According to UnitedHealthcare’s parent firm, Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the CEO’s murder, was not covered by the company’s insurance.
According to UnitedHeath Group, there is no evidence that Mangione, 26, has ever had insurance from the firm.
Mangione is suspected of shooting CEO Brian Thompson dead on a street in midtown Manhattan on the morning of December 4, while Thompson was making his way to a hotel for an investor meeting.
The murder is still being investigated.
According to Joseph Kenny, chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, Mangione’s writings and social media posts reveal that he sustained a life-altering, excruciating back injury.
According to Kenny, Mangione might have singled out Thompson because to UnitedHealthcare’s size.
He mentions that United Healthcare is the fifth-biggest corporation in America, making it the largest healthcare organization in America, but we don’t have any proof that he was ever a client of the company, Kenny told NBC News in an interview that aired Thursday.
According to Kenny, that may be the reason he targeted that particular company.
After being identified from police-distributed pictures, Mangione was taken into custody Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, according to authorities.
According to officials, when he was taken into custody, police discovered a notebook, a handwritten document referring to the healthcare sector, and a rifle and silencer.
According to law enforcement authorities who spoke to NBC News, the line “these parasites simply had it coming” appears in the three-page handwritten paper.
According to two people familiar with the investigation, Magione also possessed a notepad in which he is accused of writing about pursuing a CEO. Social media posts from the past seem to depict him talking about crippling back pain.
According to CCTV footage, Thompson was shot from behind by a shooter in a hooded jacket and mask at 6:44 a.m. when he was strolling along a sidewalk in midtown Manhattan. The shooter then continued to fire.
According to police, the killing was targeted. Police have said they believe Mangionearrived in New York City by buson Nov. 24 and stayed at a hostel.
The gun that was recovered when Mangione was arrested has been matched to shell casings found at the scene of the killing, police said Thursday.
The gun was a so-called”ghost gun,”which was made with a receiver from a company and then built using a 3-D printer, Kenny said.
Mangione is being held in Pennsylvania, where he has been charged with a weapons charge, forgery and other counts, and is fighting extradition to New York. The next hearing in the Pennsylvania case is scheduled for Dec. 30.
New York police said Mangione will be brought back to New York, arrested and charged with murder in Thompson’s killing.
Mangione s attorney has said he intends to plead not guilty to all charges.
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