Mother Of Alleged United Healthcare CEO Killer Made Telling Admission
12/18/2024 03:32 PM
It may take a while before we get all of the details surrounding the capture of Luigi Mangione, the alleged shooter of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. But according to one officer, Mangione's own mother may have helped them track him down.
Speaking to reporters this week, a member of the NYPD named Kenny revealed that while they were working with other law enforcement agencies to track Thompson's killer down, a San Francisco police sergeant working with Mangione after his mother reported him missing saw the initial photo of Mangione that had been shared with the public and reached out to the FBI.
Kenny told the outlet that the tip was being vetted and through a discussion with Mangione's mother, revealed something rather telling: It was something "she could could see him doing." They were planning to further the information along to the NYPD, but Mangione had been apprehended by then.
"It was one of four tips that they had received that day, and they were vetting it," Kenny said, via USA Today. "They had a conversation where she didn't indicate that it was her son in the photograph, but she said it might be something that she could see him doing."
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USA Today notes that Mangione's mother couldn't be reached for comment on the investigation into her son's disappearance. A cousin of the family who released the only official statement from the immediate family members also did not answer a call from the outlet, nor has Mangione's lawyer.
Thompson was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, prompting a massive search for his shooter. Initial details on the suspected shooter were scarce, but ultimately authorities were able to get an ID and tracked Mangione down, arresting him on December 9.
Mangione has been charged in Blair County, Pennsylvania on charges of carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to the authorities, and possessing "instruments of crime." But he's facing far more serious charges in New York City.
Per ABC, Mangione was charged with 11 charges in New York, including two counts of second-degree murder (one being an act of terrorism) two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, four counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.
But the killing of Thompson and Mangione's subsequent arrest has been an extremely polarizing topic in public. While many have publicly denounced Mangione as murderer, others believe that his actions largely proved a point in highlighting the overwhelming frustration that Americans have with the state of the United States healthcare system.
The killing has been so widely discussed that prosecutors might be hard-pressed to find the right number of jurors in the case.
But the evidence against Mangione appears to be pretty solid on paper. It seems likely that he will never be a free man again.
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