A series of new information has come out regarding the Luigi Mangione murder investigation. Ever since the event took place, it has gained more popularity. The following sections are filled with new information, which have never before been heard of as of 1/16/25.
His Charges:
New details have emerged in the case against Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murder in the shooting death of the United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson in New York City. Luigi, the 26-year-old college graduate, who was identified earlier as a person of interest by the FBI, was arrested on firearm possession, murder and other charges on December 9, 2024, after being spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during the massive manhunt for the shooter.
Mangione was brought to prison on a charge of murder in the first degree, in an act of terrorism, Manhattan prosecutors announced on December 17, 2024. He was also charged with two counts of murder in the second degree, with one of the counts accusing Mangione of killing as an act of terrorism.
First-degree murder charges in New York are usually reserved for the killing of law enforcement officers, but not in the case of Luigi Mangione, who is stuck with this charge.
His Mother’s Thoughts:
Speaking to reporters on December 17, 2024, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that before Mangione’s arrest, his mother told an FBI agent that the shooting “might be something that she could see him doing.”
The task force contacted Mangione’s mother on December 7, 2024, after a San Francisco police sergeant looking for Mangione alerted the FBI in San Francisco that the person of interest in the shooting could be him, Kenny told reporters. Mangione’s mother had filed a missing person report with San Francisco police on November 18, 2024. The FBI’s San Francisco field office passed the information on to the task force in New York.
New Information on the Event:
Following the shooting, investigators have said that the suspect fled into Central Park on a bike and then took a cab to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in upper Manhattan.
While investigators initially thought the suspect may have left New York City on a bus that departed from the bus station he biked to, NYPD Assistant Commissioner Carlos Nieves told the press that they now believe the suspect took the A subway line back down to Penn Station in Midtown.
The NYPD was working with Pennsylvania State Police and Altoona (the town he was found in) police to track Mangione’s movements while he was in Pennsylvania.
Further Investigation Updates:
Two law enforcement sources told a local news station that authorities recovered a notebook from Mangione when he was arrested. The sources said in the notebook he wrote that he considered using a bomb for his attack, but decided on a shooting because it would be more targeted, and would not put innocent lives in danger.
While in custody in Pennsylvania, Mangione has not made incriminating statements to NYPD investigators, according to local police.
Fingerprints found on a water bottle and protein bar near where the CEO Brian Thompson was killed, match the fingerprints taken from Mangione when he was booked into jail, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on December 11, 2024. Police also told multiple press agencies that fingerprints on a phone found at the scene are a match to Mangione’s.
Investigators also matched a “ghost gun” that police found with Mangione in Pennsylvania to three shell casings from the shooting in New York, according to the NYPD.
Mangione Quotes:
Mangione wrote that the U.S. had “most expensive healthcare system in the world” but lamented that the country “ranks #42 in life expectancy,” according to NYPD sources.
Mangione also referred to corporations as “mafiosa that have gotten too powerful,” and said such companies abuse the United States “for immense profit.” He wrote that others had shone a light on corporations’ “corruption and greed” in the past and claimed that he was “the first to face it with such brutal honesty.”
