This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters. For decades, weapons manufacturing has been the domain of arms industry heavyweights: Glock, Sig Sauer, Remington, Sturm, Ruger & Co. Making a gun from scratch at home required thousands of dollars of …
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Luigi Mangione was officially indicted in New York City on multiple charges connected to the killing of UnitedHelathcare CEO Brian Thompson. The office for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the grand jury indictment Tuesday, Dec. 17, just over a week after Mangione was first arrested and charged. The new …
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Documentarian Michael Moore called people’s anger at the American health care system and for-profit insurance “1,000 percent justified” following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. On Friday, Moore penned a short essay for his Substack after being inundated with messages and interview requests following the revelation that Thompson’s suspected …
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Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4, had a significant online footprint before most web platforms suspended his accounts. These profiles seemed to reveal a healthy, accomplished, well-adjusted young man — though there were red flags, …
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The murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, America’s largest health insurer, has generated a lot of discourse over the past week and renewed conversation about the state of the U.S. health care system — something that was almost entirely missing from the 2024 campaign. Social media users have actively celebrated …
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The lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested and charged with killingUnitedHealthcareCEO Brian Thompson, appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday to explain why the suspect is fighting extradition from Pennsylvania — where Mangione was apprehended — to New York City, where Thompson’s murder occurred. Thomas Dickey, Mangione’s lawyer, told …
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After a manhunt that lasted several days, police arrested a suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Monday. Identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, the suspect was arrested in Pennsylvania on a local firearm charge and declared a person of interest before authorities were able to charge him …
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After a manhunt that lasted several days, police have finally arrested a suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione was charged in Manhattan with one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count of second-degree possession of …
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Police have arrested a suspect in last week’s shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and new details are emerging about a potential motive behind the assassination. Pennsylvania police arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after receiving reports of a man who was “acting suspiciously.” …
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Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested and charged with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has many hobbies. Friends of his say he led a book club in Hawaii, where he lived, regularly rock-climbed at a gym in the city of Kaka’ako, and, according to NBC News, …
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