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[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago (57 children)

Man being questioned is identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione published at 11:43

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crk0ep61p2mt?post=asset%3Acea5213a-550e-420e-990d-46479ea87642#post

The man being questioned by police in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, police city commissioner of New York City, Jessica Tisch says.

Mangione was reportedly found with an ID that had his name on it, along with a fake ID. He was detained at a McDonald's on Monday morning in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

He has not been charged in connection with the shooting.

This seems to be his twitter: https://xcancel.com/pepmangione

The smile definitely looks the same. I've been googling the guy and he was valedictorian of his high school class. No visible ideological leaning from the twitter account which has a history going back to 2022.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (19 children)

it doesn't mean much that the smile looks the same, the snitch called specifically because he thought he looked the same. if anything it makes it less likely, because it was really unlikely for those smile pictures to be of the right guy, he wouldn't have been walking around wearing the same outfit but slightly different the next day

also he's posting about investment opportunities...?

i really get the feeling this was going to be a copycat with a different ideology

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

i really get the feeling this was going to be a copycat with a different ideology

I dunno, according to this article (https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-altoona) the fake ID they found on him was the same one used in the New York hotel they saw the shooter in.

It was extremely dumb to not get rid of the incriminating evidence.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

we always said those pics were definitely not the shooter, right

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Many people have been saying that, but you won't hear from people like me who have been reserving conclusions.

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