Luigi Mangione, the man responsible for the shooting at a fast food restaurant in Manhattan, died of a violent vigilante

As praise poured in for the act of violent vigilantism, some companies removed the biographical information and photos of their executive leadership from their websites.

The man in custody was identified by New York City police as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. Mangione is a “person of interest” in the case that launched a nationwide search and sparked discussion about for-profit health care in the United States.

At the time of his arrest, Mangione had with him a ghost gun thought to be used in the shooting, a fake ID and three pages of text possibly indicating his motive, police said.

During the press conference featuring the NYPD police chief and embattled Mayor Eric Adams, police said an employee at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, recognized Mangione from photos made public by police and called local authorities.

New York police said that Thompson was shot dead in Manhattan in a “brazen, targeted murder.” Corporal August Stickel of the Altoona Police Department said Mangione was arrested this morning at the fast food restaurant on “unrelated charges.”

Social media pages appearing to belong to Mangione paint a complicated picture of an Ivy League-educated data engineer with an interest in philosophy and high-minded literature.

He had interests in literature and philosophy. Mangione said that writing off the book as a manifesto of a madman is easy because it identifies uncomfortable problems. It’s impossible to not notice how prescient he was about modern society.

Thompson’s plays a role in the malfunctioning of the U.S. health system and sparked a national outrage after the shooting. But Mangione, who appears to come from a wealthy and privileged background, would be less likely than many Americans to be at the economic mercy of that system.

The face of a hero who had taken action against a corrupt system was the image of the suspected shooter that was shared on social media.

Police were led to Mangione via a “combination of old-school detective work and new age technology,” Tisch said. We put in drones, K9 units, and scuba divers. We used the domainawareness system, argos cameras, and conducted aviation canvases.

A New York City, Pennsylvania, man arrested as a possible adolescent in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Three bullets recovered from the scene of the shooting had “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” written on them in permanent marker, two police officials told the Associated Press last week. Police later said that one of the bullets had a delay written on it. The title of the 2010 book by a Rutgers Law professor was Delay, Deny, Defend: What Insurance Companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it.

He was a tech worker with an Ivy League education who loved philosophy, wellness, and self- help advice from people like Andrew Huberman, a controversial podcaster.

Mangione became the valedictorian of the Gilman School due to his background in a family that owned two country clubs.

Mangione most recently worked as a data engineer at TrueCar, according to his LinkedIn page. Mangione has not been an employee of the company in the past five years.

The writings of Theodore Kaczynski, who was known as the “Unabomber” and whose targets included a president of United Airlines, was reviewed on a Goodreads account.

Authorities arrested a man in Pennsylvania on Monday who police say is connected to the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week.

The company didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement provided to other media outlets, a company spokesperson said: “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. We want everyone to respect the family’s privacy while they mourn.

Thompson had served in various executive roles at UnitedHealth Group since 2004, but had only been CEO of UnitedHealthcare for the past three years.