Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, was not insured by the company, according to the umbrella company that owns it.
There is no record that Mangione, 26, was ever insured by the company, UnitedHealth Group said.
Mangione is the suspect in the fatal shooting of CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street on the morning of December 4, as Thompson walked to a hotel where an investor conference was being held.
The murder is still under investigation.
New York Police Chief Joseph Kenny said Mangione’s social media and writings indicate he suffered a painful back injury that was a “life-altering injury.”
Kenny said Mangione may have targeted Thompson because of UnitedHealthcare’s size.
“We have no indication that he has ever been a United Healthcare customer, but he does mention that it is the fifth largest company in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America,” Kenny said in an interview. aired on Thursday.
“So that might be why he focused on that company,” Kenny said.
Mangione was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was recognized in photos distributed by police, authorities said.
When he was arrested, police found a gun and a silencer, a handwritten document referring to the health care industry and a notebook, officials said.
The three-page handwritten document includes the phrase “these parasites just got it,” law enforcement sources told NBC News.
Mangione also had a notebook in which he allegedly wrote about attacking a CEO, two sources familiar with the investigation said. Archived social media posts show him discussing debilitating back pain.
Thompson was walking on a sidewalk in downtown Manhattan around 6:44 a.m. when a gunman wearing a mask and hooded jacket shot him from behind and then continued shooting, surveillance video shows.
According to police, the killing was targeted. Police have said they believe Mangione arrived in the city by bus on Nov. 24 and was staying at a hostel.
The gun recovered when Mangione was arrested has been linked to shell casings found at the murder scene, police said Thursday.
The gun was a so-called ghost gun, made with a receiver from a company and then built with a 3D printer, Kenny said.
Mangione is being held in Pennsylvania, where he faces gun possession, forgery and other charges, and is fighting extradition to New York. The next hearing in the Pennsylvania case is scheduled for December 30.
New York police said Mangione will be returned to New York, arrested and charged with murder in Thompson’s killing.
Mangione’s attorney has said he plans to plead not guilty to all charges.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com
