Luigi Mangione, The Suspect Arrested For Killing Of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Washington DC, US: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was shot killed by a masked gunman outside New York City hotel last week on December 4. The assassination has gripped the country, with authorities scrambling to find the miscreant. The security camera footage of the incident showed a suspect drawing his weapon and firing at least three times at a close range.

Days of speculations and investigation after, Pennsylvania police arrested 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione. Jessica Tisch, Commissioner of New York Police Department (NYPD), said Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania after a worker recognised the suspect and alerted the authorities.

Mangione comes from a wealthy family, and a glittery life. He was born into a wealthy family in the US state of Maryland. Reportedly, he is the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer. He graduated from an elite all-boys private institution, the Gilman School, as high school valedictorian in 2016. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from the Ivy League school in 2020 with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science and a minor in mathematics.

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Reading from his posts on X, he lived in Hawaii, from where he regularly posted about technological advances like artificial intelligence, fitness and healthy living. His posts include negative impact of smartphones on children; healthy eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society”.

Reportedly, Mangione was carrying a United States passport and multiple fake IDs at the time of his arrest, including one with the name Mark Rosario, which was used to check into a hostel in New York City before the shooting, according to Tisch. He also had a silencer and a gun “both consistent with the weapon used in the murder”, said the police.

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Investigators are trying to piece together why the 26-year-old may have take a complete different path to do the violent act to gun down the UnitedHealthcare CEO. The murder has set off widespread discussion on corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer, said AP.