NY - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Midtown. #7 *Arrest*

[Furore]

If he has medics in the family he will have heard of many dozens of sad or desperate insurance cases over the years that affect his psyche. I work in British healthcare and the stories from some US colleagues are truly harrowing.

 

[bestill]

This kid didn’t have to worry about turning 26 and getting kicked off his parent’s health insurance. I imagine they just would have added him as an “employee” and it would have been no problem. Family and friends had to be trying to contact him, I wonder if he went MIA or if he was responding.

He probably has a trust fund along with a "salary". JMO

 

[JDG]

So did the police just get lucky with this bust?

No, killer got hungry and went to McDs where he was recognized.

 

[Inthedetails]

Not really, his act has really brought the topic of these health insurers and their greed into mainstream conversation. Heck even people from the left and right are finding common ground on their hatred of these insurers!

I suggest we aim our aspirations for conversation higher than relying on murder to get it going. We can do better.

jmo

 

[VAres67]

I don't think we know the "why" yet.

You can have insurance and still be wealthy? Where is the castle knowledge coming from?

 

[Danaya]

Some is irrelevant. It’s good to be educated on things that ring true to you and things that don’t. That’s really how you test your beliefs.

Regardless, I stand by my point. To disregard his entire reading list as "irrelevant" just doesn't make sense.

JMO of course

 

[JennieM]

Summary​

• Police arrest 26-year-old Luigi Mangione in connection with the fatal shooting of a healthcare insurance boss in New York last week
• He was detained on firearms charges at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Monday, authorities said, calling him a "strong person of interest" in the killing
• "Responding officers questioned the suspect, who was acting suspiciously and was carrying multiple fraudulent IDs," police said in a news conference
• The man was also found with a firearm consistent with the murder weapon as well as a mask, police said. They also recovered documents pointing to a potential motive
• UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in a "brazen, targeted attack" last Wednesday, outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan

Live updates: Suspect in healthcare CEO killing arrested after being spotted at McDonald's

An employee called police in Pennsylvania who found the man with a firearm consistent with the murder weapon.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[sds71]

Manhunt in CEO killing leads to McDonald's arrest: What we know about person of interest

A man in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area is being questioned Monday in connection with last week's UnitedHealthcare CEO killing in Manhattan, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

www.nbcnewyork.com

https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2024/12/mangione_NJ_license_e3459e_134b34.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=640%2C450&w=1575&h=886&crop=1

 

[BOBON]

@SteveNorrisTV
BREAKING UPDATE… NYC assassin uspect Luigi Mangione got both his bachelor’s and master’s in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. Speaks fluent Italian. Here are SEVERAL PHOTOS of him…

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who is in the last picture with the man and the child? doesn't look the other pictures

 

[bestill]

So did the police just get lucky with this bust?

The employee called the tip in after a McDonald's patron recognized him. He had his real id along with fakes on him. That's how the found out his name. I believe he's also talking. This is what I picked up in the presser. NYC Mayor praised "good old fashioned police work" because they released all the photos they had of him so that the public would recognize him. Nothing was said about people calling in on the tip line. That may come out later. All JMO

 

[zerowaste]

I think we are beginning to see the wisdom in not accepting the abuse of anyone.

If the insurance industry begins by taking advantage of groups that are not you to expand profits, there is no reason to expect that they won't want to further expand profits by abusing you, too.

First they came for...and I said nothing because it was not me...until it was me and no one was left to speak up....

Apologies to Martin Niemoller.

Murder is a crime, and I condemn the murder of Brian Thompson.

But if it is motivated by anger at the greedy, poorly regulated insurance industry regarding a service that should not be profit making, well...it is no surprise that the group of people abused, and therefore angry, grows. As it remains true that murder is wrong.

There are two issues. A murder which I hope is solved and prosecuted.

And the problem that the USA has a travesty of a health care system with poor outcomes and business dealings under criminal investigation. That the population of victims of this is growing should be no surprise. Greed and abuse unchecked spread. The spread has to stop, IMO.

MOO

Beautifully said!

TY. So, that person is in for a $60k payday!

Is there taxation on rewards?

 

[Mr.Dandy]

 

[Sunshynn]

Too easy.....he might possibly be the shooter but who on the inside alerted him that BT would be walking out of the hotel at 645 am and would be walking out alone... was he just lucky with that timing? Seems like he must have had help from the inside.

Listen, this is the question that keeps on pinging around my brain, too.
How did the perp know to be there at the time that BT was strolling through on his way across the street to the conference?
How did the perp know and knew with enough luck certainty to beat BT to his intended destination by 5 minutes or more?
Could LM's computer skills have helped him enough to hack into BT's travel itinerary or his laptop or cellphone?
JMO.

 

[Marantz4250b]

He's 26. That's not a kid.

Okay, not physically or legally but what he did was essentially the petulant outpourings of a child/adolescent.

They say that the brain isn't fully developed until the mid 20's and that rational thinking, risk assessment and evaluation of consequences ae the last things to settle.

He doesn't like the way the world is - despite the fact that it probably affects him less than others - and acted like a spoiled child.

Obviously just my opinion.

 

[JennieM]

6m ago

In a statement to the Guardian, a UnitedHealthcare spokesperson responded to the news of the arrest of a person of interest in connection with the killing of Brian Thompson.

“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.”

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting arraigned on firearm and forgery charges – as it happened

Suspect, named by authorities as Luigi Mangione, 26, appeared in Pennsylvania court for preliminary arraignment

www.theguardian.com

 

[Baby baby Jane]

His parents own an actual castle. If he needed insurance he would have it.

He isn't the disgruntled person whose single mother died because she couldn't afford her medicine that folklore made him out to be.

He is a spoiled rich kid.

Maybe wunderkind valedictorian masters degree prep school Ivy League guy didn’t get the life he expected?
No one listening to his impt ideas.
Not getting the amazing job
The start-up failed to launch
??
Fluent in Italian … Could have bought a house in Italy for $1, fixed it up and lived a chill life in Italy! Now it will be prison for life ….

 

[Marantz4250b]

His parents own an actual castle. If he needed insurance he would have it.

He isn't the disgruntled person whose single mother died because she couldn't afford her medicine that folklore made him out to be.

He is a spoiled rich kid.

This - with knobs and glitter on!

IMO, obvs.

 

[armchairagatha]

Same, also conflicted... almost to the extent that I'm not yet buying it. He acted alone and pulled off that murder and is then caught in public, at a McDonalds, still in possession of the weapon? Yeeeaaah something doesn't quite add up but we'll learn more soon enough.

The people with book-smarts usually lack the street-smarts to survive in the “wild” too long. He was used to a privileged existence. Couldn’t last a week running away from LE. Sleep deprivation, hunger etc got the better of him. I wonder if he felt a small sense of relief deep down when he was caught. That this ordeal was finally over and he could get a proper meal and a bed even if that is in jail. JMO

 

[JennieM]

47m ago

It appears that Luigi Mangione was interviewed by University of Pennsylvania publication – Penn Today – in 2018 about starting a video game development club.

“In high school, I started playing a lot of independent games and stuff like that, but I wanted to make my own game, and so I learned how to code,” Mangione, who is described as “Mangione, a junior from Baltimore” said.

“In my freshman and sophomore years of high school, I learned [on my own] how to program, and that’s why I’m a computer science major now; that’s how I got into it,” he added. “I just really wanted to make games.”

He and another student decided to start University of Pennsylvania Game Research and Development Environment (UPGRADE), the article states, a club where students develop their own video games.

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting arraigned on firearm and forgery charges – as it happened

Suspect, named by authorities as Luigi Mangione, 26, appeared in Pennsylvania court for preliminary arraignment

www.theguardian.com

 

[NuttMegg]

You can have insurance and still be wealthy? Where is the castle knowledge coming from?

I'm sorry, but I didn't say any of that. I don't know how to answer you.