Who is Luigi Mangione? Person of interest in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing praised Unabomber
A person of interest in the fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO allegedly praised the Unabomber in an Amazon review of the terrorist’s manifesto.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested on gun charges at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday and is being questioned on the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
A Goodreads account with Mangione’s same name and matching his photos gave a four-star review to Unabomber Ted Kaxzynski’s book in January.
‘Clearly written by a mathematics prodigy,’ stated the review.
‘Reads like a series of lemmas on the question of 21st century quality of life.’
The review by Mangione continued that ‘it’s easy to quickly and thoughtless write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies’.
‘But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out,’ it reads.
Mangione acknowledged that Kaxzynsk, the late American mathematician and domestic terrorist, ‘was a violent individual’ who was ‘rightfully imprisoned’ because he ‘maimed innocent people’.
‘While these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary,’ Mangione concluded.
Who is arrested in the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing?
Mangione was taken into custody while reading at a McDonald’s, on firearm charges in Altoona.
He was quickly identified as a ‘strong person of interest’ in the shooting death of Thompson, by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Mangione matched the description of the suspect pictured in the manhunt for the gunman who shot Thompson on the back and leg outside of a Midtown Manhattan hotel on December 4.
A McDonald’s worker recognized Magione and reported him to authorities on the sixth day of the nationwide manhunt.
Where is Luigi Mangione from?
Mangione was born in Maryland, had ties to San Francisco, and had his last known address in Honolulu.
He attended the private all-boys Gilman School in Baltimore and was high school valedictorian in 2016.
Mangione earned a master’s degree in engineering from an Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in May 2020. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering and computer science from the same college, and minored in mathematics.
He did not have a criminal record in New York.
Who are Luigi Mangione’s family members?
Mangione said during his arraignment on Monday evening in Blair County Courthouse that he had spoken to his family ‘until recently’.
His family stated through Maryland state delegate Nino Mangione, who is Luigi’s cousin, that they are ‘shocked and devasted’ by his arrest.
‘We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved,’ stated the family.
They said they ‘only know what we have read in the media’.
Does Luigi Mangione have social media accounts?
Social media accounts with Mangione’s name had pictures of him that matched the description of the suspect.
An X account, @pepmangione, seemed to belong to Mangione. It had 100,000 followers after his name was released to the public.
The account was suspended by X for violating its rules, but appeared to be back online shortly after with over 196,000 followers.
What is a ghost gun?
Mangione at the time he was detained possessed a ghost gun and a silencer.
The gun was able to fire a 9-millimeter bullet and was possibly made using a 3-D printer, said New York Police Department chief of detectives Joseph Kenny.
A ghost gun is a homemade firearm that is usually built from a kit and does not contain serial numbers or require background checks.
Unfinished receivers could be bought online legally without a gun license or serial numbers because the US government previously did not categorize them as firearms.
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