路易吉·曼乔内周二,被指控枪杀联合医疗集团首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森的男子在被拖进宾夕法尼亚州法院时,向媒体大喊“这是对美国人民智慧的侮辱”。
曼乔内的腰部和脚踝被铐住,他因与汤普森12月4日在曼哈顿中城一家酒店外的谋杀案有关而被带到法庭参加引渡听证会。
曼乔内周一在宾夕法尼亚州因私藏枪支被捕,并在纽约面临包括二级谋杀在内的指控,他对引渡提出质疑。
他的律师托马斯·迪基对记者说:“他有宪法赋予的权利,这就是他正在做的事情。”。
在周二的庭审中,当迪基试图说服法官保释他时,曼乔内试图插话。他说的是曼乔内身上发现的8000美元和2000美元的外币。迪基指示他的委托人,“一个字也别说。”
法官下令不得保释26岁的曼乔内。
曼哈顿地方检察官办公室表示,将寻求州长的授权,试图迫使曼乔内引渡。纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔在一份声明中说,她将签署一份州长逮捕令的请求,“以确保此人受到审判并被追究责任。”
迪基告诉记者,曼乔内将对宾夕法尼亚州的指控不认罪。他说,他预计曼乔内也会对纽约的二级谋杀指控不认罪。
律师表示,他对纽约谋杀案的事实了解有限,但他承认曼乔内“被指控犯有一些严重的罪行”他补充说,曼乔内正在“尽可能好地接受它。”
当被问及曼乔内是否一直与家人保持联系时,迪基拒绝回答。
据两名执法部门消息人士称,曼乔内的母亲去年11月在旧金山提交了一份失踪人口报告,寻求有关曼乔内的信息。旧金山警察局多次要求提供有关该报告的信息,但都没有得到回应。主任和发言人都向NYPD提出了问题。
根据纽约的逮捕令,曼乔内周一被捕时,身上带着“关于犯罪的书面供词”。
曼乔内身上有几页手写的内容,表达了“对美国企业的蔑视”,并表示“他对美国的医疗保健系统感到失望,”NYPD探长乔·肯尼周二告诉ABC新闻的“早安美国”。
美国广播公司新闻获得的曼乔内写给“联邦调查局”的文章说,“我为任何精神创伤的冲突道歉,但这是必须的。坦率地说,这些寄生虫完全是咎由自取。”
他声称,美国拥有世界上最昂贵的医疗保健系统,但在预期寿命方面排名第42位。他说,联合医疗保健“一直在增长,但随着我们的预期寿命?不,事实是,这些(难以辨认的)已经变得太强大了,他们继续滥用我们的国家获取巨大的利润。”
曼乔内出现了受到了尤那邦摩的启发根据美国广播公司获得的NYPD英特尔公司的分析报告。
该报告警告说,像泰德·卡钦斯基一样——他17年的爆炸活动造成3人死亡,23人受伤——曼乔内可能会成为激励“广泛的极端分子”采取行动的“烈士”。
Mangione”似乎认为这次定点清除...作为对其所谓的腐败和“权力游戏”的象征性打击和直接挑战,”根据NYPD情报局对ABC新闻描述的犯罪的机密评估。
NYPD专员杰西卡·蒂施说,曼乔内是否与联合医疗保健公司有私人关系尚不清楚。
联合健康集团的一名发言人在一份声明中说:“我们希望今天的担忧能给布莱恩的家人、朋友、同事和其他受这场无法形容的悲剧影响的人带来一些安慰。我们感谢执法部门,并将继续与他们合作调查。”
曼乔内被捕了周一在宾夕法尼亚州的阿尔图纳汤普森12月4日的谋杀案.
Tisch告诉《GMA》说,NYPD接到阿尔图纳警方的电话,说他们拘留了一名嫌疑人,感到“非常激动”
肯尼说“这个案子的关键”是向媒体和公众公布嫌疑人的面部照片。
肯尼说,周一早上,曼乔内在宾夕法尼亚州的一家麦当劳餐厅被认出。
“作为一个城市,我们感激那个人,”Tisch说。
“我们在调查的早期收集了一些法医证据,一些DNA证据,一些指纹,所以我们非常有信心,我们最终会找到正确的人,”Tisch补充说。
“在这个案件中,我们确实有很多证据,”Tisch告诉《GMA》
她说,在汤普森被枪杀之前,曼乔内因“持有用于”入住纽约上西区一家招待所的同一个新泽西假身份证而被捕。
枪侠据称被发现与周一“看起来非常类似”谋杀案中使用的枪,“有类似的抑制器,”Tisch说。“所以有很多理由让我们强烈地感觉到他是嫌疑人。”
根据宾夕法尼亚州提交的刑事诉讼,据称警方发现了一把3D打印的手枪和一个3D打印的消音器。
“手枪有一个装有6发9毫米全金属子弹的格洛克弹夹。还有一颗松动的9毫米空心子弹,”起诉书说。
肯尼称这种武器是“幽灵枪,”意味着它没有序列号,无法追踪。
曼乔内(Mangione)是马里兰州人,毕业于常春藤联盟(Ivy League),在纽约被指控二级谋杀、持有子弹上膛的枪支、持有伪造文书和非法持有武器。
根据刑事起诉书,他在宾夕法尼亚州被指控犯有五项罪行,包括无照持枪、伪造、向当局谎报身份和拥有“犯罪工具”。
曼乔内的家人在一份声明中说他们“对路易吉的被捕感到震惊和震惊。我们为布莱恩·汤普森的家人祈祷,我们请求人们为所有相关人员祈祷。”
宾夕法尼亚州警方请求公众帮助拼凑曼乔内在宾夕法尼亚州的行程。任何有消息的人请拨打1-800-4PA-TIPS。
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione's writings revealed
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, yelled to the press about "an insult to the intelligence of the American people" as he was physically dragged into a Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday.
Mangione, who was shackled at the waist and ankles, was brought to court for an extradition hearing in connection with Thompson's Dec. 4 slaying outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel.
Mangione, who was arrested in Pennsylvania for gun possession on Monday and faces charges in New York including second-degree murder, is challenging his extradition.
"He has constitutional rights and that's what he's doing," his attorney, Thomas Dickey, told reporters.
At one point during Tuesday's court appearance, Mangione tried to interject while Dickey was attempting to convince the judge to release him on bail. He was discussing the $8,000 in U.S. currency and $2,000 in foreign currency Mangione was allegedly found with. Dickey instructed his client, "Don't say a word."
The judge ordered Mangione, 26, held without bail.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said it will seek a governor's warrant to try to force Mangione's extradition. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement that she'll sign a request for the governor's warrant "to ensure this individual is tried and held accountable."
Dickey told reporters Mangione will plead not guilty to the Pennsylvania charges. He said he anticipates that Mangione will also plead not guilty to the second-degree murder charge in New York.
The attorney said he has limited information about the facts of the New York murder case but he conceded Mangione is "accused of some serious matters." He added that Mangione is "taking it as well as he can."
Dickey declined to answer when asked if Mangione has been in touch with his family.
Mangione's mother filed in November a missing person report in San Francisco, seeking info on Mangione, according to two law enforcement sources. Repeated requests for information about the report went unanswered by the San Francisco Police Department. Both the chief and the spokesman referred questions to the NYPD.
When Mangione was arrested on Monday, he had "written admissions about the crime" with him, according to the New York arrest warrant.
Mangione had several handwritten pages on him that expressed a "disdain for corporate America" and indicated "he's frustrated with the health care system in the United States," NYPD Chief of Detective Joe Kenny told ABC News' "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.
Mangione's writings, obtained by ABC News, addressed to the "Feds," said, "I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming."
He claimed that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world, but ranks about No. 42 in life expectancy. He said UnitedHealthcare "has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these [indecipherable] have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit."
Mangione appearsto have been inspired by the Unabomber, according to an NYPD intel analysis report obtained by ABC News.
The report warned that like Ted Kaczynski -- whose 17-year bombing campaign killed three and injured 23 people -- Mangione may become a "martyr" who inspires "a wide range of extremists" to act.
Mangione "appeared to view the targeted killing ... as a symbolic takedown and a direct challenge to its alleged corruption and 'power games,'" according to a confidential assessment of the crime by the NYPD intelligence bureau described to ABC News.
Whether Mangione has a personal connection to UnitedHealthcare is unknown, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
A UnitedHealth Group spokesperson said in a statement, "Our hope is that today's apprehension brings some relief to Brian's family, friends, colleagues and the many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy. We thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation."
Mangione was arrestedin Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday in connection withThompson's Dec. 4 slaying.
The NYPD was "thrilled" to get the call from Altoona police that they had a person of interest in custody, Tisch told "GMA."
Kenny said "the key to this case" was releasing photos of the suspect's face to the media and the public.
"That picture reached Pennsylvania," where Mangione was recognized at a McDonald's on Monday morning, Kenny said.
"We are grateful as a city to that person," Tisch said.
"We had collected early in the investigation some forensic evidence, some DNA evidence, some fingerprints, so we were very confident that we were ultimately going to get to the right person," Tisch added.
"We do have a lot of evidence in this case," Tisch told "GMA."
Mangione was apprehended "in possession of the same New Jersey fake identification that was used" to check into a hostel on New York's Upper West Side before Thompson was gunned down, she said.
The gun Mangionewas allegedly found withon Monday "looks very similar" to the gun used in the murder, "with a similar suppressor," Tisch said. "So there's a lot of reasons that we feel very strongly that he is the person of interest."
Officers allegedly found a 3D printed pistol and a 3D printed silencer, according to the criminal complaint filed in Pennsylvania.
"The pistol had one loaded Glock magazine with six nine-millimeter full metal jack rounds. There was also one loose nine-millimeter hollow point round," the complaint said.
Kenny described the weapon as a"ghost gun,"meaning it had no serial number and was untraceable.
Mangione, a Maryland native and Ivy League graduate, has been charged in New York with second-degree murder, possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument and criminal possession of a weapon.
He was charged with five crimes in Pennsylvania, including carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to authorities and possessing "instruments of crime," according to the criminal complaint.
Mangione's family said in a statementthat they're "shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved."
The Pennsylvania State Police is asking for the public's help piecing together Mangione's travel in Pennsylvania. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-4PA-TIPS.