Luigi Mangione arrest newest: UnitedHealthcare CEO homicide suspect denied bail and is preventing extradition

Luigi Mangione “likely views himself as a hero,” according to a police report.

An internal New York Police Department report obtained by The New York Times analyses ​​parts of Mangione’s three-page “manifesto,” which was in his possession upon his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday.

According to The Times, police noted the Brian Thompson shooting suspect “likely views himself as a hero of sorts who has finally decided to act upon such injustices”.

Mangione is believed to have viewed the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death “as a symbolic takedown and a direct challenge to its alleged corruption and ‘power games,’” as per the document.

The report surfaced in light of Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shaprio, noting at a news conference on Monday that “in some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero”.

He added: “Hear me on this: He is no hero.”

A McDonald’s customer thought his friend was “kidding” after they pointed out a man inside the restaurant who they thought looked like the “shooter from New York” – then Luigi Mangione was arrested.

Larry, who goes to the Golden Arches daily, was in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, restaurant when the 26-year-old suspect connected to Brian Thompson’s murder walked through the door, according to Fox News.

“One of my friends – and I thought he was kidding – when the shooter… who they made the arrest on came in, he [my friend] made a comment ‘Well, that looks like the shooter from New York,’” Larry told the network.

“But the group of us thought it was more of a joke and we were kidding about it. But then as it turned out, it was him.”

Mangione made an order at the McDonald’s and then headed to the back of the store, Larry said.

“I passed him whenever I left, I left and went to church, [then] came back because I heard there was an arrest,” Larry added.

Set with the task of tracking down a fugitive from the law, you can guarantee social media will track them down in record time – even if the only thing to go by is a small, three-inch gap between a mask and a hood. As was the case with the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson.

The NYPD released a set of images taken in the back of a taxi on Sunday, and within less than 24 hours, the internet had gleaned from the dark, bushy eyebrows alone that it was 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, a Baltimore-born graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, who comes from a prominent family.

But once found, the circus didn’t stop there.

Read Emma Clarke’s article in full below.

GoFundMe has shut down multiple pages created to support the accused murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A masked man fatally shot Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on December 4 before escaping out of the city, leading to a six-day manhunt for the gunman, which ended Thursday with the arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. He has been charged with murder.

Since his arrest, GoFundMe pages have cropped up in support of Mangione, and the fundraising site has been removing them. It’s not immediately clear how many pages the site took down.

Kelly Rissman has the full story.

Kathleen Mangione is said to have reported her son missing just weeks before he was charged in connection with Brian Thompson’s murder in Midtown Manhattan last week.

Luigi Mangione was reported missing to the San Francisco Police Department on November 18, a police source told the San Francisco Standard.

The 26-year-old was born and raised in Maryland but has ties to San Francisco. His last known address in Honolulu, police said.

Luigi Mangione claimed he was “not sure” if cash found on him at the time of his arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s was “planted” as he was arraigned on Monday evening.

The suspected UnitedHealth CEO shooter took issue with prosecutors’ claims during his first court appearance at the Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, as he was read a full complaint by a judge.

Along with a ghost gun, a 262-page manifesto and false identification, prosecutors said he was carrying about $8,000 in US dollars and $2,000 in foreign currency, CNN reported.

Prosecutors also claimed that he had a faraday bag – a bag used to conceal wireless transmissions from devices.

Mangione told prosecutors that he’d “like to correct two things,” according to correspondent Danny Freeman.

According to Freeman, he said: “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.”

Several members of Luigi Mangione book club “left” after the Brian Thompson murder suspect made members read the memoir of Ted Kaczynski – aka the Unabomber.

The 26-year-old, who was arrested and charged with UnitedHealth CEO murder on Monday in Pennsylvania, was found with a handwritten manifesto of his own that allegedly slammed the health care system.

In early 2023, Mangione started a book club in Hawaii, according to Sarah Nehemiah, who was Mangione when they both lived at a co-living space in Honolulu in 2022.

“Several members left due to discomfort in his book choices,” she told The Washington Post.

“The Unabomber Manifesto is what really pushed people over the edge.”