A notebook found by Luigi Mangione contained a description of the killing of a CEO that matched his alleged murder last week in New York, NBC reported Wednesday UnitedHealthcare CEO details match.
“What do you do?” part of the notebook said.
“You surprised the CEO at the annual parasitic statistics conference,” the notebook read. “It is targeted, precise and does not endanger innocent people.”
The Ivy League graduate was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pa., after police found a gun, a silencer and ammunition in a backpack he was carrying at a local McDonald’s, along with the notebook.
NBC also reported Wednesday that fingerprints taken from Mangione matched those found near the Hilton Hotel in downtown Manhattan, where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death on Dec. 4 .
Thompson, a father of two, was scheduled to attend a funeral that morning by UnitedHealth Grouphis company’s parent company, is held at the Hilton.
Surveillance footage of Thompson’s killing showed a masked man shooting the executive with what appeared to be a silenced gun outside the Hilton Hotel, with another person nearby.
Hours after Thompson was killed, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tish told reporters, “I want to be clear: At this point, all signs point to a premeditated, planned, targeted attack. “
It was previously reported that when Mangione was arrested in Altoona, he was carrying a handwritten note that read, “You asked for these parasites.”
The note said he was not “cooperating with anyone,” adding, “I do apologize for any conflict or trauma, but it had to be done.”
The note criticized UnitedHealthcare, the U.S. health care industry and businesses.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (left) and Luigi Mangione (right).
Source: UnitedHealthcare (L) | NYPD (right)
Mangione, who holds two degrees from Penn State, reportedly suffered from severe back pain for years.
UnitedHealthcare, the largest private payer of health insurance benefits in the United States, has been criticized for denying customer claims.
Mangione is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on state firearms and forgery charges related to his arrest. The forgery charge involves his alleged possession of multiple false identification documents, including one he allegedly used to check into a hotel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side nearly two weeks before Thompson was killed.
He was charged with murder and gun crimes in Manhattan.
During a hearing in Blair County Court on Tuesday, Mangione refused to waive extradition to New York to face charges in Thompson’s murder.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and New York Governor Kathy Hochul said they would submit documents needed by a Pennsylvania judge to decide whether to order Mangione’s extradition.
—WNBC’s Jonathan Dienst contributed reporting.
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