The man who executed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, has been identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, the New York Post is reporting.The Post says Mangione liked online quotes from “Unabomber’’ Ted Kaczynski raging against the country’s medical community.Mangione was taken into custody Monday morning at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., after being spotted eating by a staffer who called police.New York City police commissioner Jessica Tisch said the man arrested was carrying a three-page manifesto that included "mindset and motivation."She said Mangione had a ghost gun complete with pistol silencer and mask on his person that matched the assassin. He also had a passport but is not believed to have been planning to fly the country. His latest residence was in Honolulu.The Post reported Mangione apparently hated the medical community because of how it treated his sick relative.Cheif of Detectives Joe Kenney said the weapon was able to fire a 9 mm round.New York City Mayor Eric Adams credited "good old fashioned police work" for leading to the arrest.Mangione has been charged with weapons offences but has not been indicted to the murder."The former prep-school valedictorian was caught with a manifesto that appeared to list grievances with the healthcare industry including taking on their enormous profits and alleged shady motives," the Post reported."Mangione was valedictorian of his 2016 high school graduating class at the Gilman School in Baltimore, where he played soccer, according to online sites. High school tuition at the all-boys school is nearly $40,000 a year.""He said at the time of graduation that he planned to seek a degree in artificial intelligence, focused on the areas of computer science and cognitive science at the University of Pennsylvania, according to an interview with the Baltimore Fishbowl."The arrest was made in Altoona, the sources said in central Pennsylvania, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, said ABC.NYPD detectives are now on their way to Altoona.ABC sources are saying the suspect has a similar gun as the one used in the assassination-style killing of Thompson.Fox News reported police told them that a person at a McDonald's recognized the individual from the wanted posters of the suspect and then alerted law enforcement"When police arrived, they spotted the person and found a weapon — believed to be the one used in the murder — in his pocket, along with a fake ID," Fox reported.A masked gunman opened fire at 6:46 a.m. and shot Thompson, 50, multiple times. The gunshots hit Thompson’s torso, calf and back. Police found three live 9-millimeter rounds and three discharged shell casings at the scene. The shooter was “lying in wait” outside the hotel, said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, according to the New York Post. “Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target,” she said. .And it was revealed the killer who assassinated UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had inscribed his bullets with cryptic messages alluding to a book that condemns insurance companies.The masked suspect, who is still at-large, fatally shot the 50-year-old CEO on a New York City sidewalk early Wednesday morning outside the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Ave. where an investors meeting was being held. Thompson, who lives in Minnesota with his wife and children and was in the Big Apple to host the meeting, was shot in the torso at close range at 6:46 a.m.. He was pronounced dead a half an hour later after being rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The assassin fled on an electric bike towards Central Park. New information released by the New York Police Department (NYPD) reveals the messages inscribed on the three live nine-millimeter rounds and three discharged casings contain the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend,” according to the New York Post. Police indicated the words echo a 2010 book condemning the insurance business, called Delay, Deny, Defend: Why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it by by Jay M. Feinman.Each bullet contained one word — police speculate the killer was trying to leave a message for investigators to piece together to determine his motive. Further, it has been discovered the gunman used a silencer and police after analyzing security footage determined he is an experienced shooter. Police called it a “brazen, targeted attack,” with the assassin shooting mercilessly at Thomson as he tried to crawl away. “Based on the evidence we have so far, it does appear that the victim was specifically targeted,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny.“But at this point, we do not know why. This does not appear to be a random act of violence.”Thompson, whose annual salary was $9.9 million, was one of several other company executives under a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into insider trading. The Post, citing Crain’s New York Business Report, revealed Thompson sold $15.1 million in shares on February 16 — two weeks before the DOJ probe went public.
