ALTOONA, Pa. (KDKA) — Luigi Mangionethe man being questioned in connection with the murder of unitedhealthcare CEO brian thompson was indicted on several unrelated charges after being arrested monday in altoona, pennsylvania.
According to court documents, Mangione, 26, is charged with forgery, failure to carry firearms without a license, tampering with documents or identification, possession of instruments of crime and false identification to law enforcement authorities after police in Altoona said they were called. around 9 a.m. to a McDonald’s for reports of a person matching the description of the possible suspect in Thompson’s shooting.
Court documents describe the moment police recognized Mangione
According to court paperwork, at the McDonald’s on East Plank Road, Altoona officers found the man wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop at a table in the back of the restaurant. After asking him to remove his mask, officers wrote in court documents that they “immediately recognized” him from photos released by the New York Police Department.
When they asked for ID, police said he gave them a New Jersey driver’s license. Officers said he “became quiet and started shaking” after asking him if he had been to New York recently.
Investigators said they were unable to find any information based on the ID the man gave him. Officers told him that if he lied about his identity, he would be arrested. Then police said he gave them his birthday and told them his name was Luigi Mangione.
When asked why he lied about his identity, Mangione replied, “Clearly I shouldn’t have done that.”
This is what police found in Mangione’s backpack
Police said they arrested Mangione and took him back to the Altoona station, where a search of his backpack turned up a 3D-printed gun and a silencer.
“The gun had a metal slide and a plastic handle with a metal barrel,” police wrote in court papers. “The pistol had one loaded Glock magazine with six nine-millimeter full metal jacketed bullets. There was also one loose nine-millimeter hollow point bullet. The silencer was also 3D printed.”
Police question Mangione about the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO
In their searchPolice said they also found a three-page handwritten document.
“That document is currently in the possession of the Altoona Police Department as part of their investigation, but just from speaking with them briefly, we don’t believe there are any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it appears he has ill will toward corporate America,” said New York Police Chief Joseph Kenny.
The NYPD could be seen outside the Altoona Police Department on Monday. The police question Mangione in connection with Thompson’s death.
“At this time he is believed to be our person of interest in the brutal, targeted killing of Brian Thompson,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Police in Altoona, about a two-hour drive from Pittsburgh, said they are working with local, state and federal agencies.
Magnione was ordered held without bail, the Associated Press reported.
