Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Hours later he was charged in last week's shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Below is a list of facts known, based on police statements and media reports, about Mangione:
- Grandson of a wealthy, self-made real estate developer and philanthropist and cousin of a current Maryland state legislator.
- Valedictorian at an elite Baltimore prep school where his 2016 graduation speech lauded his classmates' "incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things."
- University of Pennsylvania graduate.
- Registered as unaffiliated with a political party.
- Lived at Surfbreak, a "co-living" space at the edge of Honolulu tourist mecca Waikiki, in 2022.
- Has ties to San Francisco.
- Worked for the car-buying website TrueCar and left in 2023.
- Criminally cited last year by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources for going into an area that was closed inside a state park.
- Suffered severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life.
- Traveled between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia after the shooting.
- Arrested at a McDonald's restaurant after being recognized by a customer following a five-day manhunt.
- Arrest followed police finding the assassin's backpack at Central Park and discovered Monopoly money inside.
- Arraigned in Pennsylvania on two felony charges (forgery and carrying a firearm without a license) and three misdemeanors (tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of crime, and providing false identification to law enforcement).
- Did not enter a plea at his first court appearance Monday night.
- Held at the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
- Charged with murder in New York.
- In possession of a three-page handwritten document that shows "some ill will toward corporate America" and notes that included "these parasites had it coming."
- Document appeared to make a reference to UnitedHealthcare writing that "United" is one of the largest companies by market capitalization in the U.S.
- In possession of a ghost gun — perhaps made on a 3D printer — and silencer like that used to kill Thompson.
- In possession of the same fake ID the shooter used to check in to a New York hostel, along with a passport and other fraudulent IDs.
- In possession of clothes matching the suspected New York gunman's.
- Favorably reviewed online the book-length manifesto of "Unabomber'' Ted Kaczynski.
- Received support on social media for striking a blow against the nation's healthcare system.
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