Police have identified the suspect as 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione. Manhattan prosecutors filed murder and other charges against Mangione, according to an online court docket.

Summary

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, was charged with murder in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

Mangione, an Ivy League graduate, was arrested in Altoona, PA, after a tip from a McDonald’s customer.

Authorities found a 3D-printed pistol, writings expressing anger at corporate America, and $10,000 in cash.

Thompson was killed during an ambush last week, shaking the business world and sparking corporate security concerns.

Mangione is being held without bail and will be extradited to New York. Investigators credit public tips and surveillance footage for the arrest.

  • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
    88·
    2 days ago

    Altoona Police Officer Tyler Frye said he and his partner recognized the suspect immediately when he pulled down his mask. “We just didn’t think twice about it. We knew that was our guy,” he said.

    DOUBT

    • Iapar
      38·
      2 days ago

      To not think about stuff is, normally, nothing to brag about.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        It is the kind of quality that will get you far, as a cop, I imagine. that, and not asking too many questions.

    • w3dd1e@lemm.ee
      441·
      2 days ago

      Oh you mean the rookie cop who had been on the job for ~6 months?

      DOUBT

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 day ago

      Are they trying to imply that they actually thought about it once? I mean they’re cops… how can we be expected to believe that they actually thought?