Luigi Mangione latest: Suspect’s mom realized son might be CEO shooter one day before arrest
Kathleen Mangione told investigators that her son resembled the Brian Thompson shooting suspect a day before he was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania
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Luigi Mangione’s mother is said to have spoken to FBI officials one day before her son was arrested on suspicion of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Kathleen Mangione reportedly told federal investigators that her 26-year-old son – who was detained at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s last Monday – resembled the suspected shooter but said she wasn’t completely confident they were the same person, law enforcement sources told ABC news.
It comes as a top New York City attorney has been hired to represent Mangione as he faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with Thompson’s shooting death. Karen Friedman Agnifilo will be representing the suspect in New York, while he also faces gun charges in Pennsylvania and is currently fighting extradition to New York.
Agnifilo has worked in private practice since 2021 and has experience in New York City’s criminal justice system. She spent seven years as the chief assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Mangione’s supporters continue to donate thousands of dollars for “defense funds” with one committee raising almost $125,000 to pay for Mangione’s legal bills, as of Monday morning.
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‘ONE LESS CEO’ road sign spotted on busy highway
A disturbing sign was spotted on Highway 99 near Dexter Avenue North in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday.
The sign, which was captured by a KOMO News photographer, flashed between “one less CEO” and “many more to go,” in an apparent jibe at Brian Thompson, the slain UnitedHealthcare chief executive.
It does not belong to a government entity such as the Seattle Department of Transportation, the outlet says.
Michael Moore says he wants to pour ‘gasoline’ on anger at health insurance companies after CEO shooting
Social critic and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said in a Substack post that he wants to “pour gasoline” on the anger Americans have expressed against the nation’s health insurance industry.
Moore wrote Friday that fury directed at the US health insurance industry was “1000 percent justified.” Following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week, some Americans have taken to social media and other outlets to express their frustration with the state of private health insurance in the nation.
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Luigi Mangione’s mugshot emblazoned on stickers and t-shirts after CEO murder charge
Luigi Mangione’s new police mugshot has been put up for sale emblazoned on stickers and t-shirts. The 26-year-old has been charged with murder in connection to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside his Manhattan hotel on 4 December. Mangione is currently being held in a Pennsylvania jail without bond as he awaits extradition to New York where he faces a murder charge. He also faces charges for gun law violations in Pennsylvania. After the Altoona Police Department posted updated mugshots of the suspect, merchandise bearing the images was put up for sale online. Mangione was denied bail, is fighting extradition, and will remain in a Pennsylvania jail. He is set to plead not guilty to all charges, his attorney Thomas Dickey told NewsNation on Tuesday.
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Luigi Mangione’s motive in doubt
Luigi Mangione’s potential motives in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson remain unclear, police say.
There is “no indication” that the shooting suspect, who is believed to have undergone back surgery last year, was ever a client of UnitedHealthcare, according to the NYPD’s Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.
He said that the findings don’t appear to indicate that Mangione had a grudge against Thompson, who was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, but targeted the company for its size and because he had prior knowledge of a conference taking place.
“We have no indication that he ever was a client of UnitedHealthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America,” he told NBC New York.
Woman denied claims reportedly threatened health insurance provider telling them ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’
A 42-year-old Florida woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly threatening a health insurance worker over the phone by using the same words that were found on the bullets used to fatally shoot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week.
“Delay, deny, depose. You people are next.” Briana Boston of Lakeland allegedly told a BlueCross BlueShield employee at the end of a call about a recently denied medical insurance claim.
Those same words were found scrawled on three bullet casings at the scene of Thompson’s murder. Police believe they are a reference to “Delay, Deny, Defend” – which is the name of a book attacking insurance companies, and a phrase used to describe how insurance companies delay payments, deny claims and defend their actions.
Because of the recent fatal shooting of Thomspon, the employee perceived the words as a threat and called FBI officials, said officials.
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Public donations for suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione’s ‘defense fund’ surpass $100,000
Luigi Mangione supporters have donated tens of thousands of dollars to “defense funds” set up for him after he was arrested on suspicion of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The anonymous fund “December 4th Legal Committee” surpassed more than $100,000 in donations on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo by Sunday morning.
The group’s name is an apparent reference to the day the 26-year-old allegedly gunned down the healthcare executive on a busy Manhattan street.
My colleague Alexander Butler reports:
Public donations for Luigi Mangione’s ‘defence fund’ surpass $100,000
The anonymous fundraiser for Luigi Mangione had surpassed more than $100,000 by Sunday
Why is Luigi Mangione only facing second-degree murder over UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting?
The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen shooting on a busy Manhattan street has been charged with murder in the second degree.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested with a 3D-printed gun in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning following a six-day manhunt for the hooded shooter who gunned down the healthcare executive on a Manhattan street.
The gun matches three shell casings found at the crime scene and marked with “deny,” “defend” and “depose”, police officials said this week.
My colleague crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin reports:
Why is Luigi Mangione only facing second-degree murder over CEO shooting?
Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged over the brazen shooting of health insurance executive Brian Thompson
Boss of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company pays tribute to ‘brilliant, kind’ Brian Thompson
The boss of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company has paid tribute to the “brilliant, kind man” Brian Thompson, days after he was gunned down outside his New York hotel.
Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Friday: “As Brian Thompson’s family, friends and colleagues mourn his killing, we are bearing a grief and sadness we will carry for the rest of our lives. Grief for the family he leaves behind. And grief for a brilliant, kind man who was working to make health care better for everyone.”
