Update (1345ET): Authorities have identified Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old from Towson, Maryland, as the person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
As The National Pulse reports, according to law enforcement sources reviewing his online activity, Mangione is known for anti-capitalist beliefs and criticism of the U.S. healthcare system.
His Goodreads account features quotes from historical figures like Socrates, Bruce Lee, and Ted Kaczynski, the “Unabomber,” recognized for his anti-establishment views.
Mangione also reportedly carried a manifesto that criticized the financial and ethical practices of the healthcare industry.
Spoke with a source that had a lot of friends that went to high school with Luigi Mangione.
— Jack Mac (@JackMacCFB) December 9, 2024
What keeps coming up is a back surgery that “changed everything” for him and he went “absolutely crazy.”
Checks out with his GoodReads history and the X-Ray in his header. pic.twitter.com/dsrXMQcqB2
CNN reports that the two-page document allegedly included lines like “these parasites had it coming” and “I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done.”
Mangione’s educational background includes being the valedictorian of his 2016 class at the Gilman School in Baltimore – an educational establishment we have discussed before…
He later pursued studies focused on artificial intelligence at the University of Pennsylvania.
In case you hadn’t removed your tin-foil hat completely, this was an interesting twist.
The NYPD spokesperson said that Mangione was in possession of a so-called ‘ghost gun’, claiming that the gun he used may have been made in a 3D-Printer.
…and cue the politicians…
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A man in Pennsylvania is being questioned in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, police sources tell CBS News New York.
A source close to the investigation said that a person of interest was being questioned about the murder after Pennsylvania authorities took him into custody on an unrelated incident in Altoona (busted possibly trying to use a fake ID in a McDonald’s, law enforcement sources said).
The person was carrying a firearm similar to the one used in Thompson’s murder, the source said.
The NYPost reports that the man allegedly had a manifesto on him when he was taken into custody by cops in Altoona, Pa.
He also had a gun, silencer, four fake IDs and other items ‘consistent’ with what authorities were looking for in the case, sources said.
The NYPD was on its way to Altoona late Monday morning, sources said.