A notebook discovered with Luigi Mangione contained descriptions of the CEO’s murder that matched details of the alleged murder of the United Healthcare CEO in New York last week, NBC News reported Wednesday.
“What is your occupation?” reads one passage in the notebook.
“You surprised the CEO at the annual Parasitic Bean Counter Convention,” the note reads. “It’s targeted, it’s accurate, and it doesn’t put innocent people at risk.”
The notebook was discovered when the Ivy League graduate was arrested by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday, and a gun, silencer and ammunition were found in his backpack at a local McDonald’s.
New York police said Wednesday that they matched three shell casings found outside the Midtown Manhattan Hilton Hotel where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed on Dec. 4.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch also revealed that fingerprints taken from Mangione matched those on a water bottle and a Kind snack bar left near the scene of the shooting. Police said last week that the then-unidentified gunman who killed Thompson had purchased water and protein bars before shooting.
Thompson, a father of two, was scheduled to speak at an investor day on Dec. 4. united health groupthe parent company of his company, which was held at the Hilton.
Surveillance camera footage of Thompson’s murder shows a masked man just outside the Hilton pointing a gun that appears to have a silencer at the CEO and firing from behind, while another person stands nearby. It’s reflected.
“Let’s be clear: All indications at this point are that this was a planned, premeditated, targeted attack,” Tisch told reporters hours after Thompson was killed.
It was previously reported that Mangione was carrying a handwritten note when he was arrested in Altoona that read, in part, “The parasites were just expecting it.”
The note also said he was “not cooperating with anyone” and “apologizes for the conflict and trauma, but it had to be done.”
The memo criticized UnitedHealthcare, the U.S. medical industry, and the company.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (left) and Luigi Mangione (right).
Source: UnitedHealthcare (L) | New York City Police Department (R)
Mangione, who holds two degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, has reportedly suffered from severe back pain for many years.
UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurance provider in the United States, has been criticized for denying customers’ claims.
Mangione is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on state firearms and forgery charges related to his arrest. The forgery charge alleges Thompson was in possession of multiple false identification documents, including one that was allegedly used to check into a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side about two weeks before he was killed. related to suspicions.
He is charged with murder and gun crimes in Manhattan.
At a hearing in Blair County Court on Tuesday, Mr. Mangione refused to waive extradition to New York to face charges in Mr. Thompson’s murder there.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and New York Governor Cathy Hochul said they would submit the documents necessary for a Pennsylvania judge to decide whether to order Mr. Mangione’s extradition.
—WNBC’s Jonathan Dienst contributed reporting.
