Luigi Mangione, 26, has been arrested in connection to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. He was taken into custody in Pennsylvania.
Mangione was arrested at around 9 a.m. at a McDonald’s in Altoona, about 280 miles from New York City, after police received a tip, according to officials.
New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference that police “recovered clothing, including a mask consistent with those worn by our wanted individual.”
“Also recovered was a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching the ID our suspect used to check into his New York City hostel before the shooting incident.”
Reports also are emerging about a manifesto the suspect appeared to have with him when he was arrested.
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8 HOURS AGO
Pennsylvania DA says Mangione will face homicide charge
ZACH SCHONFELD
Pete Weeks, the district attorney for Blair County, Pa., where the arrest took place, called Mangione the suspect in the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“We expect charges to be filed forthwith, and obviously, I’m not going to speculate on that timing, but tonight or tomorrow or sometime in the very near future, for homicide,” Weeks said.
8 HOURS AGO
Officials say Mangione was in Pennsylvania for ‘several days’
ZACH SCHONFELD
Officials said Mangione had been in Pennsylvania for “several days.”
He tried to keep a “low profile” and “avoid cameras,” officials said.
9 HOURS AGO
Police officer describes encountering Mangione
ZACH SCHONFELD
Tyler Frye, one of the police officers who encountered Mangione at the McDonalds, described the moment of the arrest.
At Monday’s press conference, Frye said he immediately recognized Mangione after he agreed to lower his mask.
“He was very cooperative with us. Didn’t really give us too many issues,” Frye said.
9 HOURS AGO
Shapiro hails McDonald’s employee as ‘hero’
ZACH SCHONFELD
At a press conference, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) praised the McDonald’s employee who identified Mangione and called 911, touting it as proof of a strong relationship between law enforcement and the local community in Altoona.
“The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning,” Shapiro said.
9 HOURS AGO
Mangione ‘started to shake’ when asked if he had been to NY, complaint says
ZACH SCHONFELD
Police officers in the complaint wrote that they “immediately recognized” Mangione upon locating him in the Altoona, Pa., McDonald’s and asking him to lower his mask.
Mangione “became quiet and started to shake” when asked if he had been to New York recently, the officers wrote.
9 HOURS AGO
Mangione faces five charges in Pennsylvania
ZACH SCHONFELD
Mangione faces five charges, according to a newly unsealed criminal complaint. He has not been charged directly over United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death.
The five charges are:
Forgery
Carrying a firearm without a license
Tampering with records or identification
Possessing instruments of crime
False identification to law enforcement authorities.
10 HOURS AGO
Luigi Mangione to make first court appearance Monday evening
ZACH SCHONFELD
Luigi Mangione will make his first court appearance at 6 p.m. ET at a state courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pa., according to a court spokesperson.
The appearance will be a preliminary arraignment, the spokesperson said.
11 HOURS AGO
FBI and NYPD arrive in Altoona
ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
FBI and NYPD officers have arrived in Altoona, Pa to question Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“Just in the last 30 minutes, the FBI and the NYPD have arrived at the Altoona Police Department’s headquarters,” Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa) told CNN’s Jake Tapper shortly after 4 p.m. EST.
Joyce represents Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional district, which encompasses Altoona.
Mangione was arrested on Monday in an Altoona McDonalds’ after an employee recognized him and then called local police, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch in a press conference.
11 HOURS AGO
Reportedly wrote ‘These parasites had it coming’ in manifesto
ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
Mangione was reportedly carrying a manifesto expressing grievances toward the health care system when arrested Monday, which officials said also indicated he acted alone and was self-funded.
“These parasites had it coming,” one line from the note reads, according to CNN. “I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done,” another states.
Luigi Mangione was arrested on firearms charges at a McDonalds in Altoona, Pa., with gun, suppressor and the three-page hand-written manifesto, according to authorities.
11 HOURS AGO
Appeared to follow Ocasio-Cortez, RFJ Jr. on X
ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
The 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate follows a wide range of political figures on what appears to be his account on social media platform X.
Some of those figures include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), prominent vaccine skeptic and potential head of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden and podcaster Joe Rogan.
Among non-political figures on the follow list are the Sam Harris podcast, Richard Dawkins, and Bret Weinstein, Scott Galloway, Jonathan Haidt, Ezra Klein and Steve-o from Jackass.
11 HOURS AGO
Mangione apparently reviewed Unabomber’s book on Goodreads
ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
A Goodreads account under the name Luigi Mangione which features a profile photo of the shooting suspect that looks similar to those shared on other social media platforms, gave a book written by Ted Kaczynski a four-star review early this year, according to The New York Times.
Kaczynski, otherwise known as the Unabomber, was a Chicago-born mathematician and domestic terrorist whose mail bombing campaign killed three people and injured more than two dozen others during the late 1970s and early 90s.
“It’s easy to quickly and thoughtless write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies,” reads the review. “But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out.”
Mangione appeared to track his reading habits on the website, listing book including science fiction (“Ender’s Game”), airport bookstore standbys (“Freakonomics,” “Outliers”) and young adult classics like the “Harry Potter” and “Hunger Games” series, per The Times.
11 HOURS AGO
What is a ghost gun?
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione was in possession of a “ghost gun,” which may have been made using a 3-D printer, that was capable of firing 9 mm rounds.
Ghost guns have become an emerging public safety threat, targeted at the state and local level for allowing criminals to evade gun regulations.
Read more here about ghost guns.
12 HOURS AGO
Suspect related to Maryland GOP lawmaker: Reports
Reports circulating on Monday suggested Mangione, the suspect, was related to Republican Maryland state lawmaker Nino Mangione, who represents parts of Baltimore County.
WBAL reported the lawmaker’s office confirmed the suspect is his cousin. The Baltimore Sun confirmed the two are connected on social media platforms.
Nino Mangione has served in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2019.
The Baltimore Banner reported Mangione hails from a prominent Baltimore-area family that had stakes in real-estate development, nursing homes, country clubs and radio stations.
12 HOURS AGO
Suspect arrested at a McDonalds on ‘unrelated charges’
Luigi Mangione was eating at a McDonald’s restaurant when an employee recognized him.
“Luckily, a citizen in Pennsylvania recognized our subject and called local law enforcement,” said the NYPD chief of detectives.
The Altoona Police Department in Pennsylvania said that officers were dispatched to the McDonald’s on Monday morning after receiving reports of a male matching the description of the United Healthcare CEO murder suspect.
“Today at 9:14 a.m., Altoona Police Officers were dispatched to a McDonald’s Restaurant for reports of a male matching the description of the United Healthcare CEO murder suspect,” the police department said in a statement. “Officers made contact with the male who was subsequently arrested on unrelated charges.”
– Sarakshi Rai
12 HOURS AGO
Baltimore’s Gilman School sends an email about Luigi Mangione’s arrest
In an email to parents and alumni, Gilman headmaster Henry P.A. Smyth said it “recently” learned that Mangione, a 2016 graduate, was arrested in the CEO’s killing.
“We do not have any information other than what is being reported in the news,” Smyth wrote. “This is deeply distressing news on top of an already awful situation. Our hearts go out to everyone affected.”
– The Associated Press
13 HOURS AGO
UnitedHealth Group statement: ‘Ask that everyone respect the family’s privacy as they mourn’
NATHANIEL WEIXEL
A spokesperson for UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare released this statement:
“Our hope is that today’s apprehension brings some relief to Brian’s family, friends, colleagues and the many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy. We thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation. We ask that everyone respect the family’s privacy as they mourn.”
13 HOURS AGO
Photo of suspect’s face was the key to his capture
SARAKSHI RAI
The police released two additional photos of the suspect that appeared to be from a camera mounted inside a taxi on Saturday which was a key factor in his capture, according to authorities.
The first photo shows him outside the taxi and another pictured him looking through the partition between the passenger seat in the back and the front of the cab. His face is partially obscured by a blue mask in both those photographs.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at the press conference that his arrest was a “combination of old-school detective work and new age technology”.
13 HOURS AGO
Mangione was also carrying a three-page handwritten manifesto
SARAKSHI RAI
Mangione was also carrying a three-page handwritten manifesto but authorities have yet to share details about what was included in it.
New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny wouldn’t say whether it mentioned UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by name or the company, but shared that authorities don’t see any threats to others.
“We don’t think there’s any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does seem that he has some ill will towards corporate America,” Kenny said.
13 HOURS AGO
Police arrest person of interest Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting
JOANNE HANER
He was reportedly found with a gun, a silencer, false identification cards and identification with his name on it, the officials said. He also had a handwritten manifesto that criticized health care companies for putting profits above care, according to multiple outlets, including The New York Times and New York Post.
Mangione has not been charged in connection with the shooting as of 2 p.m. Monday, nor was he officially named as a suspect.
The Hill has reached out to Altoona police for confirmation.
Thompson was killed early in the morning Dec. 4 outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan after being shot in the back and right calf on the way to address a meeting of investors. He was declared dead at a hospital.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) found a backpack Friday in New York’s Central Park that they say the killer discarded as he fled the area. Officials have said they believe he left the city on a bus on the day of the shooting.
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13 HOURS AGO
Authorities believe that the person of interest acted alone
SARAKSHI RAI
“We believe at this point — our investigation is leaning toward he was acting alone,” said New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.
