Luigi Mangione latest: UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect ‘considered bombing Manhattan’
UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect is fighting extradition to New York where he faces a second-degree murder charge in connection to Brian Thompson’s death
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Luigi Mangione is said to have considered using a bomb in Manhattan in his alleged plot to kill the UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, sources say.
A “to-do list” found inside a spiral notebook was apparently gleaned along with the shooting suspect’s 262-word manifesto, a ghost gun and false ID cards upon his arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.
Mangione, 26, reportedly decided against using the bomb as it “could kill innocents” and instead opted for a more targeted approach, allegedly musing what could be better “to kill the CEO at his own bean counting conference,” according to a CNN.
The suspect faced an extradition hearing Tuesday in Pennsylvania after New York prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder in connection with last week’s brazen killing in Midtown Manhattan.
“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!,” Mangione yelled as he was escorted in handcuffs into the Blair County Courthouse.
Mangione was denied bail and is fighting extradition. His lawyer said he is expects to plead not guilty. He will remain in a Pennsylvania jail while fighting being returned to New York.
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Luigi Mangione’s notebook reveals chilling alleged to do list and New York bomb plans
Luigi Mangione allegedly considered using a bomb in Manhattan in a murder plot against the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, he reportedly scribed in his notebook.
A “to-do list” was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned along with a 262-page manifesto, a ghost gun, silencer and false ID cards upon the shooting suspect’s arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.
The list allegedly outlined tasks to be completed to facilitate a killing, combined with notes that justified those plans, a source told CNN.
James Liddell has all the details.
Luigi Mangione’s notebook reveals chilling alleged to do list and bomb plans
UnitedHealth CEO shooting suspect allegedly opted against using a bomb, noting it ‘could kill innocents’
Joe Rogan slam’s ‘gross’ health insurance industry
Podcasting Goliath Joe Rogan slammed the US health insurance industry as “f***ing gross” in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, being murdered in Manhattan last week.
On Tuesday’s episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, the host spoke to Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino and producer Roger Avary, which was recorded last week before Luigi Mangione was named the suspected shooter and charged with murder in New York City.
Rogan attacked the health insurance industry, calling it a “dirty business”.
“It’s a dirty, dirty business. The business of insurance is f***ing gross,” he said.
Rogan also claimed that not many will lament the loss of Thomspon, saying he doesn’t “think anybody’s going to be crying too hard over” Thompson’s death other than his family.
Unabomber’s brother says he hopes Luigi Mangione wasn’t influenced by his sibling
The brother of Ted Kaczynski – aka the Unabomber – said he hopes that Luigi Mangione did not view his sibling as a role model.
Kaczynski embarked on a deadly two-decade-long bombing spree until he was captured in Montana in 1996. He rallied against technology in rambling writings and manifestos.
Mangione, who faces a murder charge in connection with Brian Thompson’s fatal shooting in Midtown Manhattan last week, reviewed Kacynski’s book, The Unabomber Manifesto in January, writing on Goodreads: “It’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out”.
Now, David Kaczynski, the Unabomber’s brother, said he hopes his sibling’s legacy didn’t influence the shooting suspect’s alleged actions.
“His actions are like a virus,” he told NBC News.
He later added: “Many factors go into a person’s motivation that they drastically act like this, and I hope my brother wasn’t in a way a key model for him.”
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Health insurance execs may be on ‘hit list,’ police warn
Health care executives may be at heightened risk following Brian Thompson being gunned down in Manhattan last week, according to a police bulletin.
A NYPD bulletin was circulated on Tuesday in the wake of faux “wanted” signs of senior health insurance executives going viral online.
Other posts share their names and salaries, according to the bulletin.
Some online users shared the posts “emphasizing that it is a hitlist and that CEOs should be afraid,” per the bulletin.
Police are concerned that Luigi Mangione, who was charged with murder in New York in connection to the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s fatal shooting, could be viewed as a “martyr”, leading to copycats.
“Both prior to and after the suspected perpetrator’s identification and arrest, some online users across social media platforms reacted positively to the killing, encouraged future targeting of similar executives, and shared conspiracy theories regarding the shooting,” the bulletin said.
Mangione planned visit to UnitedHealthcare conference site, notebook reveals
Luigi Mangione allegedly wrote down his plans to visit the UnitedHealthcare investors’ conference site in Manhattan, New York City, where its chief executive Brian Thompson was gunned down last week.
A “to-do list” was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned from the suspect along with other evidence – including a 262-page “manifesto” – at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.
Mangione was aware that UnitedHealthcare was holding an investors’ conference in Midtown Manhattan around the time Thompson was shot dead, according to New York Police Department Chief Detective Joe Kenny.
Kenny added that the suspect mentions in the list that he was going to the conference site.
Writing in his notebook, Mangione allegedly mused murdering the “CEO at his own bean counting conference,” a source told CNN. The source said he also considered using explosives before being dissuaded, noting it could “kill innocents”.
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What Luigi Mangione’s social media tells us
The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shared content praising billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Peter Thiel on social media.
Luigi Mangione, who was charged with murder in New York City on Monday night over the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, has been portrayed as being “anticapitalist” by some and hailed a “ hero” by others for taking a radical stance against the American health insurance industry.
But the reality appears to be more complex, with the Ivy League-educated 26-year-old having supported sentiments shared by some of the world’s richest men, according to his X profile.
Earlier this year, Mangione shared a post on his X account of another user praising Musk for his “commitment to long-term civilization success.”
Rhian Lubin has the story.
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NYPD concerned about ‘copycat killers’
With Luigi Mangione in handcuffs and charged with murder in connection with Brian Thompson’s death, the New York Police Department’s work is far from over.
It is now investigating possible motives and working to prevent any copycat killings or attacks, a senior law enforcement official said.
“Whenever an incident of this high prominence takes place, our work is to get ahead of any resonance and in particular, any copycat activity that it may inspire,” Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism, told ABC 7 New York.
“We do a lot of work in the online space, we also do a lot of work in the 3-D space.”
She added: “And we also, as part of that, we’ll surge resources, protective resources, around the city wherever we need to, when we’re anticipating and dealing with a big uptick in threats.”