Luigi Mangione, the man arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday night in connection to the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with murder in New York City.
New York prosecutors filed murder charges against the 26-year-old suspect hours after he was charged with gun crimes in Pennsylvania on Monday, according to a court docket. He is being held without bond in a Pennsylvania jail.
NYPD Chief Detective Joseph Kenny said Mangione will be extradited to New York to face the murder charge in connection to the health insurer last being gunned down Wednesday morning in midtown Manhattan.
Mangione’s relatives broke their silence and said they were “shocked and devastated” by the arrest, offering their “prayers to the family of Brian Thompson,” they said in a statement shared on X by Mangione’s cousin, Nino.
Mangione was arrested after being spotted by a patron at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, who alerted police after recognizing him from the images circulated by the NYPD last week.
He allegedly possessed a ghost gun, a suppressor, “multiple fraudulent IDs,” and a handwritten manifesto that allegedly slammed the health care system, authorities said.
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Catch up on the latest details about Luigi Mangione, the alleged UnitedHealthcare shooter
09:00
Josh Marcus
A suspect has been named in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside his Manhattan hotel early last Wednesday.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was spotted eating a meal inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Monday morning and a witness reported him to police. That created a whirlwind of investigation that culminated with him being charged with murder in New York and gun counts in Pennsylvania.
He is currently being held in a Pennsylvania jail without bond.
Here’s what you need to know.
What has the Mangione family said about UnitedHealthcare shooting charges?
07:59
Josh Marcus
The Mangione family weighed in on Monday as Luigi Mangione faces allegations he fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in Manhattan.
In a statement from Maryland House of Delegates member Nino Mangione, the family expressed its shock and said it was praying for Thompson’s family.
A Statement From The Mangione Family Regarding Luigi Mangione pic.twitter.com/6E6E2CfgFv
— Nino Mangione (@NinoMangione42) December 10, 2024
What are the charges against Luigi Mangione?
07:00
Josh Marcus
In addition to five state charges in Pennsylvania, Luigi Mangione now faces an additional set of offenses in New York, where he’s accused of fatally shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week.
Mangione is charged with murder, illegal gun possession, and possessing a forged instrument, according to the sealed criminal complaint.
Luigi Magione was ‘last person’ you would suspect of violence, family friend says
06:00
Josh Marcus
Those who knew Luigi Mangione and his prominent Baltimore-area family are stunned the 26-year-old has been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione went to an elite private high school then got an Ivy League education, and he hails from a family that includes a legacy of real estate success, charity, and local politics.
The 26-year-old was “just the last person you would suspect,” Thomas J. Maronick Jr., a lawyer and radio host who knows several members of the Mangione family, told The New York Times.
“It is just such a well-respected family and such a prominent family within Baltimore County,” he said.
How bad is gun crime in New York?
05:00
Josh Marcus
The shock shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week is something of a stastical anomaly.
Despite its size and density, New York City has one of the lowest rates of gun homicide among big cities across the U.S., and New York state is among the five states with the lowest firearm mortality rates.
Luigi Mangione charged with murder
04:37
Alex Lang
New York Prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges against Luigi Mangione.
According to ABC News, the charges in New York were filed hours after he was charged with gun crimes in Pennsylvania. Magione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
Bizarre Amazon merch celebrates UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting before being taken town
04:00
Josh Marcus
Online retailer Amazon has removed merchandise appearing to celebrate the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Merchants briefly listed shirts and sweatshirts with the slogan “Defy / Defend / Depose,” a reference to words written on ammunition casings found near the site of the shooting.
The company pulled down such products soon after, The Washington Post reports.
New booking photo shows Luigi Mangione
03:35
Josh Marcus
Luigi Mangione booking photo. pic.twitter.com/0P574IcEex
— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) December 10, 2024
READ: Mangione family shares statement on arrest
03:08
Josh Marcus
The Mangione family has spoken out, after the Monday arrest of Luigi Mangione, who is considered a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Read their full remarks below, courtesy of NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin.
Statement from the Mangione Family pic.twitter.com/AolMu8R5A9
— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) December 10, 2024
What is a ghost gun?
03:00
Josh Marcus
When the New York City Police Department caught up with the man accused of killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, they found him with multiple fraudulent IDs and a 9mm “ghost gun,” according to authorities.
What is a ghost gun? Since the rise of 3D printers in the early 2010s, these untraceable firearms have become more and more common in American criminal cases.
Yet because these weapons have no serial numbers, it’s basically impossible to know how many have been sold, how many are in circulation, and the number used in crimes.
Io Dodds has the story.
Friends of Luigi Mangione describe arrestee’s time in Hawaii and reading Unabomber manifesto
02:39
Josh Marcus
Friends of Luigi Mangione from his time in Hawaii are providing new details about the person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare shooting.
Mangione used to live at Surfbreak, a co-living community near Ala Moana Park on the island of O’ahu, but his friends stopped hearing from him over the summer, Honolulu Civil Beat reports.
“He was just such a thoughtful and deeply compassionate person at everything he did,” Jackie Wexler, a former resident, told the outlet.
Friends described Mangione as suffering from chronic back pain from an apparent pinched nerve, and said he helped found a book club at Surfbreak that read the manifesto of Ted the “Unabomber” Kaczynski as a joke.
Mangione later appeared to review the text on a Goodreads account.
PHOTOS: A dramatic Monday in the hunt for the UnitedHealthcare gunman
01:45
Josh Marcus
Person of interest’s ‘manifesto’ mentioned UnitedHealthcare CEO by name
01:25
Josh Marcus
Police have not released the full contents of an apparent manifesto found on the person of Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
So far, officials have just publicly described its general contents, including “an ill will towards corporate America” and threats like “these parasites had it coming.”
The manifesto allegedly mentions Thompson by name, The New York Times reports, citing a senior law enforcement source.
Officer describes arresting Luigi Mangione
00:37
Josh Marcus
Officials on Monday commended Tyler Frye, a new Altoona Police Department officer who had spent less than a year with the force, for being part of the team that arrested Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“He was wearing a blue medical mask,” Frye said during a press conference on Monday, describing the moment of the arrest. “We asked him to pull it down. Me and my partner recognized him immediately, just from what we saw in the media, photos, videos.”
“We didn’t think twice about it,” Frye added. “We knew that was our guy.”
New York Mayor Eric Adams FaceTimed with Frye after the arrest, police said.
“It feels good to get a guy like that off the street,” Frye said of the arrest.
BREAKING: Pennsylvania governor rips people praising UnitedHealthcare CEO’s suspect killer
00:24
Josh Marcus
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro has condemned those who praised the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, insisting: “He is no hero.”
At a press conference on Monday evening in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Shapiro warned Americans not to let their “real frustration with our healthcare system” lead them to “dehumanize” the victim.
“Brian Thompson was a father to two. He was a husband. And he was a friend to many. And yes he was the CEO of a health insurance company,” Shapiro told reporters.
“In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint... in a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.
Io Dodds has the story.
Luigi Mangione no longer cooperating with police
00:21
Josh Marcus
Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is no longer cooperating with police, officials said.
“He was initially cooperative. He is not now,” Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said during a press conference on Monday. “He has been arraigned and transported and will be securely housed pending the filing of additional charges in New York.”
Officials expect homicide charges against Mangione to be filed today or tomorrow.
YouTube removes potential account of Luigi Mangione
00:10
Josh Marcus
YouTube has removed an account that purportedly belonged to Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
YouTube took down the account that was purporting to be Luigi Mangione's pic.twitter.com/rcPTpVeQdH
— joshua (@joshua_bote) December 9, 2024
Here’s our report from Richard Hall on what Mangione’s social media accounts suggest about his views.
‘He is now hero’: Josh Shapiro gives passionate speech condemning shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO
00:10
Josh Marcus
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke on Monday after the arrest of Luigi Mangione, a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, condemning the people who celebrated the gunman in the Manhattan shooting.
“He is no hero,” Shapiro said.
“Brian Thompson was a father to two. He was a husband. And he was a friend to many,” Shapiro said. “And yes he was the CEO of a health insurance company. In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint.”
“I understand people have real frustration with our healthcare system, and I have worked to address that throughout my career, but I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters most,” Shapiro said, adding, “In a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.”
Richard Hall reported on the online reaction to the original shooting.
Pennsylvania police found ‘items of evidentiary value’ after searching Mangione
00:03
Josh Marcus
The Deputy Chief of the Altoona Police Department said during a press conference on Monday that officers recovered multiple items after initially bringing Luigi Mangione in on a forgery charge, including a gun, a suppressor, and a passport with Mangione’s true identity, as well as other items of “evidentiary value.”
Read the full criminal complaint against Luigi Mangione after Monday arrest
Monday 9 December 2024 23:55
Josh Marcus
Authorities have released the criminal complaint against Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare shooting, who was arrested on Monday on gun charges.
Just in: Criminal complaint on gun charges for Luigi Mangione. @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/uGj8ongbdL
— Chris O'Connell (@CoconnellFox29) December 9, 2024
The complaint charges Mangione with five state offenses not directly related to the shooting, including carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to the authorities and possessing instruments of crime.
The complaint describes the dramatic moment when officers encountered Mangione in an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonalds on Monday morning.
Police “asked the male if he had been to New York recently and the male became quiet and started to shake,” the complaint reads.
The document also describes officers asking why Mangione initially provided what officials said was a false ID card to police.
When questioned about why he supplied a fake ID, Mangione allegedly said, “I clearly shouldn’t have.”
Mugshot shows Luigi Mangione after Monday arrest
Monday 9 December 2024 23:41
Josh Marcus
Pennsylvania police have released a mugshot for Luigi Mangione, a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione, who was brought in on gun charges not directly related to the shooting, appears in the photo in a black jacket with a scarf.
Video captures brief glimpse of Luigi Mangione
Monday 9 December 2024 23:31
Josh Marcus
Luigi Mangione was spotted briefly on Monday evening as he entered a courthouse in Blair County, Pennsylvania, after being arrested earlier today on gun charges.
The person of interest in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson remained silent as officers led him into the facility.
Luigi Mangione appeared to have keen interest in chronic pain
Monday 9 December 2024 23:29
Josh Marcus
Police are still searching for a motive behind the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Person of interest Luigi Mangione, who was arrested on Monday in Pennsylvania on charges not directly related to the shooting, appears to have had a keen interest in chronic back pain.
According to Newsweek, a Goodreads profile that appears to belong to the Maryland native lists titles including: Back Mechanic by Dr. Stuart McGill, Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance; Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain; Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection; Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It; and Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery.
The header image on Mangione’s X profile also features an x-ray of a spine after apparent surgical treatment.
X account linked to Mangione quoted ‘Brave New World'
Monday 9 December 2024 23:19
Josh Marcus
An X account that appears to belong to Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, once replied to a post about the destructive potential of technology with a cryptic quote from the science-fiction classic Brave New World, the Washington Post reports.
“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin,” the comment reads.
WATCH: Luigi Mangione arrives in court in Pennsylvania
Monday 9 December 2024 23:06
Josh Marcus
The public got its first live look at Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, on Monday, as the 26-year-old entered a Pennsylvania court room on unrelated gun charges.
VIDEO: Luigi Mangione escorted by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania. @livenowfox pic.twitter.com/ENyzINtlTd
— Josh Breslow (@JoshBreslowTV) December 9, 2024
Mangione family has business and civic ties throughout Maryland
Monday 9 December 2024 22:50
Josh Marcus
Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, hails from a prominent Baltimore-area family, the Baltimore Banner reports.His late grandfather was Nicholas Mangione Sr., a real estate developer with interests in country clubs, nursing homes, and a radio station, while his late grandmother Mary was a patron of the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, the old Baltimore Opera Company and the Walters Art Museum.
Maryland state delegate Nino Mangione is a cousin of the arrested man, the Banner reports.
Luigi Mangione went on to attend the elite Gilman School in Baltimore, before getting multiple degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, according to his apparent LinkedIn profile.
Picture shows McDonald’s where UnitedHealthcare shooting POI was arrested
Monday 9 December 2024 22:40
Josh Marcus
It looks like any other suburban McDonald’s, but the Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s on Plank Road is now at the center of a nationwide manhunt.
On Monday morning, local police arrested Luigi Mangione there, and he’s since been hit with gun charges.
Mangione is a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
WTAE reporter Paul Van Osdol snapped this photo of the site.
McDonald’s on Plank Rd in Altoona where person of interest in NYC CEO homicide was taken into custody. Store manager says only that police were there this morning and arrested a man. We saw Altoona PD leaving when we arrived https://t.co/UIb4ppEqnT pic.twitter.com/BQ01px9ekZ
— Paul Van Osdol, WTAE (@VanOsdol_WTAE) December 9, 2024
Person of interest in UnitedHealthcare to appear in Pennsylvania court
Monday 9 December 2024 22:30
Josh Marcus
Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, is set to make a public appearance on Monday afternoon, after being arrested earlier in the day in Pennsylvania on gun charges.
He’s scheduled to appear in court in Blair County, Pennsylvania, at 6 p.m. Eastern time for a preliminary arraignment on the gun charges, court officials told The New York Times.
‘Are you OK?’: Social media users left messages of concern with Mangione before shooting
Monday 9 December 2024 22:20
Josh Marcus
Social media users who claimed to know Luigi Mangione left comments on his X account before the 26-year-old became a person of interest in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to an analysis from The Daily Beast.
“Thinking of you and prayers everyday in your name,” user @Collin30923201P wrote on November 25, over a week before the fatal Manhattan shooting took place. “Know you are missed and loved.”
“@PepMangione Hey, are you ok? Nobody has heard from you in months, and apparently your family is looking for you,” another X user @TheRealMandusa wrote on October 30.
NYPD and FBI arrive in Pennsylvania to question person of interest
Monday 9 December 2024 21:53
Andrea Cavallier
The NYPD and FBI have arrived in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where they will question a person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to Republican Rep. John Joyce of Pennsylvania.
“Just in the last 30 minutes, the FBI and the NYPD have arrived at the Altoona Police Department’s headquarters,” Joyce told CNN.
Luigi Mangione was arrested by local police on firearm charges but in order to be charged in New York, he would need to be extradited there.
Mangione was ‘a totally normal guy’ in school, former classmate says
Monday 9 December 2024 21:43
Andrea Cavallier
Luigi Mangione’s former college classmate told CNN that he remembers the 26-year-old as being a “totally normal guy.”
The two attended University of Pennsylvania together.
The classmate asked the news outlet not to be named.
Luigi Mangione was valedictorian at elite prep school
Monday 9 December 2024 21:00
Andrea Cavallier
Luigi Mangione, the man arrested on firearm charges who is also a person of interest in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, attended a Baltimore private school for boys, graduating as valedictorian from the Gilman School in 2016, the Associated Press reported.
In his speech, Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things,” according to a post on the school website. He praised their collective inventiveness and pioneering mindset.
Gilman is one of Baltimore’s most elite prep schools. Some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent people, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have had children attend the school.
Mangione told the local news outlet Baltimore Fishbowl that he planned to pursue a dual degree in artificial intelligence at the University of Pennsylvania.
He had learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication.
His posts also suggest that he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, the New Jersey shore and other destinations.
UnitedHealthcare spokesperson releases statement
Monday 9 December 2024 20:45
Andrea Cavallier
“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,” the statement said.
“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.”
Luigi Mangione was a head counselor at Stanford in 2019
Monday 9 December 2024 20:40
Andrea Cavallier
Mangione was employed as a head counselor in the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies Program from May through September of 2019, Stanford University confirmed.
Photos on Mangione’s Facebook page show him on campus and on a trip to the nearby San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Ghost gun may have been made on 3D printer
Monday 9 December 2024 20:30
Andrea Cavallier
When Mangione, the person of interest, was taken in for questioning on Monday, he was in possession of a ghost gun that may have been made on a 3D printer.
The ghost gun had the capability of firing a nine millimeter round and a suppressor.
Mangione has been arrested on firearm charges, authorities said.
Person of interest gave the Unabomber’s manifesto four stars on Goodreads
Monday 9 December 2024 20:15
Andrea Cavallier
The person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson appears to have left a positive review for the Unabomber’s manifesto online earlier this year, and praised the killer as a “political revolutionary.”
Police named Luigi Mangione as a “strong person of interest” on Monday after taking him into custody in connection with the killing.
An account under that name on book review website Goodreads, that also matches photos of the suspect on other social media platforms, gave Ted Kaczynski’s book a four-star review in January.
Rich Hall reports:
‘It had to be done’
Monday 9 December 2024 20:00
Andrea Cavallier
A document was found on the person of interest, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Monday.
It reportedly slammed the healthcare industry and said “it had to be done,” allegedly referring to a top healthcare executive’s killing, a law enforcement official told CNN.
“These parasites had it coming” and “I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done,” were written in the document.
It was also noted that he acted alone and that he was self-funded.
Kenny said the document is currently in the possession of the Altoona Police Department.
“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,” he added.
Everything we know about Luigi Mangione
Monday 9 December 2024 19:45
Andrea Cavallier
Authorities on Monday identified a “strong person of interest” who was arrested on firearms charges and was being questioned in connection to the murder ofUnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside his Manhattan hotel early last Wednesday.
The man was identified Monday afternoon as Luigi Mangione, 26, who was recognized by the employee, authorities said at a press conference.
Read more:
Luigi Mangione was eating at McDonald's when he was recognized
Monday 9 December 2024 19:39
Andrea Cavallier
Mangione was eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania when he was recognized by a patron who alerted an employee.
Over the past few days, the NYPD has released images of the suspect, some that show him with his mask off.
‘Person Of Interest’ Had Ghost Gun And Silencer
Monday 9 December 2024 19:20
Andrea Cavallier
Who is Luigi Mangione?
Monday 9 December 2024 18:54
Andrea Cavallier
Luigi Mangione, 26, was born and raised in Maryland, and he lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, until recently, Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives, told reporters. He also has ties to San Francisco and may have attended college in Pennsylvania.
He has no known criminal record in New York, Kenny added.
Kenny said his name was not on their radar before today.
Police Commissioner confirms Luigi Mangione is person of interest in CEO killing
Monday 9 December 2024 18:49
Andrea Cavallier
NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirms that Altoona police arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, on firearm charges.
He is believed to be “our person of interest,” she said.
She said it was a “combination of old-school detective work and new age technology” as well as the public that helped lead to the arrest.
“We should never underestimate the power of the public to be our eyes and ears,” she said.
We have a ‘strong person of interest’ in CEO killing
Monday 9 December 2024 18:43
Andrea Cavallier
Mayor Adams says the man in custody matches the description of the person in the photos of the suspect and that he possessed items connected to the killing.
“We have a strong person of interest in the case,” he said.