New York prosecutors filed a murder charge against the suspect in the killing of a UnitedHealth executive, a brazen shooting that set off a tense five-day manhunt that culminated in his capture in Pennsylvania earlier on Monday (Dec 9).
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00:00The suspected killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO was arraigned and charged with murder
00:06late Monday.
00:08The arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione in an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald's ended
00:13a five-day manhunt after what police have called a brazen targeted attack.
00:18Brian Thompson was shot outside a Manhattan hotel last week by a masked man who waited
00:23for him.
00:24The officer quickly recognized the male as the suspect from the shooting, and within
00:30several minutes, seconds of the first contact, he had asked the suspect if he had been in
00:37New York City recently, and that really invoked a physical reaction from the suspect.
00:43He became visibly nervous, kind of shaking at that question, and he didn't really answer
00:50it directly.
00:52That statement alone really said a lot, and the suspect didn't have to say a lot after
00:57that question to show that he was very nervous at that point.
01:03Police say Mangione was found with a large sum of cash, fake IDs, written documents,
01:09and several electronic devices.
01:11One of the fake IDs matched the gunman's ID used to check into a Manhattan hostel prior
01:16to the shooting.
01:18The police also found a black ghost gun, an untraceable firearm assembled from parts,
01:23in his backpack, loaded with a magazine and silencer.
01:28Pennsylvania authorities said the gun, clothing, and mask were similar to those used by the
01:33killer.
01:34Mangione was denied bail after Pennsylvania prosecutors argued that he was a flight risk.
01:39Meanwhile, the Mangione family said in a statement saying they are shocked by Luigi's arrest.
01:45They added they couldn't comment further and offered prayers to Thompson's family.