Accused of murder UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Earlier this month he fled New York City from Manhattan by train and not by bus as originally thought, according to reports.
Luigi Mangione He was charged with murder after he allegedly shot Thompson on the morning of December 4 as Thompson walked into the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
After the shooting, Mangione, 26, was on the run and was arrested five days later Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Luigi Mangione screams as officers handcuff him as he arrives for his extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (David De Delgado for Fox News Digital)
Investigators initially believed Mangione took a bus out of town because he was seen on surveillance video at the George Washington Bridge bus station. Now, they believe he took the subway from the bus station to Penn Station and bought a train ticket to Pennsylvania before he was arrested, CBS News and ABC News reported, citing police sources.
Mangione is being held in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting extradition to New York.
He was refused bail on Tuesday.
Authorities arrested Mangione at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, where he allegedly gave local police a fake ID and appeared to begin shaking when they asked him if he had recently visited New York.
Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan. (BUSINESS WIRE | NYPD Crime Stoppers)
Officials also found a handwritten statement condemning the health care industry NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kinney He previously told Fox News. The statement specifically mentioned UnitedHealthcare.
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In New York, Mangione faces one count Of murdertwo counts of second-degree criminal possession of weapons, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document, and one count of third-degree criminal possession of weapons.
In Pennsylvania, he faces a charge of forgery, a charge of carrying a weapon without a license, a charge of tampering with records or identity, a charge of possessing tools of a crime, and a charge of providing a false identity to law enforcement authorities, according to the American “space” website. To court documents.
Luigi Mangione is photographed in Pennsylvania after his arrest in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Fox News Digital)
While officials have not commented on an official motive, the public has speculated that the suspect had strong grievances with both the health care industry and capitalism in general.
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UnitedHealthcare on Thursday revealed to employees that Mangione was not covered by UnitedHealthcare.
Fox News' Sarah Rumpf Whitten and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
