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The man accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was not a health insurance customer, FOX Business reported, amid speculation that he may have targeted the company’s chief executive over claims he denied.
In an interview Thursday with WNBC-TV, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Ivy League graduate Luigi Mangione may have targeted the company because of its size and influence.
He said a letter was found from Mangione while he was incarcerated in Pennsylvania.
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Ivy League graduate Luigi Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson on a New York City street. (Luigi Mangione Facebook/NYPD CrimeStoppers/Fox News)
“We have no evidence that he was ever a customer of United Healthcare, but he says that it is the fifth largest organization in America, making it the largest health care organization in America,” Kenny told the press. “So, that’s why he went to that company. He had prior knowledge that the conference would be held that day in that place.”
Mangione’s mother was not a member of UnitedHealthcare either. Kenny noted that Mangione suffered a serious back injury in July 2023.
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“It looks like he had an accident that sent him to the emergency room in July of 2023, and it was a life-changing injury,” Kenny said. “He had X-rays of screws put into his spine. So, his injury was a life-changing, life-altering injury, and that’s what probably put him on this path.”
Mangione’s family reported it to San Francisco authorities in November, Kenny said.
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is headed to Blair County Court for an extradition hearing on Dec. 10 in Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Photos by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Mangione is being held in a Pennsylvania jail after his arrest Monday in Altoona. His lawyer, Thomas Dickey, said his client intends to plead guilty and has not seen any evidence linking the suspect, 26, to murder.
Mangione’s arrest came days after Thompson was shot and killed on a Manhattan street, followed by a manhunt for the suspected gunman, who authorities say was waiting outside a hotel where UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investor conference.
Shortly after the murder, Mangione took a taxi to Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan, near the George Washington Port Authority Bus Terminal, Kenny said.
Flags are flying at half-staff outside the corporate headquarters of UnitedHealthcare Dec. 4, 2024, Minnetonka, Minn. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“From there, we have him. We believe he may have taken a train back to Penn Station and then went to Philadelphia from there,” the chief told the news station.
Mangione is fighting efforts to bring him back to New York, where he faces murder charges.
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