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New York prosecutors charged Luigi Mangione, 26, with murder in connection to the Dec. 4 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, court documents show.
Mangione was detained on Monday and questioned by police after an employee in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. called 911. He presented police with what appeared to be the same fake ID used to by the suspect to check in to a New York City hostel prior to the murder, police sources told The New York Times.
Mangione was also carrying a gun that resembled the murder weapon, police said, as well as what cops described as a “manifesto” that criticized health care companies for prioritizing profit margins over patients. Mangione was arrested on gun charges in Pennsylvania and is expected to be extradited to New York.
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The UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder and the suspect’s escape set off a multi-state manhunt and put new scrutiny on companies’ executive security measures. Some of the reaction from the public, however, pointed to pointed to deeper concerns, experts said.
Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci warned in The New York Times that the “the currents we are seeing are expressions of something more fundamental,” comparing contemporary concerns over immigration, inequality, and technological change to the 19th century’s Gilded Age.