A person of interest in the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was identified Monday as Luigi Mangione.
Mangione was taken into custody at an Altoona McDonald's on Monday morning after acting on a tip from a customer. Police allegedly found a gun that was similar to the one used in the shooting, a silencer, fake IDs and writings that were critical of the health insurance industry."Also recovered was a fraudulent New Jersey ID, matching the ID our suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting incident," police said.
Investigators have been combing the park since the Wednesday shooting and have been searching at least one of its ponds for three days.On Friday, police found the backpack that they say the killer discarded as he fled from the crime scene to an uptown bus station, where they believe he left the city on a bus.Retracing the gunman’s steps using surveillance video, investigators say the shooter fled into Central Park on a bicycle, emerged from park without his backpack and then ditched the bicycle.
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