The former roommate of Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson said he “feels weird” about the Ivy League graduate's arrest because he knows someone who is “completely different.”
RJ Martin told “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Tuesday that he was roommates with Mangione for six months at Surfbreak Coliving in Honolulu, a “coworking space for remote workers and digital nomads.”
“The entire time (Mangione) lived in Surfbreak, he was a great member of the community Kind of followed by our values It is our morals to leave things better than we found them. He was always contributing and taking care of others. “Even after he left, he came in and contributed to the community, leading the book club,” Martin said.
Luigi Mangione is pictured in a photo in Pennsylvania after his arrest in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
He added that the two became close friends, trained together and played volleyball together.
“He's the type of person who was doing his best to take care of himself even though he had severe back pain and a serious problem,” Martin told Fox News host Jesse Watters.
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Composite photo of Luigi Mangione with an inset of the Brian Thompson shooting
Police arrested Mangione at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania and detained him on a series of charges before New York prosecutors filed a lawsuit. Charge of second-degree murder against him late Monday night in the shooting death of Thompson.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning of last week. (Image source: Businesswire | NYPD Crimestoppers)
Martin said he suggested his former roommate and other book club members read Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's manifesto, explaining that at the time it was kind of a “half-joke.”
glutton He reportedly described Kaczynski's writings He described it as “interesting”, although Martin denied turning the 26-year-old towards the notorious killer.
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“I feel weird because he was a great friend and I consider him a close friend, and that someone who would assassinate someone is completely in conflict with the person I lived with, the person I cooked meals with, the person who, you know, was part of a book club and other activities,” Martin said. “With him.” “They're like two completely different people.”
