Pennsylvania police arrest Luigi Mangione, 26, charged for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, after two days' search starting in New York City

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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Mangione was apprehended at a McDonalds in Altoona, Pennsylvania after being recognized and reported by an employee.
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Previously-released CCTV still of suspected shooter unmasked
Image: CCTV at HI New York City Hostel.

Local police arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States for the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on December 9. After a two day search the McDonald’s employee recognized the man while he was eating, and provided the tip to local police.

Police arrived and questioned Mangione, and said that he became “visibly nervous” and started shaking when asked if he had been to New York recently, CBS News reported. The authorities charged Luigi Mangione with “carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to the authorities and possessing instruments of crime”, ABC News reported.

Although Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania for charges unrelated to Thompson’s murder, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said he was believed to be a person of interest in the incident, CBS News reported. The authorities were planning to extradite Luigi Mangione to New York City.

Police mentioned that he was found in possession of a “ghost gun” and a silencer that was consistent with the one used to slay Thompson, ABC News reported. He was also found in possession of fake IDs that were consistent with the ones he used while staying at a hostel in Manhattan, CBS News reported. The suspect was found carrying a large sum of cash, some of which was foreign currency, BBC reported.

Authorities noted the suspect had a handwritten note about health insurance companies supposedly prioritising profits over customer/patient care.

Police believed that Mangione traveled to Pittsburgh before arriving in Altoona, eluding detection by authorities with the use of a signal-blocking bag, CBS News reported.

Luigi Mangione was originally from Maryland.