Luigi Mangione has been indicted on murder charges for an “act of terrorism” in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, New York prosecutors revealed on Tuesday.
The indictment was announced during an afternoon press conference, days before the suspect is set to appear in Pennsylvania court for a preliminary hearing on gun charges. He was arrested in the Commonwealth after a nearly week-long manhunt.
The 26-year-old is accused of fatally shooting the healthcare exec on the streets of Manhattan on the morning of December 4 and then eluding police before he was arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.
The suspected shooter has retained high-profile attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo to defend him. Agnifilo previously worked at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, serving as the chief assistant district attorney for seven years, before moving to private practice in 2021.
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Mangione’s supporters continue to donate thousands of dollars for his “defense” fund. The anonymous fund “December 4th Legal Committee” has amassed more than $140,000 in donations on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo.
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Manhattan prosecutors reveal murder and weapons charges
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NYPD chief condemns ‘vile, reckless and offensive’ support for suspect
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Luigi Mangione to return to court December 19
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Revealed: Suspect’s mom spoke to FBI one day before his arrest
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Life inside Luigi Mangione’s maximum security prison
Praise for Mangione is ‘vile, reckless and offensive,’ NYPD chief says
Tuesday 17 December 2024 22:00 , Alex Woodward
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch laid into social media support for Mangione after an outporing of ironic celebration and criticism aimed at healthcare companies followed the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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“This was a senseless act of violence. It was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put New Yorkers at risk,” she said. “We don’t celebrate murders, and we don’t lionize the killing of anyone.”
She said any attempt to rationalize the shooting is “vile, reckless and offensive.
Read the New York grand jury’s indictment against Luigi Mangione
Tuesday 17 December 2024 21:10 , Alex Woodward
Prosecutors are expected to argue for Luigi Mangione’s extradition to Manhattan on a slew of charges unveiled by a grand jury on Tuesday.
He is charged with 11 counts total, including several murder counts and eight counts related to criminal possession of a firearm.
Read the six-page document here.
NYPD chief blasts social media commentary surrounding Mangione
Tuesday 17 December 2024 21:05 , Alex Woodward
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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch condemned what she called a “celebration” on social media of Brian Thompson’s killing.
“In the nearly two weeks since Mr. Thompsons killing, we have seen a shocking and appalling celebration of cold-blooded murder,” she said.
She said NYPD discovered “ghoulishly plastered posters” threatening other CEOs.
“I just can’t wrap my head around someone is celebrating this,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.
New York murder charges accuse Mangione of ‘act of terorrism’
Tuesday 17 December 2024 20:54 , Alex Woodward
The first-degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione accuses the suspected shooter of committing “an act of terrorism, involving a violent act and acts dangerous to human life” that was “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping.”
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The shooting was “intended to cause shock” and “intimidation,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said during a press conference on Tuesday.
“The intent was so sow terror,” he said.
Bragg condemns ‘brazen, targeted and premeditated shooting’ intended to cause ‘intimidation’
Tuesday 17 December 2024 20:48 , Alex Woodward
The shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was a “brazen, targeted and premeditated shooting” that was a “frightening, well-planned, targeted murder” intended to cause “shock” and “intimidation,” according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“This type of premeditated, targeted gun violence cannot and will not be tolerated, and my office has been working day in and day out to bring the defendant to justice,” Bragg said.
The full list of charges against Luigi Mangione in New York
Tuesday 17 December 2024 20:47 , Alex Woodward
A grand jury indictment in New York charges Luigi Mangione with the following:
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first-degree murder
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two counts of second-degree murder
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two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
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four counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree
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one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree
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one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree
Now: Manhattan DA announces charges against Luigi Mangione
Tuesday 17 December 2024 20:42 , Alex Woodward
Mangione has been charged with first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder as an act of terrorism, and mulitple weapons counts, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
He could face life imprisonment without possibility of parole
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Suspect indicted on murder charge
Tuesday 17 December 2024 20:29 , Alex Lang
New York Prosecutors have secured a murder indictment against Luigi Mangione, it was announced Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press, the charge is as an “act of terrorism.” Mangione had already faced murder accusations, and the indictment is just a formal step in the process.
He remains in a Pennsylvania jail after being arrested there. He is fighting extradition to New York.
Everything we know about UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Tuesday 17 December 2024 17:31 , James Liddell
Brian Thompson was laid to rest at a private funeral service in his Minnesota hometown on December 9.
That same day, Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania and charged with murder in connection to the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death.
The 26-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Altoona and is now being held without bond in Pennsylvania as he faces charges in two states. Mangione appeared for a hearing on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, where he fought extradition to New York to face charges.
Katie Hawkinson, Madeline Sherratt and James Liddell have more.
Who is Brian Thompson – the slain CEO of UnitedHealthcare?
Watch: Luigi Mangione’s mugshot emblazoned on stickers and t-shirts after murder charge
Tuesday 17 December 2024 16:33 , James Liddell
Luigi Mangione’s business-savvy Baltimore family
Tuesday 17 December 2024 15:35 , James Liddell
Following Luigi Mangione’s arrest, his family released a statement saying they were “shocked.”
“Unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione,” said the family in a statement posted on X by Luigi’s cousin Nino Mangione, a Republican member of the lower house of Maryland’s state legislature. “We only know what we have read in the media.”
Mangione’s family couldn’t merely afford medical care.
They could afford to donate more than $1 million of their own money to healthcare.
Io Dodds explores the wealthy family history of the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson:
Luigi Mangione’s family: Who are the relatives of CEO murder suspect
Mangione to face preliminary hearing on Thursday: report
Tuesday 17 December 2024 14:35 , James Liddell
The preliminary hearing for Luigi Mangione originally scheduled for 12/23/24 has now been moved forward to this Thursday. I’m in Altoona again and I’ll be at that hearing. I’m also digging into some new leads in the meantime.
— Alex Caprariello (@alcaprari23) December 17, 2024
Who is Karen Friedman Agnifilo? Top New York attorney Luigi Mangione retained for legal defense
Tuesday 17 December 2024 14:00 , James Liddell
Luigi Mangione has retained a top New York attorney for his legal defense in connection with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The Independent understands that Karen Friedman Agnifilo has been officially retained to represent Mangione, 26, in New York, after the executive, 50, was gunned down outside the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan on 4 December.
Following a massive week-long manhunt, the shooting suspect was arrested after being seen eating a meal inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning, with an employee calling the tip into police.
Tara Cobham has the full story.
Who is Karen Friedman Agnifilo? Top New York attorney Luigi Mangione retained
Luigi Mangione documentary already in the works from Spotlight producers
Tuesday 17 December 2024 13:08 , James Liddell
A documentary about Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is reportedly already in the works.
The film is being put together by Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side director Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Anonymous Content, who were behind the Oscar-winning journalism drama Spotlight and the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring The Revenant (both 2015).
Variety reports that the documentary will go beyond a retelling of the high-profile December 4 murder in Manhattan to examine “how killers are created, what this killing says about our society and the values we place on who lives and who dies.”
Kevin E G Perry writes.
Luigi Mangione documentary already in the works from Spotlight producers
Almost $140k raised by public fundraiser to pay for Mangione’s legal bills
Tuesday 17 December 2024 12:00 , James Liddell
A legal committee has raised almost $140,000 to pay for Luigi Mangione’s legal bills as he faces charges in both Pennsylvania and New York.
The December 4th Legal Committee launched the public appeal on Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo, which garnered the vast sum after the 26-year-old was changed in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday. The fundraiser has a goal of $200,000.
“We are dedicated to ensuring that he gets a fair trial with competent legal counsel,” said Carol Sherman, an organizer with the December 4th Legal Committee.
The group says that proceeds will go to “other political prisoners in the US” if Mangione’s charges are dropped, or he rejects the funds.
Backpack company faces backlash for identifying bag used by Thompson’s killer
Tuesday 17 December 2024 11:01 , James Liddell
The CEO of a backpack manufacturer is facing backlash following reports that he tipped authorities off to the bag used by the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Peak Design founder and boss Peter Dering told The New York Times on December 5 that he had contacted police as soon as he saw surveillance footage of the backpack worn by the masked killer and recognized it as one of his company’s.
“Of course, my instinct would be to do whatever is possible to help track this person down,” Dering said. He added that, if police asked for help, he would “check with his general counsel about what information he could release.”
James Liddell has the story.
Backpack company faces backlash for identifying UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter’s bag
Mangione allegedly suffered from chronic pain. It’s a problem plaguing more than one-third of Americans
Monday 16 December 2024 21:00 , Kelly Rissman
Luigi Mangione, the alleged perpetrator in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, reportedly suffered from chronic back pain.
Posts on the content-sharing platform Reddit under the now-defunct username “Mister_Cactus” appeared to reference the 26-year-old’s extensive health problems. The user referred to “spondy,” which is commonly known as spondylolisthesis.
Spondylolisthesis is a condition caused by a vertebra slipping out of place and putting pressure on the bones below. While it commonly occurs in older adults due to a type of arthritis, a common disease that causes joint inflammation and stiffness, it can also be brought on by trauma, spinal destabilization, bone disease, or a birth defect.
Julia Musto has the full story.
Luigi Mangione suffered from chronic pain. It’s plagues a third of Americans
ICYMI: Luigi Mangione’s mugshot emblazoned on stickers and t-shirts after murder charge
Monday 16 December 2024 19:30 , Kelly Rissman
Donations for Luigi Mangione’s ‘defense fund’ surpass $100,000
Monday 16 December 2024 18:00 , Kelly Rissman
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.
Read the full story.
Public donations for Luigi Mangione’s ‘defense fund’ surpass $100,000
Sen. Bernie Sanders says CEO murder came amid people’s anger ‘rising up’ over health insurance denials
Monday 16 December 2024 16:30 , Kelly Rissman
Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who has campaigned for a national healthcare system, has said the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting underscores people’s frustration with the industry.
Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, made the remarks on Meet the Press on Sunday morning.
“What I think has happened in the last few months is that what you have seen rising up is people’s anger at a health insurance industry, which denies people the health care that they desperately need while they make billions and billions of dollars in profit,” the senator told the show’s host Kristen Welker in response to a question about whether now is the right time to be discussing health insurance policy.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder, allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4 in New York City. He was arrested days later at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. At the time, police said they found a handwritten manifesto on him outlining his motive.
Read the full story.
Bernie Sanders says US is angry over health insurance denials
Luigi Mangione fans baffle SNL’s unhinged Nancy Grace
Monday 16 December 2024 16:00 , James Liddell
Saturday Night Live jumped into the nation’s morbid fascination with Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The cold open kicked off with Sarah Sherman’s incredulous true crime entertainer Nancy Grace, who complained that “women and gay guys alike” have made Mangione into a “sex symbol.”
She said Mangione looked like “Dave Franco with Eugene Levy’s eyebrows.”
Graig Graziosi has the story.
Luigi Mangione fans baffle SNL’s unhinged Nancy Grace
McDonald’s worker may see a reward for calling in tip
Monday 16 December 2024 15:00 , James Liddell
The McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pennsylvania who called in the tip that led to the arrest of Luigi Mangione is eligible for law enforcement’s $60,000 reward — but he may not collect it for a while.
The manhunt for the masked gunman suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4 came to an end after six days when Larry, a McDonald’s employee, called 911, saying he recognized a customer nibbling on hashbrowns from the photos circulated by NYPD. Now, that worker is eligible to collect tens of thousands of dollars in reward money.
Mangione, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder in New York in connection to Thompson’s death. He also faces gun charges in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested.
The FBI was offering up to $50,000 and NYPD Crime Stoppers was offering $10,000 for information that led to an arrest or conviction.
“The individual in Pennsylvania, who called in a tip, is eligible to receive the reward,” the Police Foundation board said in a statement Wednesday.
Since most rewards require a conviction, Larry might have to wait until a trial completes, which could take a year or more, the Associated Press reported.
Read the full story.
McDonald’s worker is eligible for Mangione reward, but it’s going to take a minute
Anchor interviews inmates at Mangione’s jail
Monday 16 December 2024 14:00 , Michelle Del Rey
A TV anchor managed to interview men at the alleged shooter’s jail as they watched her program from their cells.
Mangione is at a state correctional facility in Huntingdon. The prisoners there complained about their living conditions and meals by screaming yes or no to the anchor’s questions.
Watch the interaction here:
What has Mangione’s family said in the wake of his arrest?
Monday 16 December 2024 13:00 , James Liddell
Luigi Mangione’s family couldn’t merely afford medical care. They could afford to donate more than $1 million of their own money to healthcare.
That’s according to a report Monday from The Baltimore Banner, which chronicles the wealthy family history of the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Following the news of Mangione’s arrest Monday, his family released a statement saying they were “shocked.”
Io Dodds has the full story.
Luigi Mangione’s family: Who are the relatives of CEO murder suspect
Who is Karen Friedman Agnifilo?
Monday 16 December 2024 12:00 , Michelle Del Rey
Luigi Mangione has retained a top New York attorney for his legal defense in connection with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The Independent understands that Karen Friedman Agnifilo has been officially retained to represent Mangione, 26, in New York, after the executive, 50, was gunned down outside the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan on 4 December.
Here, The Independent takes a look at what we know about Ms Agnifilo:
Who is Karen Friedman Agnifilo? Top New York attorney Luigi Mangione retained
Almost $125,000 raised by public to pay for Luigi Mangione’s legal bills
Monday 16 December 2024 11:00 , James Liddell
A legal committee has raised $124,905 to pay for Luigi Mangione’s legal bills as he faces charges in both Pennsylvania and New York.
The December 4th Legal Committee launched the public appeal on Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo, which garnered the vast sum after the 26-year-old was changed in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday. The fundraiser has a goal of $200,000.
“We are dedicated to ensuring that he gets a fair trial with competent legal counsel,” said Carol Sherman, an organizer with the December 4th Legal Committee.
The group says that proceeds will go to “other political prisoners in the US” if Mangione’s charges are dropped, or he rejects the funds.
Other campaigns soliciting donations for Mangione’s defence have been taken down by sites, such as GoFundMe.
Brian Thompson understood that UnitedHealthcare had a PR problem
Monday 16 December 2024 10:00 , James Liddell
The slain UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, “understood” that the health insurance giant had a public relations problem, and recognized the average American’s frustrations with the firm’s image.
Thompson, who was gunned down in the street in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, believed that the public didn’t understand UnitedHealthcare’s role in the nation’s health system, colleagues told the Washington Post.
“He understood that the public was frustrated with what they perceived the company’s actions to be,” a co-worker said. “He was actively articulating a vision that helped better educate and help people better understand what the company is doing.”
Luigi Mangione’s mom spoke to FBI one day before son’s arrest
Monday 16 December 2024 09:00 , James Liddell
Luigi Mangione’s mother reportedly spoke to FBI officials the day before he was arrested in Pennsylvania on suspicion of murdering the CEO of a health insurance giant after federal authorities received a tip.
According to the New York Post, a police officer in San Francisco recognized the suspect in surveillance photographs being circulated by New York City police. Mangione’s parents had filed a missing persons report with the San Francisco Police Department in November, after he reportedly went on a solo trip to Asia, apparently without telling them where he was.
The tip reportedly came in four days before the parents were contacted.
Michelle Del Rey has the story.
Luigi Mangione’s mother spoke to FBI day before son’s arrest
UnitedHealthcare didn’t insure Mangione
Monday 16 December 2024 08:00 , Michelle Del Rey
Luigi Mangione was not insured by UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare’s parent company, told NBC News.
The update comes after police said that there was “no indication” that Mangione was registered with UnitedHealthcare, whose CEO was murdered on December 4 in Midtown Manhattan.
“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth-largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest health care organization in America,” Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told NBC New York. “So that’s possibly why he targeted that company,” Kenny said.
Investigators are still looking into a motive and have said that he suffered from debilitating back pain.
Denying claims are like ‘an act of violence’ against Americans: AOC
Monday 16 December 2024 07:00 , Michelle Del Rey
New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told CBS News that she believes Americans view health insurance companies denying their claims as an “act of violence.”
“I think that this collective American experience, which is so twisted to have in the wealthiest nation in the world, all of that pain that people have experienced is being concentrated on this event. And it’s really important that we take a step back,” the Democrat said Thursday.
“This is not to comment and this is not to say that an act of violence is justified, but I think for anyone who is confused or shocked or appalled, they need to understand that people interpret and feel and experience denied claims as an act of violence against them,” she continued.
Recap: Who is Luigi Mangione?
Monday 16 December 2024 06:00 , Michelle Del Rey
Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in connection to the death of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside his Manhattanhotel on December 4.
Mangione, 26, was spotted eating a meal inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning, with an employee calling the tip into police.
He 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.
Thompson, 50, was shot dead on December 4 outside the New York Hilton Midtown. That launched a massive manhunt for the suspect who eluded police for nearly a week.
Read the full story.
Who is Luigi Mangione? What to know about murder suspect in CEO shooting
UnitedHealth Group CEO admits healthcare system ‘doesn’t work as well as it should’
Monday 16 December 2024 05:00 , Michelle Del Rey
The CEO of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company to UnitedHealthcare, admitted that the US health system “doesn’t work as well as it should”.
Writing in a New York Times op-ed on Friday morning, Andrew Witty lamented the loss of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of United Healthcare, and addressed the US’s “patchwork” healthcare system.
The health insurance executive also wrote that he understood people’s frustrations with the health care system.
“We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people’s frustrations with it,” he wrote. “No one would design a system like the one we have. And no one did. It’s a patchwork built over decades.”
He continued: “Our mission is to help make it work better. We are willing to partner with anyone, as we always have – health care providers, employers, patients, pharmaceutical companies, governments and others – to find ways to deliver high-quality care and lower costs.
“Clearly, we are not there yet. We understand and share the desire to build a health care system that works better for everyone. That is the purpose of our organization.”
McDonald’s worker is eligible for Mangione reward, but it’s going to take a minute
Monday 16 December 2024 04:00 , Michelle Del Rey
The McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pennsylvania who called in the tip that led to the arrest of Luigi Mangione is eligible for law enforcement’s $60,000 reward — but he may not collect it for a while.
The manhunt for the masked gunman suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4 came to an end after six days when Larry, a McDonald’s employee, called 911, saying he recognized a customer nibbling on hashbrowns from the photos circulated by NYPD. Now, that worker is eligible to collect tens of thousands of dollars in reward money.
Mangione, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder in New York in connection to Thompson’s death. He also faces gun charges in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested.
The FBI was offering up to $50,000 and NYPD Crime Stoppers was offering $10,000 for information that led to an arrest or conviction.
Read the full story.
McDonald’s worker is eligible for Mangione reward, but it’s going to take a minute
WATCH: Luigi Mangione’s mugshot emblazoned on stickers and t-shirts after murder charge
Monday 16 December 2024 03:00 , Michelle Del Rey
Timeline of the manhunt
Monday 16 December 2024 02:00 , Michelle Del Rey
December 4: The suspect set off from an Upper West Side hostel before dawn. He was seen on surveillance video walking back and forth at 54th Street and Sixth Avenue, near the Hilton Hotel where the UnitedHealthcare Group was holding its conference. After opening fire, the suspect fled by bike through Central Park before getting into a cab and was later spotted at a bus station. A manhunt ensued.
December 5: Investigators revealed a cryptic message carved onto the shell casings: “delay,” “deny” and “depose.” NYPD also released images of the suspect.
December 6: Police announce they believe the suspect has left New York City, expanding the desperate search. A backpack, thought to belong to the suspect, was found in Central Park and sent in for forensic testing. The now-viral “flirtatious” photo of the suspect speaking to a hostel worker was released.
December 7: NYPD releases another photo of the suspect, this time in the back of a taxi. The FBI also joined the hunt for the suspect, offering a $50,000 reward for information.
December 8: Although no leads on the suspect’s whereabouts were made public, investigators revealed the contents of the backpack included Monopoly money and a Tommy Hilfiger jacket.
December 9: A private service for Brian Thompson was held. Also that day, a McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pennsylvania tipped recognized Mangione from the photos circulated by police. He was arrested in Pennsylvania on gun charges and hours later faced a murder charge in New York.
ICYMI: UnitedHealthcare says it didn’t insure Luigi Mangione
Monday 16 December 2024 01:00 , Michelle Del Rey
UnitedHealth Group, the parent company to UntiedHealthcare, said that Luigi Mangione was not a customer of the health insurance company.
There is no record that the 26-year-old shooting suspect was ever insured by the company, UnitedHealth Group told NBC News.
Police also confirmed that there is “no indication” that Mangione was registered with UnitedHealthcare, whose CEO was murdered on December 4 in Midtown Manhattan.
“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth-largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest health care organization in America,” Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told NBC New York.
Suspect’s defense lawyer has interesting connection to Diddy
Monday 16 December 2024 00:00 , Michelle Del Rey
Karen Friedman Agnifilo, the top New York attorney tasked with representing Mangione is married to Marc Agnifilo who is heading Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal defense.
She was retained after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Mangione may stop resisting his extradition to New York, where he faces a murder charge. The suspect is currently being held in a Pennsylvania jail without bond after he was arrested at a McDonald’s on Monday.
Diddy has been accused of kidnapping, drugging and coercing women into sexual activities, sometimes through the use of firearms and threats of violence.
A Boston crowd cheered when a DJ put up a picture of Luigi Mangione
Sunday 15 December 2024 23:00 , Michelle Del Rey
A group of partygoers in Boston reportedly cheered when a DJ put a photo of Luigi Mangione on a big screen.
See the footage below.
WATCH: Will the Healthcare Industry Change After Death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?
Sunday 15 December 2024 22:00 , Michelle Del Rey
Polymarket starts taking bets on Luigi Mangione’s future
Sunday 15 December 2024 21:35 , Michelle Del Rey
Betting platform Polymarket started taking bets on Luigi Mangione’s future after the 26-year-old was charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The bets started appearing on the website on Monday shortly after Mangione was arrested in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on gun charges, according to Forbes.
The betting platform surged in popularity during the 2024 presidential election, when gamblers spent more than $3.3 billion guessing the results.
So far, users have wagered thousands of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies speculating over Mangione’s alleged motive and outcome of the case.
A bet with one of the highest trading volumes, $125,000, is on whether Mangione was “motivated by denied [health insurance] claims.” Polymarket’s betting odds give it a 24 percent chance of being true.
Rhian Lubin has the full story.
Polymarket starts taking bets on Luigi Mangione’s future
Watch: McDonald’s tightens security at Pennsylvania restaurant where Mangione was arrested
Sunday 15 December 2024 21:05 , Michelle Del Rey
Brian Thompson was concerned about UnitedHealthcare’s image
Sunday 15 December 2024 20:22 , Michelle Del Rey
According to a new report in The Washington Post, Thompson thought the company had a public relations problem.
He didn’t believe Americans understood the company’s role in the healthcare industry, including steps it had taken to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving drugs, the outlet reported. He made the remarks as UnitedHealthcare and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, faced a congressional probe and consumer anger after it was accused of denying care to the ill and elderly in a bid to up profits.
“He understood that the public was frustrated with what they perceived the company’s actions to be,” according to one of the people who spoke with Thompson. “He was actively articulating a vision that helped better educate and help people better understand what the company is doing.”
ICYMI: McDonald’s customer reflects on moment he spotted Luigi Mangione in fast food joint
Sunday 15 December 2024 19:40 , Michelle Del Rey
‘ONE LESS CEO’ road sign spotted on busy highway
Sunday 15 December 2024 19:10 , Michelle Del Rey
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
Sunday 15 December 2024 18:30 , Michelle Del Rey
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.
Read more from Graig Graziosi:
Michael Moore wants to pour ‘gasoline’ on anger at health insurance companies
Watch: Retailers hawk merch with Mangione’s mugshot
Sunday 15 December 2024 17:56 , Michelle Del Rey
Luigi Mangione’s mugshot emblazoned on stickers and t-shirts after CEO murder charge
NY bail bondsman discusses Luigi Mangione arrest
Sunday 15 December 2024 16:50 , Michelle Del Rey
Luigi Mangione’s motive in doubt
Sunday 15 December 2024 15:25 , Michelle Del Rey
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’
Sunday 15 December 2024 14:50 , Michelle Del Rey
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.
Ariana Baio has the full story.
Florida woman faces charges after ‘threatening’ health insurance company
SNL tackles Magione’s arrest with Nancy Grace character
Sunday 15 December 2024 14:22 , Michelle Del Rey
Watch the sketch below:
Public donations for suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione’s ‘defense fund’ surpass $100,000
Sunday 15 December 2024 13:30 , Michelle Del Rey
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
Why is Luigi Mangione only facing second-degree murder over UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting?
Sunday 15 December 2024 13:17 , Tara Cobham
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?
Boss of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company pays tribute to ‘brilliant, kind’ Brian Thompson
Sunday 15 December 2024 13:14 , Tara Cobham
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.”
Chief of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company admits US’s health care system is flawed
Sunday 15 December 2024 13:12 , Tara Cobham
The chief of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company has acknowledged the public’s “frustrations” with the US’s health care system, which he admitted is flawed.
Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Friday: “We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people’s frustrations with it.”
His remarks come days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in an attack that was allegedly fuelled by hatred of the system.
Paying tribute to Mr Thompson as a “brilliant, kind man”, Mr Witty also pledged his company would help to fix the issues. “We are willing to partner with anyone, as we always have — health care providers, employers, patients, pharmaceutical companies, governments and others — to find ways to deliver high-quality care and lower costs,” he said.
Mangione not under suicide watch
Sunday 15 December 2024 12:50 , Michelle Del Rey
The suspect in the shooting is being held in his own cell under maximum security at Huntingdon Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania.
Luigi Mangione is not under suicide watch or in solitary confinement, according to CBS News. However, he does not get to interact with other inmates.
Mangione has not been violent while in jail, according to officials.
He is being held in a Pennsylvania jail pending his extradition to New York to face murder charges in connection to the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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