Alrighty. So we have more information on the man arrested this morning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
His name is Luigi Mangione. He has a BSE and MSE in Computer Science from University of Pennsylvania.
He went to Gilman School, a private school in Baltimore, where he graduated as valedictorian.
Someone in a McDonald’s in Altoona, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, recognized the man from the wanted posters.
A senior law enforcement agent said Mangione had a fake New Jersey driver’s license with the name Mark Rosario. Supposedly the person they believe to be the murderer used the name and address on the license to check into the Manhattan hostel.
Mangiane had a manifesto with him. He expressed “ill will toward corporate America” and “criticized health care companies for putting profits above care.”
From NBC New York:
A man in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area is being questioned Monday in connection with last week’s UnitedHealthcare CEO killing in Manhattan, in part because he was found with a gun similar to the one used in the shooting, according to two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.The sources say it is too soon to determine if his case is connected to the death of Brian Thompson, but they are investigating it as a potentially significant development. According to the sources, customers at a local McDonald’s thought he looked suspicious and called police. Arriving officers noticed a fake ID so took him in for questioning.Once at the police station, the sources said, officers discovered the man had a gun similar to the one used in Thompson’s killing, as well as a silencer and a fake New Jersey ID. The suspected gunman allegedly used a fake New Jersey ID when he checked into a Manhattan hostel last month.
NYPD detectives have started to head their way to Pennsylvania to help investigators.
The investigators have one main question:
Former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” Monday that “everybody is really wondering” about how the shooter knew where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson would be on the morning he was gunned down.“How did he know that Mr. Thompson would walk down that block at that time?” Mauro said, describing how the shooter lied in wait until he allegedly opened fire around 6:40 a.m. local time last Wednesday.“He acquires him from across the street, it’s like 60-70 feet in dark conditions, he doesn’t hesitate. Makes him [out]. Walks right out through traffic and walks around behind him and does what he does,” Mauro continued. “How could he have known? That access is the thing that everybody is really wondering.”
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