Late Monday night, New York prosecutors formally charged 26-year-old Luigi Mangione with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione, who was apprehended in Altoona, Pennsylvania, now faces multiple charges, including criminal possession of a weapon and possession of a forged instrument related to the December 4 assassination of Thompson, according to Fox News.
Authorities in Pennsylvania had detained Mangione earlier on charges of possessing an unlicensed firearm, providing false identification to police, and forgery.
Thompson was fatally shot on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan early last Wednesday morning while attending a conference. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated that surveillance footage revealed the suspect lying in wait and allowing others to pass by before targeting Thompson directly.
After the shooting, the assailant fled on a bike toward Central Park, a location with limited surveillance cameras compared to other parts of Manhattan.
The suspect discarded a backpack in the park before heading to an uptown bus station near the George Washington Bridge. Surveillance footage captured him entering the station but not exiting, leading investigators to believe he purchased a one-way ticket out of New York City.
Mangione was ultimately arrested Monday morning at a McDonald’s in Altoona. Authorities discovered several fake IDs, a “ghost gun” capable of firing 9mm rounds, and a suppressor resembling the one believed to have been used in Thompson’s murder. They also found a two-page manifesto criticizing the healthcare and insurance industries, advocating violence as a solution.
Although Mangione is currently in custody in Pennsylvania, he is expected to be extradited to New York City to face trial.
Mangione, originally from Towson, Maryland, attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class.
His Goodreads profile highlights an eclectic collection of quotes from figures such as Socrates, Bruce Lee, and Ted Kaczynski—the infamous “Unabomber,” known for a deadly bombing spree that lasted nearly two decades before his capture in 1996, according to The New York Post.