The software developer was arrested in connection with the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione and the shooting of a New York City executive: The case of the U.S. Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
The biographical information and photos of the company’s executives were removed from their websites as praise came in for the act of vigilantism.
With the arrest of Luigi Mangione, police have apprehended a person of interest in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, though many questions remain unanswered.
Before Mangione’s arrest, NYPD investigators mapped out the alleged shooter’s movements in New York City since late November, including his stay at a Manhattan hostel where an image was captured without a face mask. Police later found the suspect’s backpack in Central Park, where he fled following the shooting, according to the NYPD. Authorities believe he left New York City on a bus.
Police said an employee at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania recognized Mangione from photos made public by police during a press conference with the NYPD chief and Mayor Eric Adams.
Thompson was shot in the chest while on his way to an investor meeting in New York City. He died shortly after.
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The valedictorian of the private Gilman School is found in online accounts and school records. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, both in computer science, with a focus on artificial intelligence. He most recently worked as a data engineer and was living in Hawaii, according to his LinkedIn profile.
In one online review by “Luigi Mangione” of the book Industrial Society and Its Future, the anti-technology essay penned by the “Unabomber,” Ted Kaczynski, the reviewer wrote: “It’s easy to quickly and thoughtless write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies. It is impossible to ignore how prescient his predictions were about modern society.
The shooter’s actions could have been the outcome of a system that prioritized profits over well-being, expressed some vocal critics of the US health care system after the shooting.
Images of the suspected shooter in a mask and smiling at the camera were broadcasted on social media as a depiction of a folk hero who had taken action against a corrupt system.
A combination of old-school detective work and new age technology led police to Mangione. “We deployed drones, K9 units, and scuba divers. We leveraged the domain awareness system, argos cameras, and conducted aviation canvases.”
At the scene of Thompson’s shooting outside the New York Hilton Midtown, NYPD investigators discovered bullet casings bearing the words “delay,” “depose,” and “deny,” likely references to the ways in which health insurance companies refuse to cover customers’ medical claims. According to the Times, authorities say Mangione was carrying a “manifesto” that included passages “criticizing health care companies for putting profits above care.”
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He was, according to his social media accounts, an Ivy League-educated tech worker who was interested in philosophy, wellness and the masculinity-focused self-help advice of gurus including Andrew Huberman, a controversial podcaster.
He earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. While at Penn, Mangione founded a game development club that grew to include over 50 members, as reported by the student newspaper the Daily Pennsylvanian.
Mangione worked as a data engineer at TrueCar. The company said via email that Mangione was no longer an employee of the company.
A Goodreads account in his name left a positive review for the writings of Theodore Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, whose targets included a president of United Airlines.
Authorities arrested a man in Pennsylvania on Monday who police say is connected to the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week.
UnitedHealthcare did not reply to a request for comment. In a statement provided to other media outlets, a company spokesperson said: “Our hope is that today’s apprehension brings some relief to Brian’s family, friends, colleagues and the many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy. We thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation. We ask that everyone respect the family’s privacy as they mourn.”
Thompson had been CEO of UnitedHealthcare since 2021, but he had been with UnitedHealth Group since 2004.
Luigi Mangione, a former data engineer of TrueCar, has been arrested in connection with the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Police said that an employee at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania recognised him from photos made public by police during a press conference with New York Mayor Eric Adams. Mangione has been charged with second-degree murder.