Luigi Nicholas Mangione has been charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson.
Police arrested Mangione on Monday after a McDonald’s worker in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a buyer, who was discovered with a gun, masks and writings linking him to the ambush.
The 26-year-old, who was charged earlier in Altoona with weapons, forgery and different fees, will now be extradited to New York.
The possibility sighting on the restaurant led to a dramatic break within the fast-moving investigation.
Officer Tyler Frye, who has solely been on the job for about six months, and a fellow officer responded to the McDonald’s the place the suspect was noticed.
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Luigi Nicholas Mangione in custody. Pic: Altoona Police Division
They requested him to tug his blue medical masks down and “recognised him immediately”.
Officer Frye stated: “We did not even assume twice about it, we knew that was our man.
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“It feels good to get a guy like that off the street, especially starting my career this way, it feels great.”
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Court docket paperwork stated Mangione started shaking when the officers requested if he had been in New York just lately.
Governor Josh Shapiro stated that “in some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero”.
“Hear me on this, he is no hero,” the Democrat added.
“The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.”
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Luigi Nicholas Mangione arrives at court docket in Pennsylvania Pic: NBC
NYPD chief of detectives Joseph Kenny stated Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco and has a final identified deal with in Honolulu.
Police discovered a three-page doc with writings suggesting Mangione had “ill will toward corporate America”, Mr Kenny stated.
“We solely know what we’ve got learn within the media. Our household is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We provide our prayers to the household of Brian Thompson and we ask individuals to hope for all concerned.
Mr Thompson, 50, was killed final Wednesday as he walked alone to a resort, the place UnitedHealthcare’s dad or mum firm, UnitedHealth Group, was holding its annual investor convention.
Footage confirmed the attacker strolling up slowly behind Mr Thompson and opening hearth exterior the Hilton resort in what has been described as a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack”.
Shell casings discovered on the scene the place the chief was killed had “deny”, “delay”, and “depose” written on them.
