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26-Year-Old Luigi Mangione Arrested in Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Dec 9, 2024, 07:10 PM

Authorities have arrested 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a former Ivy League student and anti-capitalist activist, as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50. Mangione was detained on firearm charges at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, carrying a firearm matching the weapon used in the crime, a silencer, four fake IDs, and a manifesto criticizing the healthcare industry. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced that Mangione is 'believed to be our person of interest' in the murder. Police are questioning him in connection with the assassination-style killing of Thompson, who was gunned down five days ago outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan.