NY - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Midtown. #8 *Arrest*

[sds71]

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) – The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was killed in a Midtown shooting Wednesday morning, sources told PIX11 News.

Brian Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. near a hotel on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, sources said. Video posted to Citizen showed police tape on the Midtown street as police arrived at the scene.

He was rushed to an area hospital and later died. Thompson was in New York City for an investors meeting at a Hilton hotel, according to sources.


The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.

https://pix11.com/news/crime/man-critically-injured-in-midtown-shooting-nypd/

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[Sillybilly]

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[Vaderman]

Press Conference:

No prior arrests.

 

[Tricia]

Please continue here.

 

[Seattle1]

12/9/24

‘Unfathomable’: Friend of CEO killing suspect describes him​

 

[Seattle1]

12/9/24

6 Breaking Arrest Details in United Healthcare CEO Murder Case​

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

I wonder if the elderly customer would have recognized Luigi if he hadn't been wearing his mask.

Altoona may be a town where face masks are not normally worn. On the news, they are showing Luigi with the face mask and also his bushy eyebrows and eyes are very unique.

So, the face mask, skin coloring, eyes and eyebrows could all have painted a picture for him.

JMO.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

I wonder if the elderly customer would have recognized Luigi if he hadn't been wearing his mask.

Altoona may be a town where face masks are not normally worn. On the news, they are showing Luigi with the face mask and also his bushy eyebrows and eyes are very unique. So, the face mask, coloring and eyes and eyebrows could all have painted a picture for him.

JMO.

I'm shocked that he didn't do more to disguise his appearance.

At the very least he could have a fairly substantial beard right now if he'd started growing it right after the murder.

I do see stubble but not the kind of growth one would expect after five days.

I wonder where he was shaving? He couldn't have been traveling around on a bus all this time.

 

[getthefax]

I wonder if the elderly customer would have recognized Luigi if he hadn't been wearing his mask.

Altoona may be a town where face masks are not normally worn. On the news, they are showing Luigi with the face mask and also his bushy eyebrows and eyes are very unique.

So, the face mask, skin coloring, eyes and eyebrows could all have painted a picture for him.

JMO.

This man knew he would be caught… I feel like the publicity inflated his nutter ego and he just didn’t do a single thing to alter his appearance because he feels like a celebrity now…

 

[Seattle1]

12/9/24

Luigi Mangione's family releases statement |​

 

[MassGuy]

I wonder if the elderly customer would have recognized Luigi if he hadn't been wearing his mask.

Altoona may be a town where face masks are not normally worn. On the news, they are showing Luigi with the face mask and also his bushy eyebrows and eyes are very unique. So, the face mask, coloring and eyes and eyebrows could all have painted a picture for him.

JMO.

I can't imagine this person would have. It looks like he was dressed very similar to the guy we see in that cab photo. Jacket, hood likely up, and mask. So this witness would have been able to compare what was in front of her with what was available online.

John Miller seemed to indicate that’s how it went down.

Had he been sitting their without a mask and (likely) hood, I just don’t see it.

Luigi Mangione manifesto: Everything we know about handwritten note

Police found a three-page handwritten document on Luigi Mangione that officials believe "speaks to both his motivation and mindset."

www.newsweek.com

 

[getthefax]

I can't imagine this person would have. It looks like he was dressed very similar to the guy we see in that cab photo. Jacket, hood likely up, and mask. So this witness would have been able to compare what was in front of her with what was available online.

John Miller seemed to indicate that’s how it went down.

Had he been sitting their without a mask and (likely) hood, I just don’t see it.

Luigi Mangione manifesto: Everything we know about handwritten note

Police found a three-page handwritten document on Luigi Mangione that officials believe "speaks to both his motivation and mindset."

www.newsweek.com

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Agree. I wouldn’t have seen it, and I was looking for it! Just wow

 

[whitelilac]

Synopsis with images I hadn't seen before and discussion on a couple of back to back videos here:

Murder charge filed against UnitedHealthcare CEO suspect in New York

CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down last Wednesday in front a New York City hotel by a gunman who escaped into Central Park on a bike.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[IzzyBlanche]

Good grief people suck.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/google-pulls-mcdonalds-negative-reviews-over-arrest-unitedhealth-murder-2024-12-10/

 

[IzzyBlanche]

Luigi Mangione, suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, may have spiraled after ‘traumatic’ back surgery: reports

Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after he was spotted eating at a McDonald’s by an employee of the fast food restaurant who believed he resembled the gunma…

nypost.com

 

[Seattle1]

Luigi Mangione disputes key details in PA court as New York charges filed

The UnitedHealthCare CEO slaying suspect was charged with murder by New York authorities on Monday night.

www.newsweek.com

12/9/24

Police in Altoona said that they discovered Mangione in possession of a "ghost gun," fake identification and a manifesto at the time of his arrest. Pennsylvania prosecutors reportedly said that the suspect was also carrying a large amount of cash and a "Faraday" backpack capable of blocking electronic signals.

During an arraignment in Pennsylvania on Monday night, Mangione spoke up to "correct" prosecutors by insisting that the money was not his and to dispute a description of his backpack as evidence of "criminal sophistication," according to CNN correspondent Danny Freeman.

"Prosecutors also highlighted about $10,000—$8,000 in U.S. dollars and then $2,000 in foreign currency that was found on his person," Freeman said during a broadcast. "Also they said that he had a Faraday bag... the prosecutor said that was an indication of criminal sophistication and reason they should hold him on bail."

"Mangione actually said at the end of that speech by the prosecution, 'I'd like to correct two things,'" he added. "'First, I don't know where any of that money came from, I'm not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don't know about criminal sophistication.'"

 

[Arkay]

I understand his friend in Hawaii has been discussing the back problems LM was having.
Pain, interference with intimacy and so on. We’ve all seen the back X-ray that may be of LM’s back.

Not saying it’s not true, but I wonder if he was still at this high pain level.

From what we see in NYC, he has this large backpack on his back, he’s bicycling all around, he’s traveling on buses and so on. When my back hurts I can’t do any of those things.

He’s young, I understand that—-but so far he’s been young all his life, and yet his back seems to have been a terrible problem. Enough that many posters have suggested he intentionally aimed at BT’s back.

So I’m wondering—-was he still in pain and that was his issue with health insurance, or was he much better yet still determined to carry out this murder?

JMO

 

[Seattle1]

12/9/24

Tech Genius Turned Murder Suspect, Is Luigi Mangione Brian Thompson’s Killer?​

 

[getthefax]

Luigi Mangione, suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, may have spiraled after ‘traumatic’ back surgery: reports

Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after he was spotted eating at a McDonald’s by an employee of the fast food restaurant who believed he resembled the gunma…

nypost.com

Also, people really are inconsistent, aren’t they…? Sticking it to the “greedy healthcare CEO”, while eating at one of the the least healthful restaurants on planet (and speaking of corporate $$$).

MOO, but jeez.

 

[OneLove]

This man knew he would be caught… I feel like the publicity inflated his nutter ego and he just didn’t do a single thing to alter his appearance because he feels like a celebrity now…

I'm not entirely sure he really expected to be caught. His shaking on being asked if hed been in NYC and the possible urination as a reflex to sheer fright & dread might, just might, be an indication that he really thought he could continue under radar. Has he ever had to suffer the consequences of his own actions? Has he *always* gotten every thing he ever wanted without earning it? Yes, he seems intelligent with a very active mind and is a deep thinker & feeler.
But did he also feel *entitled* to thrust his own adult temper tantrum-by-gun onto BT in the streets of NYC? Seems pretty entitled to me. We have lots more to discover about how he came to be here, a killer, despite a very privileged upbringing. The NC drunk driver bride murderer had a very privileged upbringing also & when lamenting how this could happen to HER, her father's answer was "bad things happen to good people" punkin sweetie pie (or some such hogwash). Then he assured her she would continue to have everything she could ever wish for in jail and plenty to share with her friends also. The enabling was heartbreaking. She was a product of atrocious enabling.