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

[JennieM]

1h ago

On what appears to be Mangione’s GoodReads account, the 26-year-old reviewed the Unabomber’s book, giving it four stars out of five.

In his lengthy review, Magnione described Ted Kaczynski’s “In Industrial Society and Its Future” as a book “clearly written by a mathematics prodigy” adding that it “reads like a series of lemmas on the question of 21st century quality of life.”

“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” the review reads. “But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out.”

He adds: “He was a violent individual - rightfully imprisoned - who maimed innocent people. While these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary.”

Later in the review, he states:

These companies don’t care about you, or your kids, or your grandkids. They have zero qualms about burning down the planet for a buck, so why should we have any qualms about burning them down to survive?

We’re animals just like everything else on this planet, except we’ve forgotten the law of the jungle and bend over for our overlords when any other animal would recognize the threat and fight to the death for their survival. “Violence never solved anything” is a statement uttered by cowards and predators.

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

 

[Sundog]

So he potentially trashed his family's reputation too.

My armchair analysis (which is so worthless I should pay you for it) is that he was at a crossroads in life. He lamented he was born too late to make great contributions like coming up with the Pythagorean theory. I think he's been the charming golden boy for his whole life and now had to make something of himself on his own. And he crumbled. So instead of facing failure (or the challenges success requires), he trashed his potential and now has the excuse of being imprisoned so of course he can't be an achiever. His consolation prize is people think he's Robin Hood.

jmopinion

Great analysis, I think you are probably spot on.

 

[arielilane]

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

Not sure who the older gentleman is. I believe the younger person is LM. moo

 

[JennieM]

1h ago

Authorities say that as of now, they believe that the person of interest acted alone.

“We believe at this point — our investigation is leaning toward he was acting alone,” said Joseph Kenny, the New York City police department chief of detectives.

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

 

[JennieM]

The man arrested was found with a ghost gun. But what are they?
​

Ghost guns are privately made firearms that are unregistered and largely untraceable.

Most are made by ordering and buying the parts needed online, bypassing background check requirements.

The pieces often lack serial numbers, which make them hard to trace.

Tutorials online explain how to assemble the pieces into a fully functioning firearm with just basic tools in less than an hour.

Experts are calling ghost guns the fastest-growing gun safety problem in America, with those recovered from crime scenes increasing by over 1,000% since 2017, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Ghost guns are not federally restricted, but at least 15 states have policies that do regulate them.

Read more on ghost guns and why the government has been trying to crack down on them

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

 

[m00c0w]

@lookner


NBC News posts photo of gun found on Luigi Mangione

https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-man-questioned-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompsons-shoot-rcna183160/rcrd65579?canonicalCard=true

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So it’s a typical semi-auto pistol (albeit self-made), and not a crazy veterinary integrally suppressed pistol. I bet the suppressor will be equally crudely manufactured, which is why he kept having issues with the firearm cycling.

Seems incredibly similar to what I and a few others were saying…

JMO

 

[Let’s Bagel]

Didn't one of the articles posted state that he had been a soccer player in his school days?

I wonder if he sustained an injury.

I've read basketball, wrestling and soccer, although it could be all of them.

 

[BOBON]

Not sure who the older gentleman is. I believe the younger person is LM. moo

Thank you. I thought the older one looks a lot more like the person in the hostel photos JMO

 

[fridaybaker]

I saw something that said he was a ‘reactive intel’, whatever that means.

Woman hater? Doesn’t date? No pics of girls anywhere/anytime.

I've seen at least one photo of him with a woman, FWIW, I think in Cali. Can't remember where I saw it, though.

 

[eash]

Do we know anything about his startup? Investors?

 

[Herat]

Nor, if the right hand photo on his Twitter header is to be believed, hiking in the mountains while stripped to the waist.

That was taken in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Easy to recognize the trail. Haiku Stairs, which has been closed for more than a year.

 

[Mr.Dandy]

Lol, I'm not sure if you're kidding, but I also saw Jake G. when that smile picture was first released.

chin and nose are different also.

 

[JennieM]

What we now know about the suspect

Police in New York have just wrapped up a news conference, where they revealed the identity of the suspect apprehended in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Here is what we learnt:

• The suspect of interest has been named as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione
• Police say that he attended college in Pennsylvania. He was born in Maryland, with a last known address in Honolulu, Hawaii. He also has ties to San Francisco, California
• The man was apprehended at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee there spotted him and alerted the police
• He was found with a firearm and a suppresser, as well as several IDs - one that had his real name, and another that was fake. They include a US passport and a fraudulent New Jersey ID that was used to check into the New York City hostel, where the suspect was spotted before the shooting
• The gun the suspect was found with was a ghost gun, likely "made on a 3D printer" capable of firing a 9mm round, police say
• Police also say he was found with handwritten documents - also described as a "three-page manifesto" - that spoke to his "motivation and mindset", and that he "seems to have ill will towards corporate America"
• Mangione does not have a criminal record. Police have arrested him on firearms charges
• Police revealed that finding the 26-year-old was a complete surprise, and that they did not have his name on a list of suspects prior to today

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

 

[MassGuy]

Two officers wearing F.B.I.-N.Y.P.D. joint task force jackets have just walked into the headquarters of the Altoona Police Department.

Suspect in Health Care C.E.O.’s Killing Charged With Murder

The suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, was charged by New York prosecutors. He was arrested and arraigned in Altoona, Pa., on Monday after being spotted at a McDonald’s.

www.nytimes.com

 

[JennieM]

Altoona police say they will release more information this evening​

In a statement, the Altoona Police Department says its officers were dispatched to a McDonald's at 09:14 local time after receiving reports of a male that matched the description of the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

They then made contact with the man and arrested him on "unrelated charges", police say.

"At this time, the Altoona Police Department is cooperating with local, state, and federal agencies," they say, adding that they will release more information later this evening.

Altoona is about 277 miles (445km) west of New York City, where the shooting took place.

IMAGE SOURCE, CBS
Image caption,
The McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where the suspect was caught

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

 

[Inthedetails]

Two officers wearing F.B.I.-N.Y.P.D. joint task force jackets have just walked into the headquarters of the Altoona Police Department.

Suspect in Health Care C.E.O.’s Killing Charged With Murder

The suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, was charged by New York prosecutors. He was arrested and arraigned in Altoona, Pa., on Monday after being spotted at a McDonald’s.

www.nytimes.com

Task force members live for moments like this I bet.

jmo

 

[penguinface]

One out-there, totally implausible, but intriguing reason he might have been on a bus and still had the gun with him so long after the crime, was that he was trying to get to the real MR (the name on the fake ID, whose LinkedIn photo looks just like LM,) in New Jersey, to make a murder look like a suicide, plant the manifesto and leave the gun in MR’s hand, and leave the case looking “solved”.. (I know it’s a crazy thought just had to throw it out there once it popped in my head!)

 

[armchairagatha]

Thank you. I thought the older one looks a lot more like the person in the hostel photos JMO

The child is LM when younger. The older could be his dad or a relative.

 

[Betty P]

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

Yes, IIRC they said local LE responded. It sounds more like the McDonald's employee called local 911

 

[arielilane]

Thank you. I thought the older one looks a lot more like the person in the hostel photos JMO

You're welcome. I could be wrong. moo