Luigi Mangione has been identified as one person of interest to last week’s fatal shooting from the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompsonpolice said Monday. The 26 year old was arrested on firearms charges in Pennsylvania after he was spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, and New York Police Department detectives were on their way to interview him during a massive manhunt for the gunman.
Here’s what we know about Mangione:
Luigi Mangione named person of interest in CEO shooting
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters at a news conference that Mangione was believed to be a person of interest in the shooting. Officers arrested Mangione Monday morning at the Altoona McDonald’s after a McDonald’s employee recognized him and called police, Tisch said. The officers questioned Mangione, who was acting suspiciously, Tisch said.
Officers found a handgun and a suppressor on Mangioni that were consistent with the weapon used in the Dec. 4 shooting of Thompson, Tisch said. Police said the gun turned out to be a ghost weapon. Clothing and a mask matching those of the suspect in the case were also found, police said.
Mangione was carrying multiple fraudulent IDs and a U.S. passport, Tisch said. One of the IDs matched the fake New Jersey ID the shooting suspect used to check into a Manhattan hostel before the shooting, the chief said.
A handwritten document that “speaks to both his motivation and his mentality” was also recovered from Mangione, Tisch said.
“We don’t believe there are any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does appear that he harbors ill will toward corporate America,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters. reporters.
His LinkedIn says he worked at TrueCar and has an Ivy League degree
According to his LinkedIn account, Mangione worked as a data engineer at car buying website TrueCar. But a company spokesperson told CBS News that Mangione has not worked there since 2023.
Mangione graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020, a Penn spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. He earned a Master of Science in engineering with a major in computer and information science, and a Bachelor of Science in engineering with a major in computer science and a minor in mathematics, the spokesperson confirmed.
While at Penn, he worked as a teaching assistant and founded a video game development club, according to his LinkedIn account.
At Stanford University in California, Mangione served as lead advisor for a pre-collegiate studies program in the summer of 2019, the university said in a statement to CBS News.
He has ties to Honolulu
Mangione’s last known address was in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kenny told reporters. According to an Instagram video from the Surfbreak coliving community, Mangione was living there in 2023.
He is related to a prominent Maryland family
Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, Kenny said. He is related to a prominent Maryland family that owns country clubs, health care facilities and real estate companies. CBS News Baltimore reported. He is also a cousin of Maryland state Rep. Nino Mangione, who represents parts of Baltimore County.
He graduated from the Gilman School in Baltimore
Mangione graduated in 2016 from the Gilman School, an all-boys private school in Baltimore, according to his LinkedIn account. According to his LinkedIn page, he was valedictorian for achieving the highest cumulative GPA in four years. He led the Gilman robotics team and also received a scholarship in 2014.
James Sandberg, a former classmate of Mangione, told the story CBS Baltimore that while he was not “particularly close” to Mangione, he knew him “somewhat well” and said, “He was a nice guy.”
Sandberg said he was “shocked” after someone shared an article naming Mangione as a person of interest in the shooting.
“I thought maybe it was another Luigi Mangione,” Sandberg said.
People messaged him on social media before his arrest
In the months leading up to Mangione’s arrest, posts tagging his account on the social media platform X indicate that his friends may have tried to contact him.
“No one has heard from you in months,” read one message from October.
Another message from July read: “I don’t know if you’re doing well or if you’re just in a super isolated place with no service. But I haven’t heard from you in months.”
He had an account on Goodreads
On the Goodreads website, Mangione’s account included a four-star rating and review of “Industrial Society and Its Future,” written by Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. Two 2022 healthcare-related books are on his reading list, including “Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery” and “Back Mechanic.”
The background image on Mangione’s X account shows an x-ray of a spine with hardware in it, reflecting a previous surgery. It is not known if this is an X-ray of Mangione’s spine. Mangione’s
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