The police commissioner of New York City announced on Wednesday that the gun recovered from the suspect in the CEO murder of United Healthcare matched shell casings found at the site.
Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated during a different press conference that suspect Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints were discovered on a protein bar wrapper and a water bottle that were discovered close to the crime site. While waiting for his victim, the gunman reportedly purchased these products from a neighboring coffee shop, according to the police.
Mangione, 26, was charged with murder in connection with Brian Thompson’s shooting death in midtown Manhattan last week. The largest health insurance provider in the US was led by Thompson.
Writings discovered on Mangione, according to authorities, revealed that he detested corporate greed.
Mangione’s spiral notebook and the three-page handwritten letter that was discovered with him at the time of his arrest have been located, a police spokesman announced on Wednesday. What was in the notebook has not been disclosed by the police.
The letter was discovered in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where an arrest was made on Monday. According to a law enforcement official, it suggested that the notebook might include hints regarding the attack, such as some straggling notes and To Do lists that shed light on its main points. The official told The Associated Press they would remain nameless because they were not permitted to discuss the probe.
According to Kenny, the cause might have been related to an incident that led Mangione to the ER on July 4, 2023, as reported by CBS New York.
Earlier this week, the AP obtained a copy of a police report that stated the letter expressed distaste for corporate power and greed and was incensed at what Mangione described as parasite health insurance corporations.
According to the bulletin, an Ivy League and prep school graduate claimed that the United States has the most costly healthcare system in the world and that the profits of large corporations continue to rise while life expectancy remains constant.
Mangione made his first public statement since his arrest on Tuesday. As deputies forced him into a courthouse, he yelled about an insult to the American people’s intelligence while getting out of a patrol car. Mangione remained in custody without being released on bail in Pennsylvania, where he was initially accused with weapons and forgery offenses.
Manhattan prosecutors were transporting Mangione to New York. A brief hearing was held in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Thomas Dickey, the defense lawyer, said that Mangione will not agree to extradition and instead wants a hearing on the matter.
“You cannot judge this case, or any case, too quickly,” Dickey added afterwards. It is believed that he is innocent. Remember that.
Authorities say Mangione was arrested in Altoona, which is about 230 miles (370 kilometers) west of New York City, after a customer recognized him and told a worker.
Mangione allegedly owned a gun that was similar to the one that killed Thompson, according to New York police. In addition, he was carrying a passport and other fictitious identification, including the identical one that the alleged shooter used to enter a hostel in New York.
On December 4, Thompson was assassinated while making his way alone to a Manhattan hotel for an investor meeting. He was fifty years old. Investigators in New York used surveillance video to figure out that the shooter quickly left the city, most likely on a bus.
It is not clear what he did after that, but police think he did something to avoid being caught. At his hearing in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, prosecutors said that when he was arrested, he had bags on his cellphone and laptop that stop those devices from sending signals that can be used to track them.
Mangione was the grandson of a famous Maryland real estate developer and philanthropist. He had a master s degree in computer science and used to work at a website where people could buy cars.
He stayed at a co-living space in Hawaii during the first half of 2022. People who knew him said he had severe and sometimes crippling back pain there.
People close to him said in a statement that they were shocked and devastated by his arrest.
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