Luigi Mangione, has been named as the person of interest in the fatal the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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00:00Luigi Mangione has been named as the person of interest in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
00:07The suspect was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania
00:11and was recognized by an employee who called local police.
00:15New York authorities said that responding officers questioned the suspect who was carrying multiple fraudulent IDs as
00:23well as a U.S. passport. Upon further investigation,
00:26officers recovered a firearm on the man as well as a suppressor, both
00:32consistent with the weapon used in the murder. Mangione will be extradited to New York.
00:36NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kinney said that authorities, quote, recovered an enormous amount of forensic evidence.
00:43Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, officials said, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
00:49Police said he has no prior arrest history in New York.