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Ivy-League Grad Alleged As UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer, Here's What We Know
Luigi Mangione, 26, was reportedly turned in by a McDonald's employee.
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The Lede
Mangione was taken into custody on December 9, five days after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Police said he was located in Altoona, Pennsylvania, at McDonald's after an employee recognized him from viral photos. Authorities said Mangione was found with a 9mm "ghost gun" equipped with a silencer, multiple fake IDs and a handwritten manifesto critical of the U.S. health insurance industry. He reportedly has no prior criminal record, and was living in Hawaii before the incident.
Key Details
- Mangione reportedly graduated as valedictorian from the Gilman School in Baltimore, a private all-boys school where tuition is about $40,000 a year.
- Authorities believe his disdain for insurance may have stemmed from his ailing grandparents who later died.
- Mangione's online activity reportedly detailed anti-capitalist and climate-change causes, with references to domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, who is better known as the "Unibomber."
