Authorities seek tips on Luigi Mangione's travels in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case

Pennsylvania authorities are seeking the public's help to learn more about Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in New York City. 

Specifically, they want to know more about his travels that led him to McDonald’s in Altoona, where the 26-year-old was caught and captured. 

Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a news conference that Mangione made several stops after the shooting, including one in Pittsburgh.

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Mangione was charged with murder hours after he was arrested Monday in the killing of Thompson, who led the United States’ largest medical insurance company.

What we know about Luigi Mangione

A grandson of a wealthy, self-made real estate developer and philanthropist, Mangione is a cousin of a current Maryland state legislator.

Valedictorian at his elite Baltimore prep school, he went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a spokesperson said.

From January to June 2022, Luigi Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a "co-living" space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu.

Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment.

How Mangione was captured

Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania — about 230 miles west of New York City — after a McDonald’s customer recognized him and notified an employee, authorities said.

"He had a mask and a hood and a backpack, from what my buddy told me. He saw him better than I did actually," said Larry, one of the people who spotted the shooting suspect. Larry didn't want to give his last name. 

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"I think the one worker that actually thought it was him" he added. "She said between his eyes and his eyebrows she says, when I took his order, it was like she got in her mind, oh my God. It’s the guy from New York."

Officers found him sitting at a back table, wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop, according to a Pennsylvania police criminal complaint.

He initially gave them a fake ID, but when an officer asked Mangione whether he’d been to New York recently, he "became quiet and started to shake," the complaint says.

When he pulled his mask down at officers’ request, "we knew that was our guy," rookie Officer Tyler Frye said.

What we know about a possible motive

Mangione was motivated by his anger with what he called "parasitic" health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press said.

Luigi Mangione pictured at a McDonald's in Altoona, PA, right before his capture. (Credit: Pennsylvania State Police)

He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while "our life expectancy" does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of his hand-written notes and social media posts.

What has his family said?

"Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest," Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media late Monday by his cousin, Maryland Del. Nino Mangione. "We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved."