Suspect in C.E.O.
Killing Withdrew From a Life of Privilege and Promise
The suspect, Luigi Mangione, was an Ivy League tech graduate from a prominent
Maryland family who in recent months had suffered physical and psychological pain.
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Luigi Mangione approaches a lighted door, wearing handcuffs and surrounded by
police officers.
Luigi Mangione being taken to the courthouse in Altoona, Pa., to be arraigned on
Monday.Credit...Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times
Corey KilgannonMike BakerLuke BroadwaterShawn Hubler
By Corey KilgannonMike BakerLuke Broadwater and Shawn Hubler
Dec. 9, 2024
Luigi Mangione, the online version of him, was an Ivy League tech enthusiast who
flaunted his tanned, chiseled looks in beach photos and party pictures with blue-
blazered frat buddies.
He was the valedictorian of a prestigious Baltimore prep school who earned
bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Pennsylvania and served as a
head counselor at a pre-college program at Stanford University.
With his credentials and connections, he could have ended up one day as an
entrepreneur or the chief executive of one of his family’s thriving businesses.
Instead, investigators suspect, he took a different path.
The police now believe that Mr. Mangione, 26, is the masked gunman who calmly took
out a pistol equipped with a suppressor on a Midtown Manhattan street last week and
assassinated Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare. He was
arrested in Altoona, Pa., on Monday after an employee at a McDonald’s recognized
him and called the police. Officers said they found him with fake identification, a
weapon similar to the one seen in video of the killing and a manifesto decrying the
health care industry.
Later on Monday, Mr. Mangione was charged in Manhattan with murder, along with
additional counts of forgery and illegal weapons possession. And in the hours after
his apprehension, his baffling journey from star student to murder suspect began to
come into focus.
Mr. Mangione was in regular contact with friends and family until about six months
ago when he suddenly and inexplicably stopped communicating with them. He had been
suffering from a painful back injury, friends said, and then went dark, prompting
anxious inquiries from relatives to his friends: Had anyone heard from him?
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Corey Kilgannon is a Times reporter who writes about crime and criminal justice in
and around New York City, as well as breaking news and other feature stories. More
about Corey Kilgannon
Mike Baker is a national reporter for The Times, based in Seattle. More about Mike
Baker
Luke Broadwater covers Congress with a focus on congressional investigations. More
about Luke Broadwater
Shawn Hubler is based in Sacramento and covers California news, policy trends and
personalities. She has been a journalist for more than four decades. More about
Shawn Hubler
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