Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last Wednesday, was allegedly arrested on Monday with a notebook that detailed his plans regarding the shooting.
Officials told The New York Times that Mangione’s notebook talked about going to the Manhattan conference and killing an executive. Thompson was killed outside the Hilton hotel, while en route to speak at his company’s annual investor conference.
“What do you do? You wack the C.E.O. at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention. It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents,” the notebook reportedly reads.
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Mangione, 26, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday, days after he reportedly killed Thompson, 50, in Manhattan. He was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona after an employee believed he resembled widely publicized photos of Thompson’s alleged killer and called the police.
In addition to allegedly having a gun with a silencer and fake IDs, Mangione reportedly also had a two-page manifesto that decried the healthcare industry as “parasites.” Shortly after Mangione’s arrest, New York officials held a press coverage in which they hinted at the motive in Thompson’s murder. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione, a data engineer with a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, “has some ill will towards corporate America.”
Mangione is charged with firearm offenses in Pennsylvania, to which he has pleaded not guilty. He has challenged his extradition to New York — where he is charged with Thompson’s second-degree murder.
Mangione remains jailed without bail.
[Feature Photo: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]
