Luigi Mangione (Image: Altoona Police Department)
The New York Police Department stated that there was no evidence showing that Luigi Mangione was a client of UnitedHealthcare.
Mangione was charged in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which occurred on the evening of Dec. 9.
In an interview with NBC New York, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione targeted Thompson the morning of Dec. 4.
Kenny stated it could have been because of the size of the company and the fact that he knew a conference was happening at the hotel that day.
“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America,” he stated during the interview. “So that’s possibly why he targeted that company. He knew the conference was taking place on that date, at that location.”
The NYPD Chief of Detectives described more about the back injury and surgery that the shooting suspect experienced.
“It seems that he had an accident that caused him to go to the emergency room back in July of 2023 and that it was a life-changing injury,” Kenny stated. “He posted X-rays of screws being inserted into his spine. So the injury that he suffered was, was a life-changing, life-altering injury, and that’s what may have put him on this path.”
Police also discovered more about the timeline of events for Mangione leading up to and after the fatal shooting, such as new information about where he went in the aftermath and how he left the city.
Kenny mentioned that his family filed a missing persons report with San Francisco authorities in November.
On Nov. 24, Mangione arrived at New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal aboard a bus from Atlanta.
However, police do not know when or where he boarded that bus.
After he arrived in the city, Mangione got a taxi and “immediately [went] to a McDonald’s in the vicinity of the Hilton hotel,” according to Kenny.
From there, he went to the hostel where he was staying until the day of the shooting.
The NYPD chief said Mangione “was coming and going on a regular basis” from the hostel and had been seen on security camera footage with an e-bike battery.
Sometime briefly after he allegedly shot Thompson, Mangione took a cab up to Washington Heights, near the George Washington Port Authority Bus Terminal, Kenny stated.
“From there, we have him,” he told NBC New York. “We believe he may have taken the subway back to Penn Station and then returned to Philadelphia from there.”
It has not been confirmed how the suspect got to Pittsburgh and then Altoona, Pennsylvania, but police know how he might have paid for his travels.
“As far as how he was getting by when he was arrested, he had a substantial amount of cash on him,” Kenny mentioned. “He was getting money from an ATM; everything he did, he was paying for in cash.”
He also said it was “one large withdrawal from the bank itself.”
Kenny noted that Mangione had over $5,000 cash on him at his arrest, all in $100 bills.
The gun found on him when he was arrested was sent to the NYPD, according to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
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