A San Francisco police investigator identified Luigi Mangione, who stands accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Mangione, from a police-generated wanted poster. The investigator communicated this information to the FBI while Mangione was still on the run, according to a source close to the police.
A wanted poster, obtained by Fox News, displayed Mangione’s photo with a smiling expression. It highlighted that a missing person report had been filed for him on November 18, approximately two weeks before he allegedly carried out the execution-style killing of Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel. The poster was circulated to various agencies in search of the missing person.
Mangione’s mother reportedly contacted the authorities to file the missing person report, indicating that the last communication with her son was in early July. She also mentioned that he was employed at True Car.
Police say he waited outside a hotel where UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investor conference before sneaking up on Thompson and firing at him from close range. Video of the cold-blooded killing was captured on CCTV.
Mangione broke his silence with an outburst on Tuesday as he was escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse, where he challenged his arrest.
“It’s completely out of touch, and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and its lived experience,” Mangione shouted, prompting his detail of about 10 officers to hurry him inside.Â
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit, Mangione appeared unfazed. He was seen whispering with his attorney, Thomas Dickey, glancing at reporters and mumbling to himself at the Blair County Court hearing.
The slaying of Thompson has gripped the nation as police believe he may have been motivated by ill will towards the health insurance industry.
Meanwhile, FOX Business has learned that Mangione was not a client of the health insurer UnitedHealthcare.Â
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told WNBC-TV Thursday that the Ivy League graduates may have targeted the company because of its size and influence. He said a note was found in Mangione’s possession when he was detained in Pennsylvania.Â
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan last week. A screenshot of the killer aiming his gun. (Businesswire | NYPD Crimestoppers)
“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth-largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest health care organization in America,” Kenny told the news outlet. “So, that’s possibly why he targeted that company. He had prior knowledge that the conference was taking place on that date at that location.”
Mangione’s mother was not a member of UnitedHealthcare either. Kenny noted that Mangione sustained a major back injury in July 2023.
“It seems that he had an accident that caused him to go to the emergency room back in July of 2023, and that it was a life-changing injury,” said Kenny. “He posted X-rays of screws being inserted into his spine. So, the injury that he suffered was, was a life-changing, life-altering injury, and that’s what may have put him on this path.”
Kenny confirmed that Mangione’s family reported him missing to San Francisco authorities in November.Â
