The fingerprints of the suspect arrested Monday for the assassination in New York of the boss of an American health insurance giant match those found near the crime scene, several media reported on Wednesday, citing police sources.
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Luigi Mangione, 26, arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in the rural town of Altoona, in the state of Pennsylvania, contested his transfer on Tuesday to the justice system of the State of New York, which is waiting to try him for the shooting in the street of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare, the country’s largest private health insurer.
While he was charged with murder, his lawyer Thomas Dickey indicated that he would plead not guilty and assured: “I have not seen any evidence that proves that he is the shooter.”
According to CNN, ABC and NBC, which cited police sources on Wednesday morning, Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints match those found near the crime scene. These sources do not specify where the prints were found. Contacted by AFP, lawyer Thomas Dickey did not immediately respond.
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A week after the crime, investigations focus on the reasons which would have pushed this engineering graduate, a brilliant former student at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania and originally from a wealthy family in Baltimore, to coldly shoot Brian Thompson in the foot. ‘a hotel in the heart of Manhattan.
The police indicated that he was in possession of a three-page handwritten text criticizing the health insurance system in the United States, often accused of prioritizing profits to the detriment of healthcare.
According to the New York Times, which cited police sources, he was carrying another notebook appearing to plan the murder.
“What are you doing ? You punch a CEO at the annual parasitic accountant convention. It is targeted, precise and without risk for innocent people,” we can read, according to the newspaper.
