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New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione, 26, with murder in connection with the Dec. 4 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, court records show.
Mangione was arrested and questioned by police on Monday after a McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pa. called 911. He gave police the same fake ID that the suspect used to check into a hostel in New York City. to the murder, police sources told The New York Times.
Mangione also carried a gun that resembled the murder weapon, police said, as well as what police described as a “manifesto” criticizing health care companies for prioritizing profit margins over patients. Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania on weapons charges and is expected to be extradited to New York.
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The murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and the suspect’s escape sparked a multi-state manhunt and brought new scrutiny to companies’ security measures. Some public responses, however, pointed to deeper concerns, experts said.
Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci warned in The New York Times that “the currents we see are expressions of something more fundamental,” likening contemporary concerns about immigration, inequality and technological change to the Gilded Age of the 19th century.
