Luigi Mangione, 26 years old.
Source: Altoona Police Department
When Luigi Mangione was arrested by police in Pennsylvania, he had a handwritten note that read, “I was expecting this parasite,” NBC News reported Tuesday.
Mangione, 26, also wrote that he was “not cooperating with anyone” when he allegedly shot and killed CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan last Wednesday.
“I apologize for the conflict and trauma, but it had to be done,” Mangione wrote in the memo, according to three law enforcement officials who spoke to NBC News.
“Frankly, these parasites were just expecting it to come.”
The three-page memo criticized UnitedHealthcare, the broader U.S. health care industry, and corporations.
Mangione’s arrest warrant in New York state court describes the note as a “written confession to the crime” of Thompson’s murder.
Mr. Mangione was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Monday night in connection with murder and firearms offenses, hours after Pennsylvania authorities indicted him on firearms and forgery charges.
Mangione will appear in a courtroom in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. ET for a hearing on his possible extradition to New York in connection with the murder case.
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Police believe Mangione intentionally targeted Mr Thompson in the killing, which occurred as the 50-year-old father-of-two was on his way to a UHG investor meeting at the Hilton. This is what happened.
“Dear Fed, I’ll keep this brief because I respect the Fed and what they do for our country,” Mangione wrote in the memo.
“To save a lengthy investigation, I would like to state unequivocally that I am not cooperating with anyone.”
Luigi Mangione eats at McDonald’s on December 9, 2024 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Altoona Police Department
Mangione, a member of a wealthy Baltimore-area family who reportedly suffers from chronic back pain, was charged with murder and gun crimes by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office hours after his arrest in Pennsylvania. Ta.
He was denied bail Monday night and is being held in a state prison in Pennsylvania after being arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona earlier in the day.
Altoona police responded to a restaurant after receiving a report of a man acting suspiciously.
Mangione is said to have given the officers a fake New Jersey ID, which was linked to his actions in New York before Thompson’s murder, but he eventually revealed his real name. He said he told him.
Customers drive by the McDonald’s restaurant where Luigi Mangione, 26, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Matthew Hatcher | Reuters
After taking the man into custody, officers found a 3D-printed gun and silencer, along with multiple rounds of ammunition, in his backpack, police said. The New York Police Department said the gun was “matched” to the one used to kill Thompson.
As of Tuesday morning, Mangione, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 with bachelor’s and master’s degrees, was not listed as a lawyer.
—NBC News’ Tom Winter and WNBC’s Jonathan Dienst contributed reporting.
