Credit: Altoona Police
Authorities have released the official mugshot of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who is facing five charges, including illegal gun possession, in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione has not been charged with murder at the time.
Mangione was arrested on Monday, at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
A vigilant employee recognized him from widely circulated images and alerted law enforcement. Upon arrest, Mangione was found in possession of a “3D-printed ghost gun”—a firearm assembled from parts purchased online—equipped with a silencer, as well as multiple fake identifications and a handwritten manifesto criticizing the health insurance industry.
The ghost gun recovered at the time of Luigi’s arrest. (Source: NYPD)
Mangione was carrying a fake ID at the time of his arrest (Source: NYPD)
“Responding officers questioned the suspect, who was acting suspiciously and carrying multiple fraudulent IDs as well as a U.S. passport,” New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters Monday.
“Upon further investigation, officers recovered a firearm on his person, as well as a suppressor, both consistent with the weapon used in the murder.”
According to AP:
Mangione was sitting at a table in the rear of the McDonald’s wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop computer, court documents said. A customer saw him and an employee called 911, said Kaz Daughtry, an NYPD deputy commissioner.
Altoona Police Officer Tyler Frye said he and his partner recognized the suspect immediately when he pulled down his mask. “We just didn’t think twice about it. We knew that was our guy,” he said.
When an officer asked if he’d been to New York recently, he “became quiet and started to shake,” according to court records.
In his backpack, police found a black, 3D-printed pistol and a 3D-printed black silencer, the documents said. The pistol had a metal slide and plastic handle with a metal threaded barrel. He was taken into custody at about 9:15 a.m., police said.
“He is believed to be our person of interest in the brazen, targeted murder of Brian Thompson,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Mangione had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting, Tisch said.
Luigi was spotted in police custody for the first time entering a courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Mangione was arraigned and ordered to be held without bail during a brief court hearing in Pennsylvania. When asked if he required a public defender, he responded by asking if he could “answer that at a future date.”
The charges against Mangione include forgery, carrying a gun without a license, false identification to law enforcement authorities, and tampering with records or identification, according to The U.S. Sun.
He has not been formally charged with Thompson’s murder. According to authorities, Mangione will eventually be extradited to New York to face charges related to Thompson’s death.
Luigi Mangioni inside a holding cell. (Credit: Fox News)
According to AP, “The gunman concealed his identity with a mask during the shooting yet left a trail of evidence, including a backpack he ditched in Central Park, a cellphone found in a pedestrian plaza and a water bottle and protein bar wrapper that police say he bought at Starbucks minutes before the attack.”
This is a developing story.
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