Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO had ties to Santa Monica and Stanford, records show
Source: Los Angeles Times
By Richard Winton, Terry Castleman, Nathan Solis and Salvador Hernandez
Dec. 9, 2024 12:54 PM PT
The 26-year-old man arrested Monday in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive on the streets of New York once worked for a Santa Monica-based company and spent time at Stanford University, records show.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was taken into custody by law enforcement in Pennsylvania following an intensive manhunt after the killing of 50-year-old Brian Thompson in an early-morning ambush last week. At a news conference announcing the arrest, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione was born and raised in Maryland and has ties to California with a last known address in Honolulu.
He was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., after someone recognized him, police said.
According to public records, Mangione spent time at Stanford University in 2019 and once worked for Santa Monica-based TrueCar, a digital marketplace for automobiles.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-09/united-healthcare-ceo-arrest-california-new-york-pennsylvania
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His wealthy family owns 7 nursing homes in the Baltimore area, along with hotels, golf resorts and other real estate. Is that a connection to United Health Care? I'm sure the prosecutors are looking into that.
There isn't anything in his background that suggests he's a liberal or Dem voter. But his social media seems to be loaded with a lot of anger, from what little I've seen.
