Altoona Police Department
Luigi Mangione, suspected of murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO
The man suspected of having shot the CEO of UnitedHealthcare last week was arrested this Monday. Luigi Mangione was a great student and comes from a powerful family. What were the motivations for the crime?
The United States Attorney’s Office points out Luigi Mangione as the main suspect in the Brian Thompson homicideleader of UnitedHealthcare – a North American healthcare company health insurance.
The crime took place last Wednesday in the center of New York (in the famous Sixth Avenue) just before 7 a.m. as Brian Thompson was preparing to enter the company’s annual investor conference.
The New York police quickly mounted a manhunt, but the suspect managed escape towards the Central Park.
The man, 26 years oldwas found this Monday by police in Altoona, 500 kilometers west of New York.
According to the newspaper, the man was reported by a witness in a McDonalds em Altoonabeing in possession of a false identity card, similar to the one used by the killer to register at a New York hostel the night before the crime.
When you are born, glutton, coming from an important family in the real estate sector of Maryland (northeast), had in his possession a 3D printed gun that police believe to be the one used to kill Brian Thompson.
According to, Mangione was the best student at his school high school, in Baltimore, and At the time, he already had bold positions.
In his graduation speech, the young man encouraged his classmates to “challenge the world” and pushing the limits.
According to what the same newspaper found, Mangione would hate the medical community because of the way she treated her sick relative.
A former roommate of the young man made a revelation that could help in the investigation: Mangione had back problems and had undergone surgery a month ago.
Mangione was found with a three-page handwritten document in which he suggested he had anti-capitalist positions and “ill will” towards companies North Americans.
Previously, investigators noted that the shooter could be a disgruntled employee or an insurance customer.
However, the bullets found near Thompson’s body were the words delay (“delay”), deny (“deny”) and defend (“depose”)imitating an expression used by critics of the insurance industry for the procedures used to avoid paying compensation to customers.
The North American press speculates that these words may evoke a critical book by Jay Feinmanabout the insurance sector, published in 2010, whose title is “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.”
On Monday night, prosecutors in Manhattan, New York (northeast), charged Mangione with murder, possession of firearms and other crimes, according to a court filing released. online.
Mangione was accused and detained without bail in the state of Pennsylvania, after a brief court hearing.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione will be extradited to New York to face charges in connection with Thompson’s death.
