What We Know About The Suspected UnitedHealthcare Shooter

Luigi Mangione, 26, the “person of interest” in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday on gun charges.

Mangione is an Ivy League graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a master’s and bachelor’s degree in computer science.

The 26-year-old suspected killer comes from a prominent family in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Mangione family owns Lorien Health Systems, a nursing home chain in Maryland.

Breaking: The 26-year-old suspect arrested over the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been identified as Luigi Mangione. The suspect comes from a well-to-do family and he completed an M.S.E. from Ivy League university, UPenn.

The suspect evaded law enforcement… pic.twitter.com/6QLgtF15iz

— Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) December 9, 2024

JUST IN: The person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO execution has been ID'd as Luigi Mangione, a former Ivy League student and activist.

Mangione is described as a "tech whiz" and was a former valedictorian.

Mangione is an anti-capitalist 26-year-old who shared quotes… pic.twitter.com/qkxsO9lTmp

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 9, 2024

Here’s what CNN reported:

The suspect police are questioning in the slaying of the UnitedHealthcare CEO is an Ivy League graduate software engineer from a prominent Baltimore family who appears to have favorably reviewed the manifesto of the Unabomber on a book website.

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Luigi Mangione, 26, was identified by New York police Monday as a “strong person of interest” in the shooting of CEO Brian Thompson last week.

The suspect is the grandson of Nicholas Mangione, a prominent Baltimore real estate developer, and his wife, Mary C. Mangione, a philanthropist who died last year. The Mangione family owns Lorien Health Systems, a nursing home chain in Maryland, and Luigi volunteered there in 2014, according to his LinkedIn page.

Education: Mangione graduated from the prestigious Gilman School, an all-boys school that is known as one of Baltimore’s toniest private schools, and schools and was the high school valedictorian in 2016.

He also attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 2020 with a master’s and bachelor’s degree in computer science and a minor in mathematics, a university spokesperson told CNN. Mangione was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, social media photos show.

Work: After graduating, Mangione worked as a software engineer for the online car sales company TrueCar, according to his LinkedIn page. His most recent address was in Hawaii, NYPD officials said.

Suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ID’d as Luigi Mangione, an ex-Ivy League student https://t.co/OGq6v0JMhO pic.twitter.com/ttPBk86jXf

— New York Post (@nypost) December 9, 2024

Per People:

Five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside of a Manhattan hotel, police identified Luigi Mangione as the primary suspect.

On Dec. 9, Mangione, 26, was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., after an employee reported his suspicious behavior. Police allegedly found a gun resembling the one used by Thompson’s shooter, a silencer, a fake New Jersey ID used to book a stay at an Upper West Side hostel and a three-page “manifesto” in the suspect’s possession, police sources told PEOPLE.

Thompson was shot three times by a masked gunman early on Dec. 4 as he arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The gunman fled on an electric Citi Bike and disappeared into Central Park, avoiding police and prompting a $10,000 reward for information leading to his capture. Thompson was transported to Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Detectives reportedly found the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” on the shell casings found at the scene, police sources told ABC News. The words are similar to “Deny, delay, defend,” a phrase about the insurance industry to describe a strategy for rejecting claims. However, a motive has yet to be established.