Police say the 26-year-old’s name was not on their radar before his arrest Monday in Pennsylvania.
WASHINGTON — New York City authorities announced Monday that a “strong person of interest” in the targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was arrested in Pennsylvania.
The chance sighting at the restaurant in Altoona led to a dramatic break in a challenging but fast-moving investigation that had captivated the public in the five days since the shooting that shook the health insurance industry.
In a press conference Monday, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said the person of interest arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, has been identified as s 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione.
Officials in New York said Mangione was a 26-year-old whose last known address was in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born and raised in Maryland, and has ties to San Francisco, authorities said.
The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in …