Luigi Mangione

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<div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABRkhl7OJPxT09Fc&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><p>NEW YORK, United States - The man charged with brazenly gunning down a top health insurance CEO in New York carried a handwritten manifesto of grievances against the industry, police said Tuesday, giving a possible motive for the first time.</p><p>Luigi Mangione, 26, yelled and struggled with officers as he was led into court in Pennsylvania wearing an orange jumpsuit, for a hearing on extraditing him back to New York.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/10/brainy-normal-guy-the-suspect-in-us-insurance-ceo-s-slaying-1501">Brainy, &#x27;normal guy&#x27;: The suspect in US insurance CEO&#x27;s slaying</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/5/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shot-dead-in-new-york-0033">UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead in New York</a></div><p>He is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street last week, triggering a nationwide manhunt that ended Monday when he was recognized at a McDonald&#x27;s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania.</p><p>Mangione fought his extradition to New York, a complaint which Blair County prosecutor Peter Weeks described as creating &quot;more hoops... to jump through&quot;, and a judge denied him bail as the process continues.</p><p>The defense lawyers now have 14 days to submit motions against moving Mangione to New York, Weeks said.</p><p>The suspect, who attended the elite University of Pennsylvania and reportedly comes from a wealthy family, could be heard shouting &quot;unjust&quot; and &quot;an insult to the intelligence of the American people&quot; as officers bundled him out of a car and into court.</p><p>The revelation of a manifesto carried by Mangione appears to back up the theory that he was angered by the complex and at times dysfunctional US health care system.</p><p>&quot;I had an opportunity to read the manifesto,&quot; the New York Police Department&#x27;s Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said on the Good Morning America TV show.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s handwritten. He does make some indication that he&#x27;s frustrated with the health care system in the United States.&quot;</p><p>Kenny said Mangione decried how the US health care system is among the most expensive in the world and yet the country has a lower life expectancy than other developed nations.</p><p>&quot;He was writing a lot about his disdain for corporate American and in particular the health care industry,&quot; said Kenny.</p><p>The New York criminal complaint alleges Mangione was found with &quot;written admissions about the crime&quot; but contains no further detail.</p><p>Police have not confirmed reports the words &quot;delay&quot; and &quot;deny&quot; -- language used by insurers to reject claims -- were written on bullet casings found at the scene.</p><div><strong>- Suspect was &#x27;shaking&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Investigators interrogated Mangione over last week&#x27;s murder which triggered global headlines and sent shockwaves through the American business sector.</p><p>He appeared at a Pennsylvania court wearing a dark sweatshirt late Monday and was led inside by Altoona police, flanked by New York detectives.</p><p>Mangione was later charged in New York on suspicion of one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and other offenses.</p><p>He is next due to appear in court on December 23, and has yet to enter a plea.</p><p>The White House condemned the shooting.</p><p>&quot;Obviously, this is horrific. Violence to combat any sort of corporate greed is unacceptable,&quot; Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing when asked about the grievances aired by Mangione.</p><p>The suspect was apprehended by officers following a tip from staff at the McDonald&#x27;s, where he was found wearing a mask and a beanie while using a laptop, and gave officers a fake ID, charging documents show.</p><p>They then searched him and found what police called a &quot;ghost gun&quot; capable of firing 9mm rounds and equipped with a suppressor that could have been made on a 3D printer.</p><p>When officers asked if he had been to New York recently, Mangione &quot;became quiet and started to shake,&quot; according to the criminal complaint.</p><p>One of the fake IDs found was one used to check in to a Manhattan hostel ahead of the attack, police said.</p><p>Mangione appeared to have health issues, living with serious back pain and undergoing surgery for the condition last year, according to a New York Times report quoting friends.</p><p>A photo on what appeared to be one of his social media accounts featured an X-ray of a spine with a medical implant.</p><p>gw/dw</p><div><br/></div><p>© Agence France-Presse</p>

<p>The man charged with brazenly gunning down a top health insurance CEO in New York carried a handwritten manifesto of grievances against the industry, police said Tuesday, giving a possible motive for the first time.</p>

The man charged with brazenly gunning down a top health insurance CEO in New York carried a handwritten manifesto of grievances against the industry, police said Tuesday, giving a possible motive for the first time.

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NY gunman had manifesto railing against health insurance

NY gunman had manifesto railing against health insurance

Agence France-Presse

Published Dec 11, 2024 07:26 AM PHT

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