Police arrested a person of interest in the health care CEO shooting
The manhunt for the assailant of Ted Kaczynski in the UnitedHealthcare shooting at Mcdonald’s
As praise poured in for the act of violent vigilantism, some companies removed the biographical information and photos of their executive leadership from their websites.
Police arrested a software developer in connection to the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Mangione was taken into custody at a Mcdonald’s in Pennsylvania.
The New York Times reports that an employee of Mcdonalds recognized Mangione on Monday and called the police. “He was just sitting there eating,” Joseph Kenny, the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives, said at a press briefing Monday.
The NYPD police chief and mayor held a press conference where it was said that an employee at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania recognized Mangione from photos made public by police.
Police have been searching for Thompson’s killer for nearly a week, despite the shooting taking place in public outside a Manhattan hotel. The manhunt has thus far relied on just a few grainy images of a man whose face is largely obscured by a mask and hoodie. There are reported to be more images of the suspect that investigators are trying to get into facial recognition software.
The shooting’s apparent anti-insurance motivation has led to expressions of support across the political spectrum for the assailant. Online sleuths have identified several online profiles that appear to be linked to Mangione, including a Goodreads account on which he left a favorable review of Industrial Society and Its Future, the manifesto written by Ted Kaczynski.
Ted Kaczynski wrote the anti-technology essay in the book Industrial Society and Its Future which was the subject of an online review by Luigi Mangione. But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out.”
The shooter’s actions were decried by some as the inevitable outcome of the U.S. health care system, which prioritised profits over patients’ well being.
The face of a modern-day folk hero who had taken action against a system perceived to be rife with corruption was circulating on social media as a result of the images of the suspected shooter.
Police were led to Mangione via a “combination of old-school detective work and new age technology,” Tisch said. “We deployed drones, K9 units, and scuba divers. We used the domain awareness system, argos cameras, and conducted aviation canvases.
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Three bullets recovered from the scene of the shooting had “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” written on them in permanent marker, two police officials told the Associated Press last week. Police later clarified that one of the bullets had “delay” written on it, not “defend.” The words are reminiscent of Delay, Deny, Defend: What Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It, the title of a 2010 book by Rutgers Law professor Jay M. Feinman.
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.
It has been said that Mangione grew up in a family that owned two country clubs and went on to become the valedictorian of a private all-boys school.
Mangione worked at True Car as a data engineer. A spokesperson for the company said via email that Mangione “has not been an employee of our company since 2023.”
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 immediately respond to a request for comment from WIRED. The company hopes that today’s apprehension brings some relief toBrian’s family, friends, colleagues and the many others affected by the tragedy. We are grateful for the cooperation of law enforcement on this investigation. We request that everyone respects the family’s privacy during time of mourning.
A McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania recognised Luigi Mangione, the suspect in Ted Kaczynski’s murder, from a picture released by the police on Monday. A police spokesperson said Mangione has not been an employee of the company since 2023 and that he “is no longer with the company”. Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday.