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| victim = [[Brian Thompson (businessman)|Brian Thompson]]
| type = Shooting
| weapon = Suppressed [[3D-printed gun|3D-printed]] [[9×19mm]] pistol{{br}}([[Glock 19]] [[ghost gun]] according to the police<ref name="NYT3DGlock" />)
| accused = Luigi Nicholas Mangione
| motive = [[Retaliation]] against [[UnitedHealthcare]], the [[U.S. health insurance industry]], and [[corporate greed]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Emily Mae |last=Czachor |title=Bullets fired at UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had words written on them, officials say|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-healthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooting-bullets-words-written-on-them/|publisher=CBS News |date=December 5, 2024}}</ref>
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*[[Criminal possession of a weapon|Possession of an instrument of crime]]<ref name="NYT0912242">{{cite news |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Investigators of C.E.O.'s Killing Are Questioning a Man in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209175838/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect |url-status=live}}</ref>
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[[Brian Thompson (businessman)|Brian Thompson]], the 50-year-old CEO of the American health insurance company [[UnitedHealthcare]]
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Many Americans reacted online to the killing with contempt and mockery towards Thompson and UnitedHealth Group. More broadly, they criticized the [[U.S. healthcare system]]. Many social media users characterized the killing as deserved or justified; these attitudes relate to anger over UnitedHealth's business practices and those of the [[United States health insurance]] industry in general – primarily the strategy to deny coverage to clients. In particular, Thompson's death was compared to the harm or death experienced by clients who were denied coverage by insurance companies. Some public officials offered condolences to Thompson's family. Inquiries about protective services and security for CEOs and corporate executives surged following the killing.
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== Suspect ==
{{Infobox person
| name = Luigi
| image = Suspect in Brian Thompson killing at hotel 01.png
| image_caption = CCTV photo of the suspect – identified as Mangione – at the HI New York City Hostel, released by the NYPD
| birth_name = Luigi Nicholas Mangione
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Towson, Maryland]], U.S.
| education = [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Science in Engineering|BSE]], [[Master of Science in Engineering|MSE]])
| occupation = [[Data engineer]]
| employer = [[TrueCar]] (2020–2023)
| known_for = Suspect in killing of Brian Thompson
| father = [[Louis Mangione]]
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'''Luigi Nicholas Mangione''' (<!--please read [[Help:IPA/English]] and [[Help:Pronunciation respelling key]] before editing the following transcription-->{{IPAc-en
After his graduation, starting November 2020, he worked remotely<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scannell |first=Karina Tsui, Steve Almasy, Andy Rose, John Miller, Brynn Gingras, Kara |date=2024-12-12 |title=He cut off some loved ones for months. Now, suspect Luigi Mangione faces mounting evidence in health care CEO’s killing |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-thursday-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> as a [[data engineer]] for [[TrueCar]], a car retailing website company headquartered in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Jaelyn |date=2024-12-11 |title=Former TrueCar employee linked to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO |url=https://www.cbtnews.com/former-truecar-employee-linked-to-murder-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=CBT News |language=en-US}}</ref> His employment there ended at some point during 2023, according to the company. His last known residence was in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Katersky |first1=Aaron |last2=Crudele |first2=Mark |last3=Margolin |first3=Josh |last4=Deliso |first4=Meredith |date=December 11, 2024 |title=What we know about Luigi Mangione, Ivy League grad charged in CEO's murder |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect/story?id=116460289 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> In November 2024, Mangione was reported missing by his mother, who said the family had not heard from him since July of that year. It was around the same time during the summer of 2024 that Mangione stopped posting on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skene |first=Lea |last2=Kelleher |first2=Jennifer Sinco |date=December 13, 2024 |title=Back trouble and brain fog bothered suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, his posts show |url=https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-back-surgery-mental-health-35086d2e01089f53db7b95e7b6c683e4 |url-status=live |access-date=December 13, 2024 |website=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213020311/https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-back-surgery-mental-health-35086d2e01089f53db7b95e7b6c683e4 |archive-date=13 December 2024 }}</ref>
=== Arrest and charges ===
Local police in [[Altoona, Pennsylvania]], arrested 26-year-old Mangione on December 9, 2024, at a [[McDonald's]] restaurant in the city. An employee there had called the police to say that a customer had recognized the suspect from images released by the NYPD.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Luigi Mangione 'went missing' after back surgery as friends reveal health issues |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/luigi-mangione-spondylolisthesis-back-pain-reddit-surgery-b2662396.html |first=James |last=Liddell |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ricky |last=Sayer |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/luigi-mangione-arrest-altoona-pennsylvania-mcdonalds-reaction/ |title=Luigi Mangione's arrest in Altoona McDonald's baffles residents: 'Here of all places' |work=[[CBS News]] |date=December 10, 2024 |access-date=December 12, 2024 }}</ref> Altoona is about {{Convert|280|mi|km}} west of New York City.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Jessica |last2=Sheerin |first2=Jude |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Luigi Mangione charged with murdering healthcare CEO in New York |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2zwqqr1ro |access-date=December 10, 2024 |work= |publisher=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210061237/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2zwqqr1ro |url-status=live}}</ref>
Mangione was charged in [[Blair County, Pennsylvania]], with carrying a gun without a license, [[forgery]], falsely identifying himself to the authorities, and possessing "instruments of crime" on December 9, 2024.<ref name="NYT12092024 B2">{{cite news |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Suspect in Health Care C.E.O.'s Killing Charged With Murder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210053315if_/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |work=New York Times}}</ref> He was arraigned at around 6 p.m. at the [[Blair County Courthouse]] and was denied [[bail]].<ref name="NYT12092024 B2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Luigi Mangione Questioned By Police At Blair County Courthouse |url=https://www.inkl.com/news/luigi-mangione-questioned-by-police-at-blair-county-courthouse |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=inkl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Ashley R. |last2=Pazmino |first2=Gloria |last3=Morales |first3=Mark |last4=Gingras |first4=Brynn |last5=Miller |first5=John |last6=Andone |first6=Dakin |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Suspect in killing of health care CEO arrested on gun charge in Pennsylvania, NYC top cop says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-monday/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209190410if_/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-monday/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> By the end of the day, he was charged in Manhattan with [[second-degree murder]], three counts of [[Criminal possession of a weapon|illegal weapons possession]], and forgery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bohannon |first=Molly |date=December 10, 2024 |title=What We Know About Luigi Mangione: Suspected UnitedHealthcare Shooter Found With 'Written Admissions,' Police Say |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/12/10/what-we-know-about-luigi-mangione-suspected-unitedhealthcare-shooter-found-with-written-admissions-police-say/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT12092024 B2" /><ref name="NYTWithdrew" /> He was held in the [[State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon|State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon]], a close-security correctional facility in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside SCI-Huntingdon, the prison where Luigi Mangione is being held |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/12/11/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-huntingdon/stories/202412110077 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}</ref> He was denied bail for the second time on December 10, 2024, and through his attorney, he
▲Mangione was charged in [[Blair County, Pennsylvania]], with carrying a gun without a license, [[forgery]], falsely identifying himself to the authorities, and possessing "instruments of crime" on December 9, 2024.<ref name="NYT12092024 B2">{{cite news |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Suspect in Health Care C.E.O.'s Killing Charged With Murder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210053315if_/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |work=New York Times}}</ref> He was arraigned at around 6 p.m. at the [[Blair County Courthouse]] and was denied [[bail]].<ref name="NYT12092024 B2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Luigi Mangione Questioned By Police At Blair County Courthouse |url=https://www.inkl.com/news/luigi-mangione-questioned-by-police-at-blair-county-courthouse |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=inkl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Ashley R. |last2=Pazmino |first2=Gloria |last3=Morales |first3=Mark |last4=Gingras |first4=Brynn |last5=Miller |first5=John |last6=Andone |first6=Dakin |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Suspect in killing of health care CEO arrested on gun charge in Pennsylvania, NYC top cop says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-monday/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209190410if_/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-monday/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> By the end of the day, he was charged in Manhattan with [[second-degree murder]], three counts of [[Criminal possession of a weapon|illegal weapons possession]], and forgery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bohannon |first=Molly |date=December 10, 2024 |title=What We Know About Luigi Mangione: Suspected UnitedHealthcare Shooter Found With 'Written Admissions,' Police Say |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/12/10/what-we-know-about-luigi-mangione-suspected-unitedhealthcare-shooter-found-with-written-admissions-police-say/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT12092024 B2" /><ref name="NYTWithdrew" /> He was held in [[State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon]], a close-security correctional facility in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside SCI-Huntingdon, the prison where Luigi Mangione is being held |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/12/11/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-huntingdon/stories/202412110077 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}</ref> He was denied bail for the second time on December 10, 2024, and he pledged to fight against a prospective [[Interstate extradition in the United States|interstate extradition]] to New York.<ref name="details">{{cite news |last1=Sisak |first1=Michael R. |last2=Scolford |first2=Mark |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO struggles, shouts while entering courthouse |url=https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-c68d0328f278d85fcf201ae89f634098 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/7Qnj8 |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |accessdate=December 10, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter/76881755007/|title=Luigi Mangione denied bail, will fight extradition in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO|first1=Christopher|last1=Cann|first2=Jorge L.|last2=Ortiz|publisher=USA Today|date=December 10, 2024|accessdate=December 10, 2024}}</ref>
=== Alleged manifesto ===
{{Wikisource|Luigi Mangione Manifesto|single=true}}
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=== Possible motives and views ===
The current investigator theory of motive is ill will towards the health insurance industry.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Sundby |first=Alex |last2=Ferris |first2=Layla |last3=Doan |first3=Laura |last4=Li |first4=Emma |last5=Doyle |first5=John |date=2024-12-12 |title=What we know about Luigi Mangione, suspect charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luigi-mangione-healthcare-ceo-shooting-what-we-know/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Police believe the motive was related to an injury that Mangione had suffered that caused him to visit the emergency room in July 2023. Online photos showed screws in his back.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Mangione had [[spondylolisthesis]], a lower back condition.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pugachevsky |first1=Julia |date=December 11, 2024 |title=Luigi Mangione had spondylolisthesis, a lower back condition. He wrote about painful symptoms like sciatica on Reddit. |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/luigi-mangione-had-spondylolisthesis-lower-221331683.html |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=Yahoo News |agency=Business Insider}}</ref> Sources told CBS they believed Mangione had resentment towards UnitedHealthcare as well as other health insurance companies.<ref name=":0" />
Police believe that Mangione was inspired by [[Ted Kaczynski]]'s [[Industrial Society and Its Future|''Industrial Society and its Future'']].<ref name="inspired by Unabomber">{{Cite web |last=Katersky |first=Aaron |title=UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect inspired by Unabomber: NYPD analysis |date=December 10, 2024 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-inspired-unabomber-nypd-analysis/story?id=116653076 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> Mangione's account posted a [[Goodreads]] review of ''Industrial Society and Its Future'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2024 |work=Goodreads |title=Luigi's Reviews > Industrial Society and Its Future |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4065667863?book_show_action=false|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> describing Kaczynski as "rightfully imprisoned" and was critical of his use of violence against innocent individuals. The review, which gave the manifesto four out of five stars, also contained a quote that the reviewer claimed to have found online. The quote contained the lines {{" '}}Violence never solved anything' is a statement uttered by cowards and predators" and "when all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive."<ref>{{cite news |last=Pulver |first=Dinah Voyles |date=December 9, 2024 |title=4 Stars for the Unabomber: 'Person of interest' in CEO slaying reviewed killer's manifesto |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/09/luigi-mangione-unabomber-four-star-review/76868674007/ |accessdate=December 10, 2024 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Who is Luigi Mangione — the man charged with murder of US executive Brian Thompson? |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/who-is-luigi-mangione-the-man-charged-with-murder-of-us-executive-brian-thompson/0ot67j1lt |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=SBS News |language=en |quote= |agency=AFP, Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ferguson |first=Malcolm |date=December 9, 2024 |title=The Murky Right-Wing Politics of the Alleged UHC Shooter |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/189162/uhc-united-healthcare-shooter-what-we-know-right-wing-politics |access-date=December 9, 2024 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}</ref>
According to ''[[Business Insider]]'', Mangione's social media posts showed apparent frustration with the medical field, skepticism of doctors, and supported the idea that "his worldview was influenced by [[reactionary]] right-wing thinkers". Mangione showed a skeptical attitude towards both [[Joe Biden]] and [[Donald Trump]], while showing apparent support for [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]'s run for [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign|president in 2024]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsham |first=Jack |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Luigi Mangione's deleted social-media posts showed support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and skepticism of doctors |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/luigi-mangiones-deleted-social-media-posts-clues-politics-2024-12 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |quote=His deleted posts support the idea that his worldview was influenced by reactionary right-wing thinkers.}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine said it could not tell whether he was left-wing or right-wing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alaimo |first=Kara |date=2024-12-13 |title=The Internet Missed the Point on Luigi Mangione |url=https://time.com/7201952/luigi-mangione-internet-myths-essay/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Spectator]]'' wrote that his worldview "wasn’t pinned to a standard left-right axis."<ref name=":4" /> His social media expressed concerns over the implications of [[pornography]], [[Diversity, equity, and inclusion|DEI programs]], falling [[Total fertility rate|fertility rates]], "[[wokeism]]", [[Secularism|secularization]], the [[decline of Christianity in the Western world|decline of Christianity]] and promoted [[Social conservatism|traditionalist ideas]].<ref name="inspired by Unabomber" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Dee |first=Katherine |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Inside the mind of Luigi Mangione |url=https://thespectator.com/topic/inside-mind-luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-killing-suspect/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=The Spectator World |language=en-US |quote=Mangione's dissatisfaction had a different inflection. He gravitated toward "traditionalism," a term gaining traction in certain media spaces as shorthand for a certain right-tinged longing: for older aesthetics, more formal courtship rituals, seemingly more authentic ways of life. Thinkpieces abound about this niche of right-coded thought, which seeks permanence and depth beyond what the digital present seems to offer.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ferguson |first=Malcolm |date=December 9, 2024 |title=The Murky Right-Wing Politics of the Alleged UHC Shooter |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/189162/uhc-united-healthcare-shooter-what-we-know-right-wing-politics |access-date=December 9, 2024 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Rhian Lubin |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Alleged CEO killer praised Elon Musk and backed Peter Thiel in social media posts |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/luigi-mangione-murder-unitedhealthcare-elon-musk-b2661922.html |website=[[Independent.co.uk]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Coen |first1=Susie |last2=Jewers |first2=Chris |date=December 11, 2024 |title=Who is Luigi Mangione? The Ivy League student charged with murdering insurance boss |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/12/11/luigi-mangione-murder-suspect-unabomber-revolutionary/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
== Reactions ==
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Anthony Zenkus, a senior lecturer in social work at [[Columbia University]], said on social media: "Today, we mourn the death of ... Brian Thompson, gunned down ... wait I'm sorry—today we mourn the deaths of 68,000 Americans who needlessly die each year so that insurance company execs like Brian Thompson can become multimillionaires".<ref name="ft barnes 06-12">{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Oliver |date=December 6, 2024 |title=UnitedHealth shooting stokes mourning and glee on social media |url=https://www.ft.com/content/79673e16-254f-4125-938b-b1d28683314f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/amUvD |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |access-date=December 6, 2024 |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony R. Zenkus |publisher=[[Columbia University School of Social Work]] |url=https://socialwork.columbia.edu/directory/anthony-r-zenkus |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=socialwork.columbia.edu |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830104428if_/https://socialwork.columbia.edu/directory/anthony-r-zenkus |url-status=live}}</ref> One physician told ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' that they believed the perpetrator should be brought to justice, but they also stated that Thompson's role as CEO had led to a great amount of suffering and loss of life, which he described as "on the order of millions", adding that "[it is] hard for me to sympathize when so many people have suffered because of his company".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Craig |first=Sean |date=December 5, 2024 |title=Moderators Delete Reddit Thread as Doctors Torch Dead UnitedHealthcare CEO |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/leading-medical-subreddit-deletes-thread-on-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder-after-users-slam-his-record/ |access-date=December 7, 2024 |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207020348if_/https://www.thedailybeast.com/leading-medical-subreddit-deletes-thread-on-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder-after-users-slam-his-record/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
Within a week, Mangione had been hailed as a [[folk hero]] by many online.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Prudente |first1=Tim |last2=Smith |first2=Brenna |date=December 11, 2024 |title=Celebrated with memes and merch, Luigi Mangione embraced by internet after arrest |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/luigi-mangione-brian-thompson-joan-donovan-DTRBVHDYLVFWBIF64XZBYCPMZU/ |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=The Baltimore Banner |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Valinsky |first1=Jordan |date=10 December 2024 |title=1-star McDonald's reviews and sympathetic merch: Companies try to stop online support for CEO killer suspect {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/10/business/deny-defend-dispose-merchandise-amazon-ceo-shooting/index.html |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> Internet users nicknamed the perpetrator "the Adjuster" or "the Claims Adjuster".<ref>{{cite news |last=Tenbarge |first=Kat |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Merch sellers cash in on UnitedHealthcare CEO killing |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/united-healthcare-ceo-killer-suspect-merch-luigi-mangione-rcna183444 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Watercutter |first=Angela |date=December 10, 2024 |title=The Internet's Obsession With Luigi Mangione Signals a Major Shift |url=https://www.wired.com/story/internet-culture-luigi-mangione-major-shift-fandom/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |magazine=Wired}}</ref> The McDonald's where Magione was arrested as a result of a tip from a customer who alerted an employee after recognizing the suspect<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/us/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-arrest-explained/index.html|title=How suspect on the run in CEO's killing was recognized at a Pennsylvania McDonald's, hash brown in hand, and finally captured|work=[[CNN]]|last1=Sanchez |first1=Ray |last2=Miller |first2=John|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=December 11, 2024|access-date=December 11, 2024|archive-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.ph/uuhIv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news|title=Suspect in Health Care C.E.O.'s Killing Charged With Murder|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Newsman |first1=Andy Newman |last2=Wilson |first2=Michael |last3=Bogel-Burroughsn |first3=Nicholas |language=en-US|url-status=live|date=December 9, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-date=December 11, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.ph/8I8BX}}</ref> was [[review bomb]]ed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lalljee |first=Jason |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Altoona McDonald's review-bombed following police tip about UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/altoona-mcdonalds-luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare |access-date=December 10, 2024 |work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luigi Mangione caught at McDonald's: The $60,000 question — Who's getting rewarded for catching suspect, and when? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/luigi-mangione-caught-at-mcdonalds-the-60000-question-whos-getting-rewarded-for-catching-suspect-and-when/articleshow/116194363.cms |date=December 10, 2024 |website=Times of India |access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref> A viral tweet by a software engineer who provided information on how to find the assassin after examining data from [[Citi Bike]]'s bikeshare program was called a "snitch" by some
Crowdsourcing fundraisers were also started by supporters of Mangione to cover his legal costs on [[GoFundMe]], before being removed.<ref name="gofundme-1" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Morris |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91243533/luigi-mangione-gofundme-campaigns-suspected-ceo-shooter-removed |date=December 9, 2024 |title=GoFundMe campaigns for suspected CEO shooter Luigi Mangione appear—and are quickly removed|newspaper=Fast Company|accessdate=December 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="gofundme-3">{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Morris |date=December 10, 2024 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91244349/luigi-mangione-crowdfunding-campaigns-gofundme|title=More Luigi Mangione crowdfunding campaigns pop up, but experts urge caution|publisher=Fast Company|accessdate=December 11, 2024}}</ref> A [[GiveSendGo]] fundraiser has remained live;<ref name="Keller 2024">{{cite web |date=December 10, 2024 |first=Erin |last=Keller |url=https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-gets-thousands-defense-thank-you-your-service-1998688 |title=Luigi Mangione Gets Thousands for Defense: 'Thank You for Your Service' |publisher=Newsweek |accessdate=December 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="gofundme-3" /><ref name="Vaillancourt 2024">{{cite web|first1=William|last1=Vaillancourt|title=Fans of Luigi Mangione Raise Tens of Thousands for His Defense|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/fans-of-luigi-mangione-raise-tens-of-thousands-for-his-defense/|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|publisher=The Daily Beast Company LLC|date=December 10, 2024|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref> as of December 12, it has raised over $45,000.<ref name="Sandel 2024">{{cite web |date=December 12, 2024 |first=Jenna|last=Sundel|url=https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-gofundme-fundraiser-lawyer-advises-unitedhealth-ceo-1999988|title=Why Luigi Mangione May Not Get $45,000 Donated to His Legal Defense|publisher=Newsweek |accessdate=December 12, 2024}}</ref> Other social media users linked Mangione's [[prison commissary|jail commissary]] account soliciting donations for "snacks, sodas, an iPad, etc."<ref name="Sundel 2024">{{cite web|first1=Jenna|last1=Sundel|title=Why Luigi Mangione May Not Get $45,000 Donated to His Legal Defense|url=https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-gofundme-fundraiser-lawyer-advises-unitedhealth-ceo-1999988|work=[[Newsweek]]|publisher=Newsweek Inc.|date=December 12, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> In an interview with [[CNN]]'s [[Kaitlan Collins]], Mangione's defense attorney, Thomas Dickey, responded that "The Supreme Court [[Citizens United v. FEC|says all these rich billionaires can give all kind of money to candidates]] and that's 'free speech,' so maybe these people were exercising their right to free speech and saying that's the way they're supporting my client."<ref name="Vaillancourt 2024" />
The [[BBC]] reported that the lack of pity for Thompson expressed online "seemed to bridge the political divide".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Madeline |first1=Mike |last2=Halpert |date=December 8, 2024 |title=Killing of insurance CEO reveals simmering anger at US health system |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2eeeep0npo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210061225/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2eeeep0npo |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |access-date=December 11, 2024 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> Prominent [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] commentators, like [[Ben Shapiro]] and [[Matt Walsh (political commentator)|Matt Walsh]], received online backlash from their viewership for condemning the criticism of Thompson and for portraying it as an exclusively [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] sentiment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fung |first1=Katherine |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Conservatives face backlash from followers over UnitedHealthcare murder |url=https://www.newsweek.com/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-ben-shapiro-matt-walsh-backlash-1997728 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Watercutter |first1=Angela |date=December 10, 2024 |title=The Internet's Obsession With Luigi Mangione Signals a Major Shift |url=https://www.wired.com/story/internet-culture-luigi-mangione-major-shift-fandom/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]}}</ref> The [[Network Contagion Research Institute]] found that out of the top ten most-engaged
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[[David Kaczynski]], the brother of the "Unabomber" [[Ted Kaczynski]], expressed concern over his late brother's apparent influence on Mangione, stating: "It really gives me a great deal of personal pain to think my brother's actions have in any way contributed to influencing a man like this to kill an innocent human being."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brother-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-terrible-mistake-luigi-mangione-was-in-rcna183612|title=Brother of 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski: It's a 'terrible mistake' if he influenced Luigi Mangione|first=Erik|last=Ortiz|publisher=NBC News|date=December 10, 2024|accessdate=December 10, 2024}}</ref>
Independent journalist [[Ken Klippenstein]] stated that numerous major media outlets have refused to publish Mangione's alleged manifesto despite being in possession of it, writing "My queries to ''The New York Times'', CNN and ABC to explain their rationale for withholding the manifesto, while gladly quoting from it selectively, have not been answered." Klippenstein also alleged that ''[[The New York Times]]'' directed their staff to "dial back" on showing photographs containing Mangione's face.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klippenstein |first1=Ken |title=NY Times Doesn’t Want You to See Shooter's Face |url=https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ny-times-doesnt-want-you-to-see-mangiones |website=www.kenklippenstein.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Morton |first1=Victor |title=Journalist releases full text of Luigi Mangione’s manifesto |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/luigi-mangione-manifesto-full-text-released-ken-kl/ |website=[[The Washington Times]] |access-date=December 13, 2024 |date=December 10, 2024}}</ref> [[Engadget]] reported that moderators of [[subreddits]] on [[Reddit]] were instructed to remove posts and links containing Mangione's alleged manifesto
On December 12, 2024, a 42-year-old woman from [[Lakeland, Florida]], Briana Boston was arrested and charged with threatening to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism after she allegedly said, "Delay, deny, depose, you people are next" while on the phone with representatives of [[Blue Cross Blue Shield Association|BlueCross BlueShield]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Eckstein |first=Griffin |title="Delay, deny, depose": Florida woman arrested for echoing UHC shooter in claim call|date=December 12, 2024 |url=https://www.salon.com/2024/12/12/delay-deny-depose-florida-woman-arrested-for-echoing-uhc-shooter-in-claim-call/ |work=Salon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Neammanee|first=Pocharapon|title=Woman Arrested After Saying 'Delay, Deny, Depose' On Call With Insurance Company|date=December 12, 2024 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-woman-insurance-company-threat_n_675b2ddee4b004dbae19159c|work=HuffPost |access-date=13 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rains |first=Sierra |title=Lakeland woman threatens insurance company, says 'Delay, Deny, Depose': police |date=December 12, 2024 |url=https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-county/lakeland-woman-threatens-insurance-company-says-delay-deny-depose-police/ |work=wfla.com }}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Assassination of Shinzo Abe]], another killing of a public figure that resulted in public sympathy towards the assassin and backlash against the institutions related to the victim.
* [[Healthcare in the United States]]
* [[Health insurance in the United States]]
* [[Affordable Care Act]]
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