The gun, the false documents, the manifesto of hatred towards insurance companies. Five days after the assassination of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson – killed on December 4th Manhattan –, the American police arrested in Pennsylvania Luigi Mangione26, deemed “a person of strong interest” in the murder case. The key to his capturewhich occurred in a McDonald’s in Altoonawas the photo of the face released by the authorities. The gun he was carrying could fire bullets caliber 9mm and may have been produced with a printer 3-D. He was stopped thanks to a tip: he was traveling on a GreyhoundAmerican line of bus long-distance bus, and showed a false document to the police in a fast food chain restaurant. A document – with the name of Mark Rosario – identical to what the alleged killer showed when he checked into a hostel inUpper West Side on November 24, writes the New York Times. For the moment, Glutton is subject in Pennsylvania to firearms-related charges and authorities are working to extradite him to New York State. As for the motive“he seems to have some hostility towards American companies,” he said Kenny. To be charged in New York, where he has no criminal record, he will have to be extradited.
The profile – Mangione was born and raised in Marylandwith ties to San Francisco. His last recent address was in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2016 he graduated at the top of his class Gilman School an all-boys private school BaltimoreIn the Maryland. In his end-of-year speech to his classmates (the honor reserved for the first in the class) he described his class as made up of kids “full of new ideas and who challenge the world around them”. Luigi had also thanked his parents for spending to send him to school. The tuition of Gilman is $37,000 a year, “not a small one investment“, the high school student said. Then he graduated in engineering at the University of Pennsylvaniauniversity of Ivy Leaguewhere he also obtained a master’s degree. The year before graduation he had worked as a teaching assistant on artificial intelligence at Stanford. According to the online posts on the site Goodreadsan online platform created to share books, its interests were in anti-establishment literature with pride of place for Kaczynski. He is related to a Republican member of the state legislature Maryland: Luigi and Nino Mangione are cousins.
The family of Nino Mangione has close ties to the Italian-American community of Baltimore. A grandfather, Joseph Zannino, he was a member ofOrder Sons of Italy and the committee that led to the establishment of the Columbus Day as a national holiday. Another grandfather, Nicholas Mangionewas a real estate entrepreneur who grew up in a poor family of Italian emigrants. On his Facebook page Nino Mangione identifies himself as “a conservative Republican” who “fights for freedom and the future of Maryland“.
The “manifesto” and anger towards insurance companies healthcare – As previously reported, Glutton he had with him a handwritten ‘manifesto’ criticizing health insurance companies for putting the profits to the care of people. Just like Theodore Kaczynskithe multiple-murderer mathematician of Harvard nicknamed Unabomber than over the years Ninety he held America in check with a chain of parcel bombs which Luigi had shown he admired by liking his writings on social media. The handwritten document, according to the Cnncontains an indictment against “corporate America” and in particular the private mutuals who put profits before the good of others insured. “These parasites asked for it… I apologize for any conflict and trauma, but it had to be done”, are some of the sentences written by Gluttonwho says he acted alone and was self-financed. According to the New York Postthe boy was shocked at how a sick relative had been treated.
Everything would therefore confirm what has been the suspicion of the investigators from the beginning killer “angry” col billion-dollar mutual system: the last pieces after the three words engraved on the shell casings found at the crime scene – “deny, delay, depose” evoked those used by insurance companies such as UnitedHealthcare to deny i refunds – as well as play money from Monopoly (the game for many a symbol of corporate greed) that the murderer had stuffed in the branded backpack abandoned in Central Park together with the signed jacket Tommy Hilfiger.
Thompson’s murder outside the Midtown Hilton, where the CEO was preparing to speak at an investor conference, had shocked New York and the world of business. UnitedHeathcare is one of the global healthcare giants, famous for gigantic profits and high percentage of requests for compensation deny. The killer had waited for him in front of the hotel at dawn December 4thhad unloaded the gun on the executive, hitting him at shoulders and to one gamba. Thompson was pronounced dead minutes later in hospital while the killer fled on an e-bike and then into taxi to reach the train station Greyhound under the bridge of George Washington causing him to disappear until today.
-The stopper – In the McDonalds’ of Altoona, Pennsylvaniaan elderly customer recognized him and then alerted 911. With him the man also had “a manifesto“, a pistol with silencer – similar to the one used in the murder – four false identity documents and other objects. All elements in line with what the authorities know about the man he killed Thompson. Your funerals are scheduled today in private form at Minneapolis.
The photos and objects – On Saturday the authorities of New York had released two other photos, one of which was taken in a taxi. In both cases the face of the wanted it was covered by a mask surgical blue. The police had also announced the contents of the backpack that the killer would have abandoned a Central Park before leaving Manhattan: Inside were a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and fake US dollars Monopoly.
The murder – Thompson was killed in front of the New York Hilton Midtownabout 450 kilometers from Altoonaby a masked assailant who hit him from behind. The killing occurred around 6:45 a.m., as evidenced by surveillance footage, with the suspect fleeing on foot and then on a bicycle toward Central Park. The latest footage of the alleged killer places him at the bus depot in Upper Manhattanaccording to the New York police.
The insurance company – “Our hope is that today’s arrest brings some relief to the family of Brianto friends, colleagues and many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy”, a spokesperson for UnitedHealthcarethe health insurance giant of which Brian Thompson was CEO, in response to Mangione’s arrest. “We thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation. We ask everyone to respect the family’s privacy as they grieve,” the spokesperson said.
