Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the ambush and murder of United Healthcare CEO, was not insured by the company, the major company that owns the company announced.
UnitedHealth Group said it had no record of Mangione, 26, having insurance with the company.
Mangione is the suspect in the fatal shooting of CEO Brian Thompson on the morning of December 4 as he walked to a hotel where an investor conference was being held on a street in New York City.
The killing remains under investigation.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney said Mangione’s social media and posts indicate he suffered a painful and “life-altering injury” to his back.
Kenney said Mangione may have targeted Thompson because of UnitedHealthcare’s size.
“There is no indication that he was a customer of United Healthcare, but he does note that United Healthcare is the fifth largest company in America, which would make United Healthcare the largest company in America. ,” Kenney said in an interview. It was broadcast on Thursday.
“Maybe that’s why he targeted that company,” Kenney said.
Mangione was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was identified from a photo distributed by police, authorities said.
When he was arrested, police found a gun, a silencer, handwritten notes referencing the medical industry and a notebook, officials said.
The three-page handwritten document included the phrase, “These parasites just came,” a law enforcement source told NBC News.
Mangione appears to have written in a notebook about targeting the CEO, two people familiar with the investigation said. Archived social media posts show him discussing debilitating back pain.
Security video shows Thompson walking on a sidewalk in midtown Manhattan around 6:44 a.m. when a gunman wearing a mask and hooded jacket shot him in the back and continued firing.
Police said the killing was targeted. Police said Mangione is believed to have arrived in the city by bus on November 24 and stayed at a hostel.
Police announced Thursday that a gun recovered during Mangione’s arrest matched shell casings found at the murder scene.
Kenney said the gun, a so-called ghost gun, was 3D printed using a company’s receiver.
Mangione is being held in Pennsylvania and is fighting extradition to New York to face charges including weapons violations and forgery. The next hearing in the Pennsylvania case is scheduled for December 30th.
New York police announced that Mr. Mangione will be brought back to New York, where he will be arrested and charged with murder in Mr. Thompson’s death.
Mangione’s attorney said he intends to plead not guilty to all charges.
