Who is Luigi Mangione, the suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder?
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Man, 26, arrested at McDonald’s outlet with gun and fraudulent IDs on his person, according to police.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead by a masked gunman outside a New York City hotel last week in an apparent assassination that has gripped the public’s imagination.
CCTV footage of the incident in the early hours of December 4 shows the suspect drawing his weapon and firing at least three times at close range. The 50-year-old CEO drops to the floor in the video, later dying from his wounds.
After days of speculation as to the motivation and identity of the gunman, police in the US state of Pennsylvania on Monday arrested 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione.
Here’s what we know about the man named as a “strong person of interest” in the fatal shooting.
New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a worker recognised the suspect from police photos and alerted authorities.
