The umbrella firm that controls UnitedHealthcare stated that Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the ambush murder of the CEO, was not covered by the company’s insurance.
According to UnitedHealth Group, there is no evidence that Mangione, 26, was ever covered by the insurance provider.
In the fatal shooting of CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street early on December 4, as Thompson was making his way to a hotel for an investor conference, Mangione has been charged with murder in New York.
The murder is still being investigated.
According to Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, Mangione’s writings and social media posts suggest that he sustained a severe injury to his back that changed his life.
According to Kenny, Mangione might have singled out Thompson because to UnitedHealthcare’s size.
Although there is no proof that he was ever a customer of United Healthcare, Kenny stated in an interview that aired Thursday that the company is the fifth-biggest in the United States, making it the country’s largest health care organization.
According to Kenny, that may be the reason he targeted the business.
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, police discovered a notepad, a handwritten document referring to the health care profession, a silencer, and a gun when he was taken into custody.
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 acquainted with the investigation, Mangione allegedly wrote about pursuing a CEO in the notebook. Social media posts from the past seem to depict him talking about crippling back pain.
According to security footage, Thompson was shot from behind by a shooter wearing a mask and a hooded jacket 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. According to police, Mangione entered the city on a bus on November 24 and lodged at a hostel.
According to authorities on Thursday, shell shells discovered at the murder site have been matched to the firearm that was retrieved when Mangione was taken into custody.
According to Kenny, the firearm was a “ghost gun,” which was constructed using a 3-D printer after being manufactured with a receiver from a business.
Mangione is being imprisoned in Pennsylvania, where he is battling extradition to New York on charges of forgery, firearms violation, and other offenses. December 30 is the date of the upcoming hearing in the Pennsylvania lawsuit.
According to Mangione’s lawyer, he plans to enter a not guilty plea to every charge.
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