UPDATE: Luigi Mangione, suspect in CEO’s shooting charged with murder, came from wealthy family

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From the New York Post: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was hit with a murder charge late Monday, court records show — as his family broke their silence over his arrest.

Manhattan prosecutors filed the first-degree murder rap and a slew of other weapons charges against the 26-year-old, according to an online court docket — just hours after he was arraigned in a Pennsylvania court on weapons and forgery offenses.

Mangione was captured in Altoona, Pa., Monday morning after he was spotted eating at a McDonald’s by a customer of the fast food restaurant who believed he resembled the gunman wanted in last week’s brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel.

The suspect — an Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family — was found carrying a ghost gun, fake IDs and rambling writings linking him to the ambush, authorities said.

After his arrest in Pennsylvania, Mangione was charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police.

Monday night, Manhattan prosecutors added new charges against Mangione, including first-degree murder, three gun raps and forgery.

Mangione is currently behind held without bail in a Pennsylvania jail. It is still uncertain when he will be transported to New York.

Law professor Jonathan Turley provided a link to the initial criminal complaint against Mangione, filed after his arrest in Pennsylvania on Monday.

News Nation correspondent Brian Entin reported: “Investigators say Luigi Mangione had $8,000 USD on him and 2,000 in foreign currency, Also bags to block cellular data.”

Luigi Mangione is heir to holiday resort fortune created by his grandparents and has sister who’s top doctor
According to the Daily Mail, Mangione comes from a prominent and wealthy family in Maryland. His grandfather, Nicholas Mangiano, built a real estate empire, including two luxury resorts in Maryland.

Nicholas, who died in 2008 aged 83 after suffering a stroke, was the owner of Turf Valley Resort and Hayfields Country Club, as well radio station WCBM-AM.

Nicholas was born in Baltimore’s Little Italy to a poor family but worked his way up from nothing. He also founded the nursing home Lorien Health Services. Luigi volunteered at his grandpa’s nursing home in 2014, according to his LinkedIn.

Nicholas had 10 children, including Luigi’s father Louis, and was married to his wife Mary until his death. The couple lived in a $1.9 million mansion on their country club, with Mary dying in 2013.

Meanwhile, Luigi’s mother Kathleen Zannino Mangione, owns a boutique travel company, and his sister MariaSanta Mangione is a respected doctor.

Mangione’s family had reported him missing last month, releases statement

Mangione’s family reportedly had not heard from his from months, and had been trying to reach him.  On November 18, over 2 weeks prior to the shooting in NYC, his mother, Kathleen Mangione, had reported him missing to the San Francisco Police Department.

Luigi Mangione’s cousin, Nino Mangione, is a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and has released a statement on behalf of the family:

Unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione. We only know what we have read in the media. Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news.

The Mangione Family

Back Injury

According to reports, Mangione had moved to Honolulu in 2022 to work remotely. Friends said he lived with debilitating back pain due to an injury, and underwent surgery for it last year.

On his Twitter profile, he includes an x-ray image of a spine with at least four large screws in it.

The Manifesto

Mangione, described as an ‘anti-capitalist,’ was found Monday with a 262-word handwritten manifesto in which he reportedly took responsibility for the shooting.

In the manifesto, Mangione raged against health insurance companies. He cited UnitedHealthcare as one of the largest companies in the US by market capitalization. “The reality is, these [companies] have gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit,” he reportedly wrote.

“To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone… I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done… Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming,” the manifesto reportedly reads.

Minor criminal record

Investigative journalist Laura Loomer reported:

Luigi Mangione has a trespassing record from December 2023 in Hawaii. He trespassed at the Nuuanu Pali Lookout. Case # 1DCC-23-0012236

Apparently he lived in Hawaii for a while and it was there where he suffered a back injury while surfing which required back surgery.

Later, Loomer announced:  “The link to the Hawaii state trespassing record for the suspected UHC CEO shooter has now been DELETED from the state government website. Very weird. His whole digital footprint is being WIPED OFF THE INTERNET in real time. There’s a lot more to this story.”

Below is a CNN interview with R.J. Martin, a friend and former roommate of Mangione’s in Hawaii.

 

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