The motive behind the alleged killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has not been disclosed by authorities. However, speculation in the public suggests that the suspect may have harbored strong grievances against both the health care industry and capitalism in general.
On Monday, authorities apprehended 26-year-old Luigi Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. When questioned by local police, he reportedly presented a fake ID and appeared visibly shaken when asked about his recent whereabouts, particularly in New York.
During the investigation, law enforcement discovered a handwritten manifesto denouncing the health care industry. According to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, the manifesto specifically targeted UnitedHealthcare.
Curtis Sliwa, founder of New York City’s Guardian Angels, told Fox News Digital that “in every era, there are people who go out, take the law into their own hands, and they become heroes.”
Writing about Kaczynski’s “Industrial Society and Its Future,” he quoted another online “take that [he] found interesting.”
“When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive,” he wrote. “You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it’s not terrorism, it’s war and revolution.”
UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione faces charges in both New York and Pennsylvania. (David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)
Mangione recently lived in a Honolulu-based coliving space called Surfbreak Coliving, which is described on its website as a “co-working space for remote workers and digital nomads.”
“The entire time that he [Mangione] lived at Surfbreak, he was a great community member,” his former roommate, R.J. Martin, told Fox News’ Jesse Waters on Tuesday. “He kind of followed by our values and our ethics to leave things better than you found them. He was always contributing, taking care of other people. And even after he moved out, he came and hung out and contributed to the community, spearheaded a book club.”
In New York, Mangione faces one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal weapons possession, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document and one count of third-degree criminal weapons possession.
In Pennsylvania, he faces one count of forgery, one count of carrying a firearm without a license, one count of tampering with records or identification, one count of possession of instruments of a crime and one count of presenting false ID to law enforcement, according to court documents.
Fox News’ Mollie Markowitz contributed to this report.
