared an analysis on the declining birth rate in Japan, criticising sex toys and maid cafes where “lonely salarymen pay young girls to dress as anime characters and perform anime dances for them”.
Mangione also reposted comments about a book titled The Anxious Generation and the impact of “seasonal and circadian rhythms” on mental health.
- Additional reporting, NZ Herald
Elsewhere online, Mangione went on to criticise fossil fuel companies, adding: “They have zero qualms about burning down the planet for a buck, so why should we have any qualms about burning them down to survive?
“We’re animals just like everything else on this planet, except we’ve forgotten the law of the jungle and bend over for our overlords when any other animal would recognise the threat and fight to the death for their survival. ‘Violence never solved anything’ is a statement uttered by cowards and predators.’”
Mangione’s social media accounts are filled with comments about the state of society and mental health.
In one post on X, formerly Twitter, he shared an analysis on the declining birth rate in Japan, criticising sex toys and maid cafes where “lonely salarymen pay young girls to dress as anime characters and perform anime dances for them”.
Mangione also reposted comments about a book titled The Anxious Generation and the impact of “seasonal and circadian rhythms” on mental health.
- Additional reporting, NZ Herald
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