The suspect arrested in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week has been identified as Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from Towson, Maryland.
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00:00This morning at approximately 9.14 AM, Altona police officers received a call of a suspicious
00:14mail at a local restaurant.
00:16It was reported that the mail matched the description of the UnitedHealthcare murder
00:22in New York City.
00:24When officers arrived, they made contact with the mail and had a face mask on.
00:29That mail was asked to remove his face mask and officers immediately recognized him as
00:35a suspect in the New York City shooting in recent days.
00:41That mail was asked for a form of identification.
00:45He then provided a fake identification card out of New Jersey.
00:51Once he was taken into custody for that forgery charge, he was transported to the Altona Police
00:56Department.
00:59Once at the Altona Police Department, that mail was searched instant to arrest.
01:02It was discovered that he had a United States passport that identified him as Luigi Mangione.
01:19From there, continued search of his property.
01:22A firearm was located and a suppressor was also located.
01:28There were also other items of evidentiary value that were located that would assist
01:32in this investigation.
01:34I want to begin by thanking our fellow Pennsylvania resident who acted as a hero today.
01:42Pennsylvania resident saw something early this morning at McDonald's and said something
01:48to our local police.
01:50Our local police here in Altona acted swiftly.
01:55I want to say a special thanks to Officer Tyler Fry of the Altona Police Department.
02:01Officer Fry is about six months into his time serving his fellow people here in Pennsylvania
02:08and he acted swiftly.
02:11He acted with smarts and he acted with calm.
02:14He didn't even think twice about it.
02:15We knew that was our guy, but he was very cooperative with us, didn't really give us
02:22too many issues.
02:25Once we found out his identity, we took it from there.
02:28It feels good to get a guy like that off the street, especially starting my career this
02:32way.
02:33It feels great.
02:34And you should know that this suspect traveled between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, making
02:39stops in between, obviously here in Altona.
02:44The suspect was just arraigned here in the courthouse and presumably New York will file
02:51charges very, very soon.
02:54In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express
03:04a viewpoint.
03:06I understand people have real frustration with our healthcare system and I have worked
03:11to address that throughout my career, but I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for
03:20one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters
03:30most.
03:31In a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.
03:42In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero.
03:48Hear me on this.
03:49He is no hero.
03:52The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald's this morning.
03:58The real heroes every day in our society are the women and men who put on uniforms like
04:04these and go out in our communities to keep us safe.
04:09This killer was not a hero.
04:12He should not be hailed.