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

[BUF]

He was found with $8,000 in US cash and $2,000 in foreign currency and a faraday bag (signal blocking bag)

Reporter that was in court on CNN

 

[x_files]

Faraday bag.

A bag with a mini Faraday cage that blocks cell signal.

and they are legal to own and use. It can protect your phone from being hacked.

 

[JennieM]

now
The press conference officially wrapped up. Police and law enforcement indicated the investigation is ongoing and people could expect additional updates in the coming days from the NYPD.

They did note Mangione may be taken to a state correctional facility later this evening.

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

 

[Fabled Automatic]

Someone earlier mentioned a YT account with an ominous video. Turns out that account was a fake and has since been removed.

The perp's real YT accounts, all 3 of them, hadn't posted content in 7 months.

The other channel was removed for violating YouTube’s impersonation policies, after the channel name and handle were updated on Monday following news of Mangione’s arrest to appear as if it belonged to the suspect. That channel on Monday posted a cryptic countdown video that said, “If you see this, I’m already under arrest.”

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, appears in court

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

With a passport and all that cash, I'm really surprised he didn't flee the country. At the very least though, he was keeping his options open.

The only thing that I can think of is that he feared that all of the airports were alerted with his photo. I don't know the protocol for looking for a wanted person, but he could have tried to fly out of a small airport. If I were a criminal, I think that I would probably stay on the ground until I got really far from the crime scene. Then, I would consider my other options.

JMO.

 

[x_files]

Whoaaaa I have to work all day and came back and apparently missed a lot!

The same! Big news day!

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

I can’t believe that in the 10 days he was in NYC, he didn’t organize a disguise for himself, not even a glue on beard.

 

[LadyL]

Yeah, no:

"Co-Affiant asked the male if he had been to New York recently and the male became quiet and started to shake."​

in my post that you quoted, I referred to his perp walk and mugshot, not his demeanour in the McDonalds

 

[sas0807]

Not sure if I missed it but did they ever confirm the source of the Xray image he has on his socials?

 

[MassGuy]

CNN Live:

Mary Ellen O'Toole, former FBI profiler:

Perhaps he wasn't finished. Very smart man. He knew he could never return home, this was it for him. Likely more on agenda. Could have also included suicide. They got him in midstream. She thinks he planned to continue on with shootings (agreeing with John Miller and other guest).

Interesting interview coming up with someone he lived with in Honolulu.

 

[lonetraveler]

Yes this ! The elderly man was the actual spotter !

Was it really a man? I was thinking it was an elderly woman. Of course I've also read that the elderly person also worked at McDonalds. Everything is flying right now.

 

[CamilleBSP]

Not sure if I missed it but did they ever confirm the source of the Xray image he has on his socials?

No further info on that yet, but one friend suggested LM suffered a spinal injury in Feb 2023.

 

[TheUnderlyingCause]

It is free at the point of service though. The co-payment and co-insurance portions of a spinal fusion surgery in the USA can more than offset the 7% (at top rate) difference in income tax, easily.

Perhaps for the person having the surgery but not for the rest of taxpayers though. The first poster's point is still valid -- free health care isn't free.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

I was referring to his answer to the cops who found the money on him in the McDonald's.
He answered he didn't know. Nobody accidentally happens to find $8000 in the their pocket!

It wasn't monopoly money, was it?

 

[priyaya]

CNN Live:

Mary Ellen O'Toole, former FBI profiler:

Perhaps he wasn't finished. Very smart man. He knew he could never return home, this was it for him. Likely more on agenda. Could have also included suicide. They got him in midstream. She thinks he planned to continue on with shootings (agreeing with John Miller and other guest).

Interesting interview coming up with someone he lived with in Honolulu.

just saw this and up until she said it i honestly believed it was a targeted one time thing
but authorities definitely didn't think that was the case.

profilers are awesome

 

[soap mama]

I can’t believe that in the 10 days he was in NYC, he didn’t organize a disguise for himself, not even a glue on beard.

I was completely expecting beard scruff and maybe hair dye!

 

[LadyL]

He had $8000 0f cash on him....didn't know where it came from.

Luigi Mangione, the man that police have identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson made his first appearance in a Pennsylvania court Monday night.

The judge read the entire criminal complaint out loud to Mangione after the suspect said that no one had read it to him prior to that moment.

Mangione verbally pushed back against two claims from prosecutors in court, first a claim that because Mangione was found with $8,000 in cash on him that he was trying to evade authorities.

The other claim was that because he had a Faraday bag on him, which blocks cell signal, this showed evidence of criminal sophistication. Mangione said to the first claim that he did not know where the money he had on him came from, saying maybe it was planted. On the second claim, he said that the bag was waterproof and he didn’t know about criminal sophistication.

He was ordered held without bail. He did not enter a plea.

His next court appearance will be on December 23 in Pennsylvania pending an expected warrant from New York.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare-death-investigation-12-9-24/index.html?t=1733783512488

yep, here we go
he thinks his you-know-what doesn't stink JMO

 

[Jamara3]

He could have sat outside to eat it, that would make more sense.

I feel like McDonald’s was his safe place. Totally zoned out of his surroundings, eating an ‘ol hash brown and locked in whatever he was looking at on his computer. Moment of weakness for him.

 

[KooshBall]

It's America's dirty little secret that so many have no health care access or are destroyed by medical debt. It's been a serious problem since the early 2000's, grown much worse in recent years.

Not to mention fined by the IRS is we don't have insurance. I can't afford insurance so I will be paying the fine, which I also can't afford.

 

[priyaya]

He had $8000 0f cash on him....didn't know where it came from.

Luigi Mangione, the man that police have identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson made his first appearance in a Pennsylvania court Monday night.

The judge read the entire criminal complaint out loud to Mangione after the suspect said that no one had read it to him prior to that moment.

Mangione verbally pushed back against two claims from prosecutors in court, first a claim that because Mangione was found with $8,000 in cash on him that he was trying to evade authorities.

The other claim was that because he had a Faraday bag on him, which blocks cell signal, this showed evidence of criminal sophistication. Mangione said to the first claim that he did not know where the money he had on him came from, saying maybe it was planted. On the second claim, he said that the bag was waterproof and he didn’t know about criminal sophistication.

He was ordered held without bail. He did not enter a plea.

His next court appearance will be on December 23 in Pennsylvania pending an expected warrant from New York.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare-death-investigation-12-9-24/index.html?t=1733783512488

8K cash isnt illegal