Luigi Mangione, Arrested in Connection with UHC CEO Killing

TIME

The suspect arrested in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week has been identified as Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from Towson, Maryland.

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00:00This morning at approximately 9.14 AM, Altona police officers received a call of a suspicious

00:14mail at a local restaurant.

00:16It was reported that the mail matched the description of the UnitedHealthcare murder

00:22in New York City.

00:24When officers arrived, they made contact with the mail and had a face mask on.

00:29That mail was asked to remove his face mask and officers immediately recognized him as

00:35a suspect in the New York City shooting in recent days.

00:41That mail was asked for a form of identification.

00:45He then provided a fake identification card out of New Jersey.

00:51Once he was taken into custody for that forgery charge, he was transported to the Altona Police

00:56Department.

00:59Once at the Altona Police Department, that mail was searched instant to arrest.

01:02It was discovered that he had a United States passport that identified him as Luigi Mangione.

01:19From there, continued search of his property.

01:22A firearm was located and a suppressor was also located.

01:28There were also other items of evidentiary value that were located that would assist

01:32in this investigation.

01:34I want to begin by thanking our fellow Pennsylvania resident who acted as a hero today.

01:42Pennsylvania resident saw something early this morning at McDonald's and said something

01:48to our local police.

01:50Our local police here in Altona acted swiftly.

01:55I want to say a special thanks to Officer Tyler Fry of the Altona Police Department.

02:01Officer Fry is about six months into his time serving his fellow people here in Pennsylvania

02:08and he acted swiftly.

02:11He acted with smarts and he acted with calm.

02:14He didn't even think twice about it.

02:15We knew that was our guy, but he was very cooperative with us, didn't really give us

02:22too many issues.

02:25Once we found out his identity, we took it from there.

02:28It feels good to get a guy like that off the street, especially starting my career this

02:32way.

02:33It feels great.

02:34And you should know that this suspect traveled between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, making

02:39stops in between, obviously here in Altona.

02:44The suspect was just arraigned here in the courthouse and presumably New York will file

02:51charges very, very soon.

02:54In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express

03:04a viewpoint.

03:06I understand people have real frustration with our healthcare system and I have worked

03:11to address that throughout my career, but I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for

03:20one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters

03:30most.

03:31In a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.

03:42In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero.

03:48Hear me on this.

03:49He is no hero.

03:52The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald's this morning.

03:58The real heroes every day in our society are the women and men who put on uniforms like

04:04these and go out in our communities to keep us safe.

04:09This killer was not a hero.

04:12He should not be hailed.

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