Luigi Mangione UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect charged on five counts as he is scheduled to be extradited to NY where he will face further charges, including murder after having his mugshot and police bookings photo taken.
A 26 year old man arrested Monday morning as a person of interest in the slaying of healthcare insurance boss last week arrived at a Pennsylvania court house, Monday evening, where he was arraigned on firearms charges.
Arriving at the the Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, PA, Luigi Mangione was booked on 5 charges, including forgery, carrying a gun without a license, tampering with records or identification, carrying ‘instruments of a crime’ and presenting false Identification to law enforcement.
As of Monday night he had not been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO, Brian Thompson, 50.
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Mangione did not enter a plea and was denied bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for December 23 at 9 a.m. ET at the Blair County Courthouse.
At the time of his arrest, after a McDonald’s worker at an Altoona outlet recognised the wanted suspect, Mangione was found to be in possession a 3D-printed ghost gun similar to the one used in the Wednesday morning murder, along with a gun silencer, a manifesto, and four fake IDs.
The manifesto ‘criticized health-care companies for putting profits above care’ the nytimes reported.
The document, which spanned two pages, read: ‘These parasites had it coming.
‘I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done.’
During initial questioning, Mangione provided police with a fake ID when they approached him in McDonald’s on Monday, but quickly ‘admitted his mistake.’
Booked for mugshot photo, suspect refused to talk to police
Mangione was wearing a medical mask and looking at his laptop when officers approached him, according to court documents.
Police said they asked him to pull down the mask and ‘immediately recognized him as the suspect from New York City.’
The suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter provided cops with a fake ID bearing the name Mark Rosario.
After police found no record for Rosario they advised him if he lied about his identified that he would get arrested.
Finally he stated his real name and when police asked why he lied, Mangione replied ‘I clearly shouldn’t have.’
Asked if he had recently been to New York, Mangione according to court documents, ‘became quiet and began to shake.’
Following his arrest, the alleged gunman reportedly refused to talk to police.
‘Suspect didn’t say a word. He refused to talk,’ a law enforcement source told Fox News.
Processed for his police bookings phot, Mangione is seen somber in his mugshot photo, as he wore a black jacket and scarf in the photo following his arrest.
The gunman who fatally shot Thompson used ammunition inscribed with the words “deny,” “defend,” and “depose,” officials said last week.
These terms are often associated with strategies employed by insurance companies to avoid paying claims, and they bore close resemblance to the title of the 2010 book, Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.
Authorities are now investigating what motivated the alleged gunman, including fissures surrounding a spinal surgery which appeared as an X-ray on Mangione’s X account, alluding to grievances with UnitedHealthcare along with musings on social media indicating a nihilistic bent towards society.
Mangione is expected to be extradited to New York to face further charges there, including murder.
