BALTIMORE – Luigi Mangione, a person linked to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, is related to a prominent Maryland family, sources told WJZ.
The Mangiones own several country clubs, including Haysfield Country Club in Hunt Valley, as well as healthcare facilities and real estate companies in the Baltimore area.
Luigi is the cousin of Republican Rep. Nino Mangione of Maryland, who represents parts of Baltimore County.
According to our media partner at The Baltimore Banner, Luigi’s grandfather, Nicholas Mangione Sr., was a self-made real estate developer who owned country clubs, nursing homes and a radio station. His grandmother Mary, who died of Parkinson’s disease in 2023, was described in an obituary as a benefactor of the hospital and music patron.
The Banner reports that the Mangione family purchased Turf Valley Country Club in 1978 and established it as a golf resort and residential community. According to the Banner, family-owned businesses also include Lorien Health Services nursing homes and radio station WCBM-AM.
Luigi Mangione26, Sat arrested at a McDonald’s Monday afternoon in Altoona, Pennsylvania on gun charges after being recognized by an employee. WJZ has learned that Mangione is from Baltimore County and was the valedictorian of The Gilman School in Baltimore in 2016. A video from the 119th Gilman School Founder’s Day Ceremony shows Mangione’s speech.
Thompson was shot and killed on December 4 outside the Hilton Midtown Hotel in Manhattan, New York.
