Luigi Mangione latest: UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect ‘considered bombing Manhattan’

Health care executives may be at heightened risk following Brian Thompson being gunned down in Manhattan last week, according to a police bulletin.

A NYPD bulletin was circulated on Tuesday in the wake of faux “wanted” signs of scenario health insurance executives going viral online.

Other posts share their names and salaries, according to the bulletin.

Some online users shared the posts “emphasizing that it is a hitlist and that CEOs should be afraid,” per the bulletin.

Police are concerned that Luigi Mangione, who was charged with murder in New York in connection to the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s fatal shooting, could be viewed as a “martyr”, leading to copycats.

“Both prior to and after the suspected perpetrator’s identification and arrest, some online users across social media platforms reacted positively to the killing, encouraged future targeting of similar executives, and shared conspiracy theories regarding the shooting,” the bulletin said.

Luigi Mangione allegedly wrote down his plans to visit the UnitedHealthcare investors’ conference site in Manhattan, New York City, where its chief executive Brian Thompson was gunned down last week.

A “to-do list” was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned from the suspect along with other evidence – including a 262-page “manifesto” – at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.

Mangione was aware that UnitedHealthcare was holding an investors’ conference in Midtown Manhattan around the time Thompson was shot dead, according to New York Police Department Chief Detective Joe Kenny.

Kenny added that the suspect mentions in the list that he was going to the conference site.

Writing in his notebook, Mangione allegedly mused murdering the “CEO at his own bean counting conference,” a source told CNN. The source said he also considered using explosives before being dissuaded, noting it could “kill innocents”.

The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shared content praising billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Peter Thiel on social media.

Luigi Mangione, who was charged with murder in New York City on Monday night over the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, has been portrayed as being “anticapitalist” by some and hailed a “ hero” by others for taking a radical stance against the American health insurance industry.

But the reality appears to be more complex, with the Ivy League-educated 26-year-old having supported sentiments shared by some of the world’s richest men, according to his X profile.

Earlier this year, Mangione shared a post on his X account of another user praising Musk for his “commitment to long-term civilization success.”

Rhian Lubin has the story.

With Luigi Mangione in handcuffs and charged with murder in connection with Brian Thompson’s death, the New York Police Department’s work is far from over.

It is now investigating possible motives and working to prevent any copycat killings or attacks, a senior law enforcement official said.

“Whenever an incident of this high prominence takes place, our work is to get ahead of any resonance and in particular, any copycat activity that it may inspire,” Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism, told ABC 7 New York.

“We do a lot of work in the online space, we also do a lot of work in the 3-D space.”

She added: “And we also, as part of that, we’ll surge resources, protective resources, around the city wherever we need to, when we’re anticipating and dealing with a big uptick in threats.”

Luigi Mangione is said to have considered using a bomb in Manhattan in his alleged plot to kill the UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, according to a so-called “to-list” reviewed by CNN.

The list was apparently found inside a spiral notebook that was gleaned along with the shooting suspect’s 262-page manifesto, a ghost gun and false ID cards upon his arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday.

Mangione, 26, reportedly decided against using the bomb as it “could kill innocents” and instead opted for a more targeted approach to allegedly murder the “CEO at his own bean counting conference,” according to a CNN.

In another passage in the notebook, Mangione wrote about the Unabomber – domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski – who he wrote about in online posts and urged his book club in Hawaii to read his memoir.

GoFundMe has shut down multiple pages created to support the accused murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A masked man fatally shot Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on December 4 before escaping out of the city, leading to a six-day manhunt for the gunman, which ended Thursday with the arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. He has been charged with murder.

The insurance executive’s death captivated the nation and sparked serious conversations about the state of health care in the U.S., with some even celebrating the execution as many shared stories of being denied coverage for care. Since his arrest, GoFundMe pages have cropped up in support of Mangione, and the fundraising site has been removing them. It’s not immediately clear how many pages the site took down.

A GoFundMe spokesperson told The Independent in a statement: “GoFundMe’s Terms of Service prohibit fundraisers for the legal defense of violent crimes. The fundraisers have been removed from our platform and all donors have been refunded.”

Kelly Rissman reports.

Brian Thompson’s alleged killer is said to have suffered with chronic back pain – and apparently wrote a handwritten note stating that he was suffering from spondylolisthesis, CNN reports.

But what is the condition?

Spondylolisthesis is where a vertebra, one of the bones in your spine, slips or shifts forward onto the vertebra below. It often occurs in the lower back.

Doctors can diagnose spondylolisthesis as either low-grade or high-grade, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

“A high-grade slip occurs when more than 50% of the width of the fractured vertebra slips forward on the vertebra below it,” its website reads.

Those with a high-grade slip are more likely to experience “significant pain” and “nerve injury” and need surgery to relieve their symptoms, according to the AAOS.