Luigi Mangione Manifesto: Everything We Know About Handwritten Notes

Police on Monday arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who they believe is a strong person of interest in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Mangione on weapons charges after they found him with a gun, a fake New Jersey ID with the same identification the suspect used to check into a New York hostel, and identification with his real name.

In addition to the gun and fake identification, police also found a three-page handwritten note on Mangione in which he appeared to express “ill will toward corporate America,” said Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives for the New York City Police Department. at a press conference on Monday.

The document “speaks to both his motivation and mindset,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the press.

CNN quoted a law enforcement source as saying the author of the documents apologized for “any strife or trauma,” but added, “These parasites had it coming.”

The New York Times also quoted a senior law enforcement official as saying the manifest found on Mangione mentioned UnitedHealthcare by name and noted the company’s size and how much money it makes. The official added that the document condemned the healthcare industry for prioritizing profits over care.

Mangione was arraigned in Pennsylvania on the weapons charges Monday night. According to court documents filed in Blair County, he was charged with forgery, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with records or identification, possession of instruments of crime and providing false identification to law enforcement.

He has not been charged in Thompson’s murder and cannot be charged until he is in New York.

Thompson, 50, was shot last week on his way to an annual investor conference at the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. The shooting started a nationwide manhunt that captured the public’s interest and renewed the debate over access to health care.

Police released more photos of the suspected gunman and arrested Mangione Monday morning at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee at the restaurant thought Mangione looked suspicious and called authorities.

Mangione began shaking as he was questioned by police, according to court documents filed Monday.

Mangione gave a responding officer a New Jersey driver’s license with a different name, the criminal complaint says. Then, when another officer asked Mangione if he had been to New York recently, Mangione “became quiet and began to shake,” the complaint states.