Fingerprints gleaned from the scene of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder allegedly match those taken from Luigi Mangione, law enforcement officials say.
Investigators have shown a positive forensic match between the shooting suspect, whose fingerprints were taken upon his arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday, and those taken from the crime scene in Midtown Manhattan a week ago, officials told CNN on Wednesday.
It comes after Mangiano’s retained lawyer, Thomas Dickey, told reporters that he hasn’t “seen any evidence that he’s the shooter.” His client faced an extradition hearing Tuesday in Pennsylvania after New York prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder in connection with last week’s brazen killing in Midtown Manhattan.
“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!,” Mangione yelled as he was escorted in handcuffs into the Blair County Courthouse. Mangione was denied bail and will remain in a Pennsylvania jail while he fights extradition.
Authorities are also investigating Mangiano’s notebook that laid out his plot to “wack” Thompson at his “parasitic bean-counter convention”, according to The New York Times.
Key Points
- Fingerprints at crime scene match Mangione’s prints, sources say
- Luigi Mangione mused bombing Manhattan in chilling ‘to-do list’
- Lawyer says Mangione will ‘plead not guilty’ on all charges
- Mangione denied bail as he fights extradition to New York
- Brother of ‘Unabomber’ worries Mangione was inspired to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO
Mangione’s fingerprints apparently gleaned from Starbucks water bottle and cell phone
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints were allegedly gleaned from a Starbucks water bottle and cellphone the shooting suspect dropped near the crime scene, according to law enforcement sources.
Police initially said the prints recovered from the items the day of Brian Thompson’s fatal shooting in Midtown Manhattan were smudged.
But two sources told ABC News that they appear to match the prints taken after Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
ICYMI: Luigi Mangione’s notebook reveals chilling alleged to do list and New York bomb plans
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione allegedly laid out his plot to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a spiral notebook, including a chilling “to-do list” and plans considering using a bomb in the Manhattan attack.
The notebook was found alongside a 262-page manifesto, a ghost gun, silencer and false ID cards in the shooting suspect’s possession at the time of his arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Monday, according to CNN.
Inside the notebook was a to-do list outlining tasks to be completed to carry out the killing, as well as notes that justified those plans, a source told the network.
Read the full story below.
Lawyer says 'no evidence' links gun found on Luigi Mangione to CEO shooting
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James Liddell
'Delay, Deny, Defend’ becomes Amazon bestseller after words carved into bullets left at crime scene
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James Liddell
The 2010 book Delay, Deny, Defend: Why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it has become a bestseller on Amazon in the week since the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The book’s title is reminiscent of the three words carved into the bullet casings — “deny,” “defend,” “depose” — found on the Midtown Manhattan street where 50-year-old Thompson was fatally shot on December 4. Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged with murder in connection to Thompson’s death.
Investigators believed the cryptic words found on the bullet casings alluded to “the three D’s of insurance” — deny, delay, defend — which are tactics that critics say insurers use to avoid paying claims.
Kelly Rissaman has the full story.
Mangione allegedly laid out plot to ‘wack the CEO’ at UnitedHealthcare’s ‘parasitic bean-counter convention’
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione allegedly laid out his plot to “wack” the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at his “parasitic bean-counter convention”, the shooting suspect allegedly wrote in a passage of his notebook.
The spiral notebook was found alongside a 262-word manifesto, a ghost gun, silencer and false ID cards in the shooting suspect’s possession at the time of his arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Monday, according to CNN.
Inside the notebook was a to-do list outlining tasks to be completed to carry out the killing, as well as notes that justified those plans, a law enforcement source told the network.
Now, two law enforcement have cited a passage from Mangione’s book toThe New York Times.
“What do you do? You wack the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention. It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents,” was one of the passages written in the notebook, the officials said.
Watch: Luigi Mangione struggles against officers and yells at reporters as he’s taken to court
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James Liddell
Who is Brian Thompson? Everything to know about the shooting victim
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James Liddell
The man arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday is now facing a murder charge in New York, linked to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was taken into custody in Altoon by Pennsylvania authorities, police sources told CBS. He is now being held without bond in Pennsylvania as he faces charges in two states.
On Saturday night, the New York Police Department released two new photographs of a person of interest pictured in the back of a taxi cab and walking alongside it.
Katie Hawkinson and Madline Sherratt have detailed what you should know about the victim.
Fingerprints at crime scene match Mangione’s fingerprints: report
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Kelly Rissman
Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints match the fingerprints collected at the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, law enforcement sources told CNN Wednesday.
The development comes two days after the 26-year-old was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania after a McDonald’s employee recognized him from the photos circulated by NYPD.
On Tuesday, Mangione appeared at an extradition hearing, where he contested being moved to New York, where he faces a second-degree murder charge. A judge denied him bail.
“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!,” Mangione shouted as he was escorted into the Blair County Courthouse.
Luigi Mangione’s attorney maintain’s he’s yet to see evidence linking client to crime
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione’s lawyer has maintained that he has seen no evidence linking the gun found on his client during Monday’s arrest and that used by Brian Thompson’s killer in Manhattan last week.
“I have not been made aware of any evidence that links the gun that was found on his person to the crime. These are things we’re looking to see,” Thomas Dickey told Good Morning America host George Stephanoplous on Wednesday morning.
When Stephanoplous stated that the gun “kind of looks exactly the same to the one that was used” by the gunman who killed Thompson, Dickey replied: “A lot of guns look the same.”
The lawyer said he hopes to get his “hands on” other evidence, including the 262-word so-called manifesto which was allegedly written by Mangione, as early as Wednesday.
“Today’s another day. We’re looking forward to beginning our inquiry as to what evidence may or may not be out there.”
Watch live: Pennsylvania jail holding suspect of murdered United Healthcare CEO
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James Liddell
Mangione’s lawyer said suspect will ‘plead not guilty’ on all charges
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione will fight his extradition to New York and is expected to plead not guilty against murder charges held against him there, his lawyer Tom Dickey said.
The Brian Thompson shooting suspect appeared at an extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
After the hearing, the lawyer said the 26-year-old would contest being moved to New York to face murder charges.
“He’s pleading not guilty to those offences,” Dickey told reporters on Tuesday. “I haven’t seen any evidence that he’s the shooter.”
Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said both Pennsylvania and New York’s governors remain confident they can get the warrant to transfer him back to the Empire State before the 30-day deadline.
Dickey also said that he hoped his client pleaded not guilty to charges faced in Pennsylvania – for offenses including forgery, falsely identifying himself and carrying a gun without a license.
‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ book tops Amazon bestseller list
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James Liddell
The book Delay, Deny, Defend has ascended to the number one spot on Amazon’s bestseller law list 14-years after it was published – with its title bearing a striking resemblance to a key piece of evidence at Brian Thompson’s murder scene.
The gunman who murdered the UnitedHealth CEO in a horror early morning shooting a week ago left behind a cryptic message at the scene, carving the three words “depose,” “deny,” and “defend” into the live rounds and shell casings near the scene.
The three words appear to mirror professor of law at Rutgers Law School Jay Feinman’s 2010 book Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claim and What You Can Do About It.
“Today the name of the game is delay, deny, defend: to improve their profits, insurance companies delay payment of justified claims, deny payment altogether, and defend their actions by forcing claimants to enter litigation,” the book’s blurb reads.
Who is Luigi Mangione? Here’s what you should know
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in connection to the death of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside his Manhattan hotel early last Wednesday.
He is currently being held in a Pennsylvania jail without bond as he awaits extradition to New York where he faces a murder charge. He also faces charges for gun law violations in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, his attorney said he is expected to plead not guilty to all charges.
Thompson, 50, was shot dead on December 4 outside the New York Hilton Midtown. That launched a massive manhunt for the suspect who eluded police for nearly a week.
Our reporters have detailed what you should know about Mangione, the man police say committed the crime.
Luigi Mangione’s notebook reveals chilling alleged to do list and New York bomb plans
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione allegedly considered using a bomb in Manhattan in a murder plot against the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, he reportedly scribed in his notebook.
A “to-do list” was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned along with a 262-page manifesto, a ghost gun, silencer and false ID cards upon the shooting suspect’s arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.
The list allegedly outlined tasks to be completed to facilitate a killing, combined with notes that justified those plans, a source told CNN.
James Liddell has all the details.
Joe Rogan slam’s ‘gross’ health insurance industry
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James Liddell
Podcasting Goliath Joe Rogan slammed the US health insurance industry as “f***ing gross” in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, being murdered in Manhattan last week.
On Tuesday’s episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, the host spoke to Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino and producer Roger Avary, which was recorded last week before Luigi Mangione was named the suspected shooter and charged with murder in New York City.
Rogan attacked the health insurance industry, calling it a “dirty business”.
“It’s a dirty, dirty business. The business of insurance is f***ing gross,” he said.
Rogan also claimed that not many will lament the loss of Thomspon, saying he doesn’t “think anybody’s going to be crying too hard over” Thompson’s death other than his family.
MSNBC host finds way to link Luigi Mangione and Donald Trump
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James Liddell
Rachel Maddow finds a way to make the Luigi Mangione arrest about Trump lol: "the fact that he's a professed Unabomber fan is unsettling. I might venture it's even more unsettling that Donald Trump's reported choice to run the ATF is also a self-professed fan of the Unabomber." pic.twitter.com/9IiqY22b9f
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 10, 2024
Unabomber’s brother says he hopes Luigi Mangione wasn’t influenced by his sibling
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James Liddell
The brother of Ted Kaczynski – aka the Unabomber – said he hopes that Luigi Mangione did not view his sibling as a role model.
Kaczynski embarked on a deadly two-decade-long bombing spree until he was captured in Montana in 1996. He rallied against technology in rambling writings and manifestos.
Mangione, who faces a murder charge in connection with Brian Thompson’s fatal shooting in Midtown Manhattan last week, reviewed Kacynski’s book, The Unabomber Manifesto in January, writing on Goodreads: “It’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out”.
Now, David Kaczynski, the Unabomber’s brother, said he hopes his sibling’s legacy didn’t influence the shooting suspect’s alleged actions.
“His actions are like a virus,” he told NBC News.
He later added: “Many factors go into a person’s motivation that they drastically act like this, and I hope my brother wasn’t in a way a key model for him.”
In pictures: Luigi Mangione yells at reporters during extradition hearing
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James Liddell
Health insurance execs may be on ‘hit list,’ police warn
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James Liddell
Health care executives may be at heightened risk following Brian Thompson being gunned down in Manhattan last week, according to a police bulletin.
A NYPD bulletin was circulated on Tuesday in the wake of faux “wanted” signs of senior health insurance executives going viral online.
Other posts share their names and salaries, according to the bulletin.
Some online users shared the posts “emphasizing that it is a hitlist and that CEOs should be afraid,” per the bulletin.
Police are concerned that Luigi Mangione, who was charged with murder in New York in connection to the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s fatal shooting, could be viewed as a “martyr”, leading to copycats.
“Both prior to and after the suspected perpetrator’s identification and arrest, some online users across social media platforms reacted positively to the killing, encouraged future targeting of similar executives, and shared conspiracy theories regarding the shooting,” the bulletin said.
Mangione planned visit to UnitedHealthcare conference site, notebook reveals
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione allegedly wrote down his plans to visit the UnitedHealthcare investors’ conference site in Manhattan, New York City, where its chief executive Brian Thompson was gunned down last week.
A “to-do list” was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned from the suspect along with other evidence – including a 262-page “manifesto” – at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.
Mangione was aware that UnitedHealthcare was holding an investors’ conference in Midtown Manhattan around the time Thompson was shot dead, according to New York Police Department Chief Detective Joe Kenny.
Kenny added that the suspect mentions in the list that he was going to the conference site.
Writing in his notebook, Mangione allegedly mused murdering the “CEO at his own bean counting conference,” a source told CNN. The source said he also considered using explosives before being dissuaded, noting it could “kill innocents”.
Watch: McDonald’s customer recalls moment he spotted Luigi Mangione
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James Liddell
What Luigi Mangione’s social media tells us
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Josh Marcus
The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shared content praising billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Peter Thiel on social media.
Luigi Mangione, who was charged with murder in New York City on Monday night over the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, has been portrayed as being “anticapitalist” by some and hailed a “ hero” by others for taking a radical stance against the American health insurance industry.
But the reality appears to be more complex, with the Ivy League-educated 26-year-old having supported sentiments shared by some of the world’s richest men, according to his X profile.
Earlier this year, Mangione shared a post on his X account of another user praising Musk for his “commitment to long-term civilization success.”
Rhian Lubin has the story.
NYPD concerned about ‘copycat killers’
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James Liddell
With Luigi Mangione in handcuffs and charged with murder in connection with Brian Thompson’s death, the New York Police Department’s work is far from over.
It is now investigating possible motives and working to prevent any copycat killings or attacks, a senior law enforcement official said.
“Whenever an incident of this high prominence takes place, our work is to get ahead of any resonance and in particular, any copycat activity that it may inspire,” Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism, told ABC 7 New York.
“We do a lot of work in the online space, we also do a lot of work in the 3-D space.”
She added: “And we also, as part of that, we’ll surge resources, protective resources, around the city wherever we need to, when we’re anticipating and dealing with a big uptick in threats.”
Mangione mused bombing Manhattan in chilling ‘to-do list’
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione is said to have considered using a bomb in Manhattan in his alleged plot to kill the UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, according to a so-called “to-list” reviewed by CNN.
The list was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned along with the shooting suspect’s 262-page manifesto, a ghost gun and false ID cards upon his arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.
Mangione, 26, reportedly decided against using the bomb as it “could kill innocents” and instead opted for a more targeted approach to allegedly murder the “CEO at his own bean counting conference,” according to a CNN.
In another passage in the notebook, Mangione wrote about the Unabomber – domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski – who he wrote about in online posts and urged his book club in Hawaii to read his memoir.
GoFundMe eliminates fundraisers for Luigi Mangione
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Josh Marcus
GoFundMe has shut down multiple pages created to support the accused murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
A masked man fatally shot Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on December 4 before escaping out of the city, leading to a six-day manhunt for the gunman, which ended Thursday with the arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. He has been charged with murder.
The insurance executive’s death captivated the nation and sparked serious conversations about the state of health care in the U.S., with some even celebrating the execution as many shared stories of being denied coverage for care. Since his arrest, GoFundMe pages have cropped up in support of Mangione, and the fundraising site has been removing them. It’s not immediately clear how many pages the site took down.
A GoFundMe spokesperson told The Independent in a statement: “GoFundMe’s Terms of Service prohibit fundraisers for the legal defense of violent crimes. The fundraisers have been removed from our platform and all donors have been refunded.”
Kelly Rissman reports.
What is spondylolisthesis? The spinal conditioning that may have plagued Mangione
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James Liddell
Brian Thompson’s alleged killer is said to have suffered with chronic back pain – and apparently wrote a handwritten note stating that he was suffering from spondylolisthesis, CNN reports.
But what is the condition?
Spondylolisthesis is where a vertebra, one of the bones in your spine, slips or shifts forward onto the vertebra below. It often occurs in the lower back.
Doctors can diagnose spondylolisthesis as either low-grade or high-grade, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
“A high-grade slip occurs when more than 50% of the width of the fractured vertebra slips forward on the vertebra below it,” its website reads.
Those with a high-grade slip are more likely to experience “significant pain” and “nerve injury” and need surgery to relieve their symptoms, according to the AAOS.
Public offering to pay Luigi Mangione’s legal bills, his attorney says
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James Liddell
Luigi Mangione’s attorney tells me his office has gotten offers from members of the public to pay for his legal bills. pic.twitter.com/TMLyVGYVKj
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 11, 2024
ICYMI: Google forced to intervene after McDonald’s gets ‘review bombed’ over NYC shooter’s arrest
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Josh Marcus
Google has been forced to take down a deluge of derogatory reviews targeting the McDonald’s branch where New York City shooting suspect Luigi Mangione was arrested.
Mangione, 26, was apprehended at the fast food chain’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Monday after a five-day manhunt.
He has now been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, who was shot dead outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan on December 4 by a masked assailant who was lying in wait for him.
The suspect then fled the scene, sparking a days-long manhunt before Mangione was spotted eating at a table in the McDonald’s.
Joe Sommerlad reports.
The McDonald’s customer who spotted Luigi Mangione
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Josh Marcus
A McDonald’s customer thought his friend was joking after they spotted Luigi Mangione in the Pennsylvania fast food joint.
The McDonald’s regular, identified only as Larry, was in the Altoona branch on Monday with a group of friends when the 26-year-old, suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, walked through the door.
“One of my friends, and I thought he was kidding, when the shooter — I’m assuming was the shooter who they made the arrest on — came in. [My friend] made a comment – ‘That looks like the shooter from New York,’” Larry told Fox Digital.
“The group of us thought it was more of a joke, and we were kidding about it,” Larry continued. “But as it turned out, it was him.”
Rhian Lubin reports.
Amazon inundated with merch about UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting
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Josh Marcus
Amazon has been racing to remove merchandise sympathetic to the gunman accused of killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson from its online marketplace.
Police arrested a suspect in the shooting, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, on Monday in Pennsylvania.
Merchandise with the words “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” — the words reportedly written on the bullets used in the shooting of Thompson — have been cropping up on Amazon items like hoodies, mugs, caps, pint glasses, and more, according to the Washington Post.
Some have taken the three words to be a reference to the 2010 book “Delay, Defend, Deny: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.”
Graig Graziosi has the story.
How Luigi Mangione went ‘missing’ before alleged CEO shooting
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Josh Marcus
The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson went missing and cut off contact with family and friends last month after undergoing back surgery, it has emerged.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and charged with murder over the “targeted” shooting of the healthcare executive in Manhattan on December 4.
While the motive for the attack is still under investigation, new details are emerging about Mangione’s own health issues – and the impact they appear to have had on his life.
The Ivy League college graduate suffered from debilitating, chronic back pain and underwent major surgery for it in 2023, a friend told The New York Times.
Classmate details ‘surreal’ arrest of Luigi Mangione
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Josh Marcus
A high school classmate of the suspect under arrest for fatally gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week said the news “came out of nowhere,” and described the situation as “just, really surreal.”
“He had a lot of things going for him,” Ellison Jordan, who graduated from the Gilman School alongside 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, told The Independent. “He was always cool people.”
Jordan attended Gilman, a prestigious all-boys prep school in Baltimore, with Mangione, and found him to be “a smart dude,” and “a regular guy,” he said on Tuesday.
“I’m being sensitive to Luigi, because I went to school with him,” Jordan, who has not spoken to the media previously about Mangione, went on. “I hope he didn’t do it. I’m praying he didn’t do it. It’s still ‘allegedly.’ It’s really shocking.”
Justin Rohrlich reports.
Brother of ‘Unabomber’ worries Mangione was inspired to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO
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Josh Marcus
David Kaczynski, brother of the “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, worries his relative’s multi-decade bombing spree and manifesto inspired the alleged gunman in the UnitedHealthcare shooting.
“His actions are like a virus,” Kaczynski told NBC News. “They could be like a virus unless they understand he was a very angry and disturbed man. It doesn’t mean his ideas are ideas of a lunatic, but his behavior, I believe, is the behavior of a lunatic.”
“To the extent that he may have attributed at all to sort of normalizing or recasting the violent acts as beneficial to humanity is a terrible mistake,” he added.
Luigi Mangione, who’s facing murder charges for allegedly shooting the executive, appeared to have reviewed the Unabomber’s manifesto on Goodreads.
Healthcare stocks down since UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying
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Josh Marcus
Stocks of some of the largest health insurers in the U.S. have fallen since a gunman opened fire on UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week.
As of late Tuesday, the stocks of UnitedHealth, CVS Health, and Cigna are down about 6 percent, according to CNBC.
Reporter publishes Luigi Mangione’s full manifesto
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Josh Marcus
Reporter Ken Klippenstein has published what he says is a full transcribed version of the manifesto belonging to Luigi Mangione, who’s accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last week.
While news outlets have refrained from publishing the full version of the text, they have quoted selections of it, including Mangione’s alleged claim that “these parasites simply had it coming.”
Japanese poker player shared chance meal with Luigi Mangione in February
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Josh Marcus
Japanese pro poker player Obara Jun was shocked this week to learn that an American traveler he shared a meal with in February in Tokyo was Luigi Mangione, who is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week.
Japanese professional poker player Obara Jun just found out that a random American dude he met at a restaurant back in February was United Healthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione. pic.twitter.com/KiRePR2GiD
— Jeffrey J. Hall (@mrjeffu) December 10, 2024
“He came in by himself, and we talked to him and treated him to a meal and drinks because we wanted him to enjoy Japan,” Jun wrote on X. “He said he was on vacation from Hawaii, and we ate together for about 30 minutes before parting ways. So I have no idea what kind of person he is, let alone his contact information.”
Mangione’s Reddit gives new insight on alleged gunman’s health struggles
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Josh Marcus
Luigi Mangione struggled with multiple health problems in the years leading up to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, for which Mangione has been charged with murder.
According to old posts from Mangione on Reddit, the 26-year-old struggled with extreme back pain after a series of injuries and had spinal fusion surgery in 2023.
“The surgery wasn’t nearly as scary as I made it out to be in my head, and I knew it was the right decision within a week,” he wrote in a post obtained by The New York Times.
Mangione also posted about an “absolutely brutal” and “life-halting” case of what he deemed “brain fog,” an ailment for which he struggled to find a solution.
The Maryland native also mentioned having gotten testing for irritable bowel syndrome, care that was covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield, the only apparent reference to healthcare on his Reddit.
A season of high-profile cases for Manhattan DA may continue with Luigi Mangione
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Josh Marcus
If New York officials succeed in extraditing Luigi Mangione to face charges for the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, that will mean another major case for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
This May, Bragg’s office secured the conviction that made Donald Trump the first former president in U.S. history to be found guilty of criminal charges.
And earlier this week, the Manhattan DA’s Office lost its high-profile case against Daniel Penny, a former Marine who choked a distraught homeless man on the subway in 2023 in what he said was an attempt to defend fellow passengers.
Residents of wealthy New Jersey area abuzz after Luigi Mangione lists town on fake ID
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Josh Marcus
Police say that Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was carrying a fake ID when he was arrested.
The license showed an address in Maplewood, New Jersey, a leafy town oustide of Newark.
Mangione, who grew up outsi