The suspect is suspected of murder Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Earlier this month, he fled Manhattan in New York City by train and not by bus as initially thought, reports indicate.
Luigi Mangione was charged with murder after allegedly shooting Thompson on the morning of December 4 as Thompson walked into the Hilton in Midtown Manhattan.
After the shooting, 26-year-old Mangione was on the run and was arrested five days later Altoona, Pa.
Luigi Mangione screams as officers restrain him as he arrives for his extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)
Investigators initially believed Mangione had taken a bus out of town because he was seen on surveillance video at the George Washington Bridge bus station. Now they believe he took the subway from the bus station to Penn Station and bought a train ticket to Pennsylvania before he was caught, CBS News and ABC News reported, citing police sources.
Mangione is being held in a Pennsylvania prison pending extradition to New York.
He was denied bail on Tuesday.
Authorities arrested Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, where he allegedly presented a fake ID to local police and began shaking when they asked if he had been to New York recently.
Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in downtown Manhattan. (Businesswire | NYPD Crime Stoppers)
Officials also found a handwritten manifesto condemning the healthcare sector NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny Fox News said this earlier. The manifesto specifically mentioned UnitedHealthcare.
UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO MURDER SUSPECT IS BREAKOUT OUTSIDE PENNSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE
In New York, Mangione faces one charge of murdertwo counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
In Pennsylvania, he faces one charge of forgery, one charge of carrying a firearm without a license, one charge of tampering with records or identification, one charge of possession of instruments of crime and one charge of presenting false IDs to law enforcement authorities. to court documents.
Luigi Mangione is pictured in a mugshot in Pennsylvania following his arrest in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Fox News Digital)
Although officials have not commented on an official motive, the public has speculated that the suspect had strong grievances against both the health care industry and capitalism in general.
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UnitedHealthcare announced to employees on Thursday that Mangione was not covered by UnitedHealthcare.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Audrey Conklin of Fox News contributed to this report.
