Pennsylvania Democratic Govt Josh Shapiro issued a strong condemnation of the suspect who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood.
Shapiro said in remarks at a press conference Monday against the suspect, 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione, after Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
“The suspect here is a coward, not a hero,” Shapiro said.
spoke against the governorVigilant justice” and rebuked those who have praised Thompson’s killing in “some dark corners” of the internet.
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“In America, we don’t cold-bloodedly kill people to settle policy differences or express a point of view,” Shapiro said.
His remarks came hours after a six-day manhunt for Thompson’s killer ended at a McDonald’s in Altoona.
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder arrested at Pennsylvania McDonald’s
Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives for a press conference regarding the arrest of Luigi Mangione on Monday, December 9, 2024 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. (David D. Delgado for Fox News Digital)
Mangion, a 26-year-old software developer, was taken into custody by rookie Altoona Police Officer Tyler Frye after an employee and an employee. Customers at McDonald’s Identified the accused from the wanted posters.
When officers approached Mangione — who was wearing a mask and beanie and was working on a laptop in the back of the restaurant — and asked him to cover his face, they recognized him as the suspect, Joe Thompson. wanted for questioning in the murder.
Who is LUIGI MANGIONE, the suspect in the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare?
Luigi Mangione was taken into custody Monday morning in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection with the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. (Luigi Mangione/Facebook)
During the encounter, he allegedly provided a fake ID, gave a fake name and “shut up and shook” when asked if he had been to New York recently.
He was also allegedly in possession of writings critical of the health care industry, and a ghost gun believed to have been used to kill Thompson.
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Altoona police initially arrested Mangione on charges of unlicensed possession of a firearm, providing false identification to police and forgery in connection with Thompson’s murder.
He has since been charged with murder in New York, according to online court records.
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.