Luigi Mangione spine surgery may have led to targeting of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson as image of stapled spine on X and Goodreads mentions alludes to bungled operation and prohibitive costs for the Maryland native.
A 26 year old person of interest on Monday was taken into police custody for questioning in connection to the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, 50, in Manhattan, last week. Police to date have ‘strongly’ indicated he is the wanted gunman, while to date no charges have been pressed.
Luigi Mangione, 26, from Baltimore County, Maryland, was apprehended at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonalds just on 9.15 am, Monday after a diner recognised him as the wanted man in the healthcare CEO’s slaying.
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Upon being brought into custody, the ‘person of interest’ was discovered to be in possession of four fake ID’s and the type of distinct gun used in last week’s slaying along with a manifesto.
The manifesto was handwritten and criticized health care companies for putting profits above care, an anonymous law enforcement official told the New York Times.
The manifesto railed against the US healthcare industry, including over its enormous profits and alleged shady motives, sources told the nytimes.
Perhaps of greatest note, is Mangione’s cover photo on X under the banner, Luigi Mangione @PepMangione containing an image of an X-ray, leading to speculation about the status of his own health and detriment he may have incurred at the hands of UnitedHealthcare.
The image shows a stapled back with 4 screws bolted to his lower base spine. It remained unclear if the X-ray was that of Mangione.
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Wrote a social media commentator: ‘This is Luigi Mangione‘s banner photo. It is a lumbar spinal fusion that someone would normally get for degenerative disc disease.’
Noted one social media commentator: ‘Could he have been a disgruntled patient with insurance denial for a botched spinal lumbar disc procedure…I.e., chronic pain, etc.’
Stated another, ‘Spoke with a source that had a lot of friends that went to high school with Luigi Mangione. What keeps coming up is a back surgery that “changed everything” for him and he went “absolutely crazy.”
Wondered another, ‘Here is a picture of a spinal surgery on luigi mangione’s X page. Could this be a possible clue as to why he had hate for the health care industry? Was this a ct of his injury? Was he treated properly by the insurance company?’
Stated another, ‘Luigi Mangione, suspect detained in shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO, has an X-ray of what appears to be a back surgery in his banner photo. Could this be a surgery that UHC refused to cover and sent him into debt?’
A regard of his Goodreads account mentioned the following books, alluding to great personal pain and travails he may have personally gone through with his insurance provider.
‘Crooked; Outwitting the Insurance Pain Industry and Getting Ahead’ by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin along with ‘Back Mechanic,’ by Dr Stuart McGill.
