Brian Thompson shooting latest: Person of Interest ‘no longer cooperative’ with cops after being arrested on gun charges
Luigi Mangione, 26, is now being held without bond as officials said they plan to file homicide charges
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Police say the man arrested in Pennsylvania as a person of interest in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Monday initially cooperated with police, but was no longer talking to investigators.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, by a patron who recognized him from the images circulated by the NYPD following last week’s shooting and alerted police.
He was arraigned Monday evening on gun charges and is being held without bond. Charges in New York in connection to the killing are expected to be filed “soon,” officials said.
The prep school valedictorian was carrying a ghost gun believed to be the one used in the shooting, a suppresser, “multiple fraudulent IDs,” and a handwritten, three-page manifesto that allegedly slammed the health care system. Police have not given an official motive behind the killing.
During a press conference after the arrest, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro condemned those who had celebrated the New York shooting, calling the gunman “no hero.”
“In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint,” Shapiro said.
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Funeral set for slain UnitedHealthcare CEO today
A private funeral for Brian Thompson is set to be held on Monday, a source familiar with the plans told NBC News.
The ceremony is expected to be held less than a week after the 50-year-old UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Wednesday.
Everything we know about United HealthCare CEO’s murder
The search for the gunman who shot dead UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is now into its sixth day, with the New York Police Department having released two new photographs of a person of interest pictured in the back of a taxi cab and walking alongside it.
The suspect is believed to have traveled to New York City on a Greyhound bus 10 days before he targeted Thompson, 50, a father of two, who was shot at point-blank range near the New York Hilton Midtown on Wednesday morning just before a scheduled investor meeting.
Katie Hawkinson and Madeline Sherratt detail everything we know about Thompson’s murder and the escape of his killer.
Who is Brian Thompson – the slain CEO of UnitedHealthcare?
The manhunt for the killer of the CEO has now stretched into its sixth day
What evidence have police gleaned from the shooting suspect?
Police have gleaned a treasure trove of evidence and intel but, as the manhunt for Brian Thompson’s killer entered its sixth day on Monday morning, the suspect remains at large.
On Thursday, police revealed photographs of the assailant’s unmasked face inside the HI New York City Hostel – including one photograph of the man smiling while apparently flirting with a female employee behind the desk. On Saturday evening, the NYPD released two more photographs of the suspect in a taxi, this time sporting a blue medical face mask.
Authorities have gathered security footage between 5 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. from last Wednesday, tracking the suspect’s movements before he disappeared.
While searching a wooded area at the southern end of Central Park on Friday evening, police discovered a gray backpack nestled between two boulders containing two items: a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and Monopoly money.
By Saturday and Sunday, police deployed specialised teams across NYC of divers and gun-detecting dogs to look for the murder weapon.
A Starbucks water bottle, which contains the assailant’s DNA and partial fingerprints, and a discarded mobile phone were discovered in an alleyway near the crime scene on Sixth Avenue.
The killer also left behind a cryptic message at the scene, with the words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend” inscribed on live rounds and shell casing left outside.
Timeline: Suspect’s key movements tracked on day of Brian Thompson’s murder
Brian Thompson’s killer has been on the run since last Wednesday. Here are his key recorded movements that day before he disappeared:
5:00 a.m: Suspect recorded walking outside the Frederick Douglass Houses, a public housing project on the Upper West Side.
5:30 a.m: The suspected shooter leaves the hostel well before dawn.
5:41 a.m: He appears on video at 54th Street and Sixth Avenue walking back and forth in the area of the Hilton hotel where United Healthcare’s parent company, UnitedHealth Group, is holding its annual investor conference.
6:19 a.m: Suspect recorded walking west down 55th Street, a block away from the New York Hilton Midtown.
6:46 a.m: He shoots Thompson as the executive arrives alone, on foot, having walked from a hotel across the street. The assailant flees.
6:48 a.m: The man enters Central Park by bicycle at the 60th Street and Center Drive entrance.
6:56 a.m: Suspect leaves the park at West 77th Street and Central Park West, still on the bicycle. He cycles past another camera on 85th Street and Columbus Avenue two minutes later.
7:04 a.m: He ditches his bicycle ns enters a taxi northbound at 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
7:30 a.m: Suspect is near the George Washington Bridge and the bus terminal there. It offers commuter service to New Jersey and Greyhound routes to Philadelphia, Boston and Washington.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Folk singer goes viral with song about Brian Thompson killing
Joe DeVito was on a long drive from a gig in Nashville to New York on Thursday with the news of a health insurance CEO being gunned down heavy on his mind.
He saw that people were using the death as an opportunity to express anger at the health insurance industry and share their own stories of being denied coverage for care. Along the way, in Virginia, he pulled over at a rest stop to record a song about it.
“I wanted to throw my two cents in and try and try and convey that rage, and why people are so mad,” he tells The Independent.
Richard Hall has the full story.
Folk singer goes viral with song about Brian Thompson killing
‘I wanted to throw my two cents in and try and try and convey that rage,’ Joe DeVito, the artist behind the song, speaks to Richard Hall
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People celebrated healthcare CEO’s death. What does this tell us about American healthcare?
When the CEO of one of the largest medical insurance companies in the United States was gunned down on the street in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, his death quickly turned into a larger conversation about the much-reviled industry in which he worked.
Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, had been in New York City for a conference when he was killed in what police believe was a targeted shooting.
Among hundreds of posts on social media about the shocking murder, many people were moved to talk about the injustice of the health insurance industry. Often the dark jokes on X, Instagram, Reddit and TikTok spoke to how cruel medical insurance companies can be to their customers. Some even wrote folk songs about the event.
Read Richard Hall’s full analysis below.
Reactions to the killing of insurance CEO reveal a deep anger over US healthcare
The reaction to Brian Thompson’s murder reveals a deep anger among many Americans about the unfairness of the US health insurance industry, Richard Hall writes
‘Gun-detecting police dogs’ deployed to search for murder weapon
Gun-detecting police dogs were deployed to search for the weapon used to kill Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO, who died last Wednesday.
Authorities deployed the K9 unit to search Fort Tryon Park, while they separately searched subway stops near the George Washington Bridge, a senior law enforcement officer told NBC on Sunday.
The weapon, which police believe the suspect dumped before fleeing New York City, has not yet been found.
A small elite team of divers were again deployed in Central Park on Sunday, after first combing through waters on Saturday, the source said.
Unanswered questions: Healthcare executive’s murder leaves trail of unknowns
The gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel on Wednesday is still at large – but police appear to be honing in on the suspect’s identity as their search intensifies.
Thompson, a 50-year-old Minnesota resident, was due to speak at an investor meeting when he was gunned down at point-blank range around 6:45 a.m. outside the New York Hilton Midtown on 6th Avenue in what police are calling a “targeted attack.”
Andrea Cavallier, Madeline Sherratt and Katie Hawkinson take a closer look at the case.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder leaves trail of unknowns
Police are still looking for the gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a NYC hotel on Wednesday