The 26-year-old Altoona, Pennsylvania, man who was apprehended is being questioned in relation to the well-publicized shooting death of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City.
The New York police are questioning a guy who was arrested in relation to the dramatic murder of a health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan last week.
Around 9:15 a.m. on Monday, an employee recognized the man and called the police, identifying him as Luigi Mangione, 26, who was in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
During a news event on Monday, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch verified Mangione’s identity.
According to law enforcement, Mangione was carrying both his legitimate and a phony ID. According to a senior law enforcement official, the phony identification seemed to be the identical New Jersey ID that the alleged shooter used on November 24 to check into a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
Authorities in Altoona discovered Mangione carrying a gun, a silencer, and several phony identification cards that resembled the ones the murderer in New York is thought to have used.
According to one law enforcement officer, the weapon might be a “ghost gun,” put together using parts that were bought online. According to investigators, Mangione also possessed a scribbled manifesto in which he criticized healthcare organizations for putting money ahead of patient care.
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Mangione is presently being held on local charges, which may have something to do with giving police phony identification.
According to one law enforcement source, New York investigators are heading to Altoona, which is roughly 280 miles from the city, to question Mangione further.
Following the assault on Thompson, 50, outside a Midtown hotel on Wednesday morning, police had been looking for the shooter. Investigators think the suspect probably took a bus out of New York soon after the murder.
Mangione also took a Greyhound bus to Altoona, which is consistent with information about the murderer’s arrival in New York City ten days prior to the shooting.
The murder attracted a lot of media attention and set off a worldwide manhunt.
Along with the arrest, authorities over the weekend made public more images of the suspect, one of which showed him on the day of the shooting in the back of a taxi. To track the man’s actions in New York City, investigators looked through thousands of hours of security footage, beginning on November 24 when he arrived in New York City by bus from Atlanta.
Additionally, bullet casings bearing the words “depose,” “deny,” and “delay”—words frequently connected to insurance companies trying to evade paying claims—were found by police at the crime scene.
A backpack that is presently being inspected for forensic evidence is thought to have been left behind by the suspect in Central Park.
Several states have been searched for the person, however it is unclear if Mangione is the person they are looking for.
