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

[JennieM]

4m ago
Mangione was a member of the UPenn chapter of Phi Kappa Psi. But a person who was also in the fraternity and spoke anonymously to the NY Times said he had heard that Mangione stopped speaking to many people from college over the last year. This particular person told the Times that he last spoke to Mangione in February 2023 around the time he suffered a spine injury.

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

 

[gremlin444]

DBM--someone else posted it at the same time as I did!

 

[JDG]

I’m just very glad that he is in custody, I don’t think his ‘work’ was finished.

It is now.

 

[browneyes]

I'm sorry for your pain.
JMO but there are many way's to create change. Killing a health care CEO isn't the way. (I'm really happy with my healthcare company). I guess they are not all the same.

I agree. Violence, especially murder is never the answer.

 

[dlharris2712]

One of the pictures in his X Profile shows what look like pins in his back...I wonder if this was the bain of his existence and anger at healthcare?

 

[SleuthJan]

Yes, I completely agree. The politics are kind of weird to explain. Part of my twitter (X) accounts that I follow, some of my algo, aligns with a collection of accounts on twitter called “tpot.” It is entirely boring and I don’t encourage anyone reading to go down the rabbit hole to protect their sanity, but if you are curious and search this on twitter right now you’ll see the chatter about LM. He essentially was somewhat engaged with this collective. It’s not an organized group in anyway, just accounts that talk about certain topics I suppose. Common topics are IQ levels, politics, technology, and psychedelics (yes I said it’s boring! Save yourself) It tends to be more on the right side politically in the vein of Peter Thiel or Sam Altman. I’m sure he picked it up in school. Theres definitely an element of otherness, like this collective consciousness is more elite, etc.

Do you listen to the All In podcast? Anything like that?

 

[Betty P]

It might seem pedantic but it's an important point; healthcare is not "free" here, it annoys me when people say that it is.

We pay for it but not at the point of use. The payment is in the form of a higher tax burden. It's actually really expensive!

Understood. Its the same in other developed EU countries, Canada, Australia, etc.

The US has the most expensive health care system in the world. It also doesn't guarantee coverage, its spotty and frequently interrupted.

In countries like England, health care is available to all from the cradle to the grave. Americans have never experienced health care coverage that lasts their entire life.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Perp walk - beard or no beard? I think beard.

ETA: no beard. I was wrong. Where has he been the last 5 days where he's been shaving?

 

[CrimeDawg123]

This video clip is being shown on an ABC station from Alabama. It shows the killer waiting on the street prior to crossing to commit the murder. I have not seen this angle before. Only the video of him actually on the sidewalk.

Wow, so he recognized him from a fair distance away. Maybe he knew he'd be in that loud blue jacket.

 

[fridaybaker]

4m ago
Mangione was a member of the UPenn chapter of Phi Kappa Psi. But a person who was also in the fraternity and spoke anonymously to the NY Times said he had heard that Mangione stopped speaking to many people from college over the last year. This particular person told the Times that he last spoke to Mangione in February 2023 around the time he suffered a spine injury.

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

This coincides with what someone upthread posted about his social media presence significantly decreasing about a year ago.
Sadly, people in his life started to become concerned enough about him to reach out a little too late.

 

[darkstar105]

I must eat crow, as I posted that I thought the words written on the bullet casings were red herrings and I thought the motive would be closer to home.

 

[wibbleflea]

A video recording of his valedictorian speech from 2016. Sorry if this has been posted

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866211031502213227

 

[Mr.Dandy]

you mean to tell me that this man planned and successfully pulled off the killing of a major CEO, managed to hide his identity while leaving behind a ton of evidence and a few (only a few) blurry images, then gets caught with the gun and ID by a
McDonald’s employee. And they haven’t removed his social media. The social media always goes fast. Something about this doesn’t fit.

 

[ClearAhead]

I thought there was no such person in New Jersey, that NYPD already checked out that person's name.

JMO.

I don’t recall it ever being stated how it was known the ID was fake. But if there was no such person, obviously LM couldn’t have plotted to murder him too.

Man identified as person of interest in CEO killing has Bay Area ties, police say

Police arrested a 26-year-old man on Monday on firearm charges and publicly identified him as a person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the executive gunned down on a busy midtown Manhattan sidewalk last week.

www.nbcbayarea.com

“The suspected gunman allegedly used a fake New Jersey ID when he checked into a Manhattan hostel last month, sources had said.”

 

[getthefax]

Wow, so he recognized him from a fair distance away. Maybe he knew he'd be in that loud blue jacket.

He was on the phone, it looks like…

 

[justtrish]

CNN: Preliminary arraignment at 6pm. He will appear in person.

Hopefully they make him keep that mask off and show his face. Time for him to face what he did.

 

[boater55]

I would love to know where we think he has been the last 5 days? Busses don’t take that long to get from nyc to pa do they?

 

[whitelilac]

4m ago
Mangione was a member of the UPenn chapter of Phi Kappa Psi. But a person who was also in the fraternity and spoke anonymously to the NY Times said he had heard that Mangione stopped speaking to many people from college over the last year. This particular person told the Times that he last spoke to Mangione in February 2023 around the time he suffered a spine injury.

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

First time I hear that it is Luigi that has the spine injury, and not a brother as I had seen somewhere before.

 

[dlharris2712]

I'm not well up on 3D printed stuff but a working semi-auto pistol seems very sophisticated to be 3D printed. The moderator I could believe but unlikely the whole thing was.

But, as I said, not something I've really looked in to.

We have a 3D Printer here at work. You would be amazed at the things the guys have made.

 

[Gemmie]

I think based on available photos of LM, the eyebrows are a dead giveaway.
Add to that the chin and general shape of his face ?
Imo.

Let's not leave out his teeth, which the MacDonald's employee likely saw when he talked and/or smiled.

Luigi Mangione arrested in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, police say

Luigi Nicholas Mangione was taken into custody. Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco and his last known address in Honolulu, Hawaii, according to officials.

www.oregonlive.com