{"id":35865,"date":"2024-12-13T01:49:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T07:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=35865"},"modified":"2024-12-13T01:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T07:49:59","slug":"suspect-in-ceos-killing-wasnt-insured-by-unitedhealthcare-company-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=35865","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in CEO’s killing wasn’t insured by UnitedHealthcare, company says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Luigi Mangione<\/a>, the suspect in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare\u2019s CEO, was not insured by the company, the overarching business that owns it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no record that Mangione, 26, was ever insured by the company, UnitedHealth Group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mangione is\u2002<\/a>the suspect\u2002<\/a>in the fatal shooting of CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street on the morning of Dec. 4, as Thompson was walking to a hotel where an investor conference was being held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The killing remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione\u2019s social media and writings indicate he suffered a painful back injury that was a \u201clife-altering injury.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenny said Mangione may have targeted Thompson because of the size of UnitedHealthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth-largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest health care organization in America,\u201d Kenny said in an interview that aired Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s possibly why he targeted that company,\u201d Kenny said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mangione was arrested Monday at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald\u2019s after he was recognized from photos distributed by police, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he was arrested, police found a gun and a silencer, a handwritten document that refers to the health care industry and a notebook, officials have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-page handwritten document includes the phrase \u201cthese parasites simply had it coming,\u201d law enforcement sources have told NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mangione also had a notebook in which he is alleged to have written about targeting a CEO, two sources familiar with the investigation said. Archived social media posts appear to show him discussing debilitating back pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thompson was walking on a sidewalk in midtown Manhattan around 6:44 a.m. when a gunman wearing a mask and a hooded jacket shot him from behind<\/a> and then continued to fire, security video shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The killing was targeted, police said. Police have said they believe Mangione arrived in\u2002<\/a>the c<\/a>ity by bus<\/a> on Nov. 24 and stayed at a hostel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gun that was recovered when Mangione was arrested has been matched to shell casings found at the scene of the killing, police said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gun was a so-called ghost gun<\/a>, which was made with a receiver from a company and then built using a 3-D printer, Kenny said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mangione is being held in Pennsylvania, where he has been charged with a weapons charge, forgery and other counts, and is fighting extradition to New York. The next hearing in the Pennsylvania case is scheduled for Dec. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York police said Mangione will be brought back to New York, arrested and charged with murder in Thompson’s killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mangione\u2019s attorney has said he intends to plead not guilty to all charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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