Luigi Mangione allegedly targeted UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City ambush.
ALTOONA, Pa. — While UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's alleged killer's motive has not been released by officials, the public has been speculating that the suspect had strong grievances with both the health care industry and capitalism in general.
Authorities arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday, at which point he allegedly presented local police with a fake ID and appeared to start shaking when they asked if he had been in New York recently.
Authorities also found a handwritten manifesto condemning the health care industry, as NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny previously told Fox News. The manifesto specifically mentioned UnitedHealthcare.
Curtis Sliwa, founder of New York City's Guardian Angels, told Fox News Digital that "in every era, there are people who go out, take the law into their own hands, and they become heroes."
"In this case, I think what is most stunning to me is the number of women who have embraced Luigi not because he is a good-looking guy with abs, but rather because of what they believe is this tremendous overreach, especially if this particular health care company in which you have so many denials of procedures that had been guaranteed," Sliwa said.
Mangione, a private-high-school and Ivy League-educated young professional from the Baltimore area, is charged with multiple counts in both Pennsylvania and New York, where he is facing a murder charge.
Since his arrest, internet sleuths have been digging through Mangione's vast and documented social media presence, with many users praising the murder suspect for allegedly killing Thompson, who was a married father of two originally from a small town in Iowa.
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