A silenced gun, four fake IDs and a manifesto against the healthcare industry were found according to the New York Post in the possession of Luigi Mangioni. He is the 26-year-old who has been arrested for the murder of United Healthcare president Brian Thompson.
Brian Thompson’s murder suspect Luigi Mangioni’s manifesto, the New York Post notes, is 2.5 handwritten pages of positions espoused by the infamous “Unabomber,” the decades-elusive bomber who was captured in 1996 and died in prison in 2023.
According to the American newspaper, the 26-year-old suspect in the cold-blooded murder of Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of the US insurance giant, on December 4, had personal reasons to dislike the health industry, which related to the treatment of a relative of his.
In addition, Luigi Mangioni followed online actions of an anti-capitalist nature or in favor of climate change.
It is recalled that the young Mangioni was arrested on Monday, December 9 in Pennsylvania.
As announced by the police and the city of New York, “members of the Altoona Police Department” (in Pennsylvania), “arrested Luigi Mangioni, a 26-year-old man, for possession of firearms. We currently believe that this is the person we are looking for in the targeted and heinous killing of Brian Thomson, chief executive of United Healthcare.’
Who is Luigi Mangioni?
Mangioni was born and raised in Maryland, attended college in Pennsylvania, had ties to San Francisco and most recently lived in Honolulu, officials said.
Earlier, American media reported that this man was being questioned by the local police, as he was found in possession of the same type of weapon used in the murder of Brian Thompson.
According to the New York Times, which cited well-informed sources, the man, who was spotted by an eyewitness at a McDonald’s in Altoona, presented a fake ID similar to the one the killer used to make his hotel reservation. of New York the night before the crime.
According to a police official, the man was carrying a document that suggested he “feels animosity toward American companies.”
The chronicle of cold execution
In the early hours of December 4, the killer approached 50-year-old Brian Thompson and shot him in the middle of the street, in front of bystanders, outside a Manhattan hotel, a scene captured by a security camera, images that have now been seen by millions of people.
Police considered the possibility that the assailant used a long gun, usually used to euthanize animals, equipped with a silencer to commit the murder.
Thompson was scheduled to attend an investor conference in the Midtown business district.
At this time, the police have not made any report on the motive of the murder.
Authorities also did not confirm media reports that the words “delay” and “deny” – terms often used by insurance companies to reject compensation claims – were written on in the calyxes found at the scene.
Several security camera photos of the suspect have been released by police, who have promised a reward for any information that could help the investigation. The photos show a white man, young and slim, with his face uncovered, seen from the front, with a hood on his head and a black scarf wrapped around his neck.
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United Health Group insures 51 million people and works with government programs such as Medicare, the health insurance system for seniors.
The “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski
Convicted of murdering three people and injuring 20 while acting as the “Unabomber,” Ted Kaczynski died at the age of 81 in a North Carolina federal prison on June 10, 2023.
Ted Kaczynski, or the Unabomber as he became known, was a mathematical genius who nevertheless abandoned the academic course and turned to a different way of life, away from technology.
Between 1978 and 1995 he killed three people and injured 20 others in an attempt to start a revolution by conducting a nationwide bombing campaign targeting people involved in modern technology.
In conjunction with this effort, Kaczynski issued a manifesto against the Left, opposing industrialization and advocating a form of anarcho-primitivism.