UnitedHealthcare CEO killer: ‘Sturdy particular person of curiosity’ in custody

ALTOONA, Penn. (FOX 9) – Authorities are questioning a “robust particular person of curiosity” within the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams stated at a information convention on Monday that authorities had detained a “robust particular person of curiosity” within the taking pictures of Thompson.

NYC officers recognized the particular person of curiosity as Luigi Nicolas Mangione. He was taken into custody on Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says the person was carrying a number of faux IDs. Police additionally discovered a gun, silencer, and masks that Tisch says are “constant” with the weapon authorities consider was used within the taking pictures. Tisch says one faux ID matched the ID the shooter used to verify right into a hostel.

In the meantime, authorities in New York proceed to look Central Park in connection to the case. 

Who’s Luigi Mangione

Luigi Mangione was named by the NYPD as the person in custody within the CEO killing investigation.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny stated a McDonald’s worker noticed Mangione consuming and observed similarities between him and the alleged gunman. 

Authorities additionally stated Mangione has ties to Maryland, California and Hawaii, and appears to have an “in poor health will towards company America.” Authorities consider he went to varsity in Pennsylvania. 

Of their search, Pennsylvania officers additionally discovered a handwritten doc that Tisch says “speaks to each his motivation and mindset.” However, New York police say the doc is within the possession of the Altoona Police Division and investigators haven’t been capable of evaluation it in full.

Current developments

Over the weekend, police launched new photographs of the gunman, exhibiting the masked man taking a cab in New York.

Police have stated they consider the gunman arrived in New York from Atlanta on a Greyhound bus the day earlier than Thanksgiving. Additionally they consider he has since fled the town.

Monday marks the sixth day since Thompson was killed.

Background

Thompson was shot and killed close to W. 54th St. and sixth Avenue outdoors the Hilton Resort in Manhattan round 6:45 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2024. Thompson was set to participate within the firm’s shareholder convention on the resort.

Video reveals the gunman firing photographs from behind Thompson, hanging him a number of occasions.

Authorities say the phrases “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” – a phrase critics use to explain insurance coverage firm techniques – have been written on the ammo casings left behind on the scene. New York Metropolis police consider the taking pictures was premeditated and focused.

Regardless of an intensive search and heavy media protection, to date, police haven’t been capable of make an arrest within the taking pictures.

Over the weekend, police launched a new batch of photographs exhibiting the masked gunman using in a cab.

The award for info resulting in an arrest has additionally risen to $50,000.

On Friday, police reportedly discovered a particular backpack that the gunman was carrying. Inside, they discovered a jacket and Monopoly cash. In keeping with studies, investigators have been additionally testing a discarded water bottle and protein bar wrapper for DNA.

Timeline of occasions

Here is a timeline of occasions:

Nov. 24:

• 10:11 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 24: The suspected shooter arrives in New York Metropolis on a Greyhound bus on the Port Authority terminal on a bus that originated in Atlanta, Georgia. The bus made six or seven stops on the way in which to New York. Police couldn’t instantly decide the place he obtained on the bus. The person then took a taxi to the realm of New York Hilton Midtown and is there for a couple of half-hour.
• About 11 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 24: The person takes a taxi to the HI New York Metropolis Hostel at 891 Amsterdam Ave., the place he stays till the morning of the taking pictures. He presents an ID that police consider to be faux. Two roommates in a shared room that had bunkbeds by no means noticed his face, police stated, as a result of he saved his masks on. When talking with an worker within the hostel foyer, he briefly pulled down his facemask and smiled — a second captured on surveillance photos which have been broadly circulated by police.

Nov. 29:

• Friday, Nov. 29: The person was checked out of the hostel, the place friends are routinely checked out in the event that they don’t present on the desk by a sure time. Police don’t consider he stayed someplace else and checked again into the identical hostel the following day.

Dec. 4:

• About 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 4: The suspected shooter leaves the hostel effectively earlier than daybreak.
• 5:41 a.m. on Dec. 4: He seems on video at 54th Avenue and Sixth Avenue strolling backwards and forwards within the space of the Hilton resort the place United Healthcare’s dad or mum firm, UnitedHealth Group, is holding its annual investor convention.

Police deduce that he rode a bicycle to the Hilton as a result of it took him such a short while to get there. “May he have stolen the bike? These are issues we’re nonetheless trying into,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny stated.

In some unspecified time in the future, he went to a close-by Starbucks and bought a bottle of water and a minimum of one power bar earlier than returning to the resort.

• 6:44 a.m. on Dec. 4: He shoots Thompson as the manager arrives alone, on foot, having walked from a resort throughout the road. The person flees.
• 6:48 a.m. on Dec. 4: The person enters Central Park by bicycle on the sixtieth Avenue and Middle Drive entrance. It is within the park and away from safety cameras that police consider he discarded a grey backpack.
• 6:56 a.m. on Dec. 4: He leaves the park at West 77th Avenue and Central Park West, nonetheless on the bicycle.
• 6:58 a.m. on Dec. 4: He passes one other digital camera on eighty fifth Avenue and Columbus Avenue, nonetheless on the bicycle.
• 7 a.m. on Dec. 4: He is at 86th Avenue, not with the bicycle.
• 7:04 a.m. on Dec. 4: He enters a taxi northbound at 86th Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue.
• 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 4: He is close to the George Washington Bridge and the bus terminal there. It provides commuter service to New Jersey and Greyhound routes to Philadelphia, Boston and Washington.

After the assault, investigators discover the phrases “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” written in everlasting marker on ammunition on the scene. The phrases mimic a phrase utilized by insurance coverage business critics.

Dec. 6:

Kenny and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch reveal that investigators consider the gunman left New York Metropolis on a bus. Investigators say he entered the George Washington Bridge Bus Station however haven’t discovered video of him leaving or getting on a bus.

“It may probably be a disgruntled worker, or a disgruntled consumer,” Kenny says of a attainable motive in a briefing.

Police discovered what they stated was the person’s backpack. Its contents should not disclosed.

Dec. 7:

Police proceed to look Central Park; scuba divers are seen scouring a pond. The NYPD releases further photographs exhibiting the suspected shooter subsequent to and within the again seat of a taxi. In each photos, he’s seen carrying a blue, medical-style face masks.

Regardless of recovering a fingerprint from the Starbucks buy and sending gadgets for DNA testing, police have but to publicly establish the suspect.

Dec. 8:

Scuba divers are once more seen at a Central Park pond. Police declined to touch upon the investigation.

Dec. 9:

Police questioned a person in Pennsylvania in connection to a gun that matched the gun used within the taking pictures. 

Ongoing affect

The taking pictures has additionally elevated issues for different healthcare firms.

Final week, Medica introduced it was closing its Minnesota headquarters out of an abundance of warning within the wake of the taking pictures. 

UnitedHealthcare has additionally put up a fence round its constructing. 

In a press release to FOX 9 on Monday, UCare, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit well being plan, additionally confirmed it was closing its places of work for the week following a “regarding remark” in a cellphone name.