US CEO Death: All About Luigi Mangione - The Prime Suspect In The Killing Of Brian Thompson

Police identified the man as Luigi Nicholas Mangione. According to police, he was in possession of a gun at the time of his arrest.

According to Washington Post, a warrant cited on the New York state courts website late Monday listed charges of murder, illegal gun possession and possessing a forged instrument.

Mangione also faces five counts in Pennsylvania, including carrying a firearm without a license, possessing instruments of a crime and providing law enforcement with false identification.

Police acted on a tip off from a McDonald's in Pennsylvania, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. Mangione was tracked down in a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania. While he was carrying several fake IDs, a customer and a restaurant employee reportedly recognized him and called local police, Tisch later added.

Fifty-year-old Thompson was gunned down on last Wednesday morning in front of the New York Hilton Midtown as he walked to an investor conference. Investigation is still underway and the reason behind the killing is yet to be ascertained.

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Who is Luigi Mangione?

• The 26-year-old suspect was born and raised in Maryland. However, the probe far has revealed that he also has ties to San Francisco and a last known address in Honolulu, Hawaii.

• Mangione is a 2020 Ivy League graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with an undergraduate degree in computer science and a minor in mathematics. According to a report by NBC News, he simultaneously earned a graduate degree in computer and information science.

• Earlier, Mangione graduated from Gilman School, an all-male high school in Baltimore. 

• Investigation so far has revealed that Mangione appeared to have a significant online footprint, with several accounts using his name and pictures dating back years.

• His online footprint suggested that he became significantly active on X (formerly Twitter), in 2021 after five years of not having posted or reposted content. He also followed and endorsed some of the most influential thinkers in the social microblogging site

• His online posts also presents him to be a gym and wellness enthusiast with multi-faceted interests in the potential of artificial intelligence in reshaping society, content on declining mental health.

• In the realm of social media, Mangione also expressed his interest in Japanese culture by posting a list of ideas to increase the birth rate in the country that included advocating against some of its cultural institutions.