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According to a report by NBC News dated December 10, 2024, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's case, Luigi Mangione belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played the game Among Us.
Among Us is an online social deduction, multiplayer game published and developed by Innersloth LLC game studio. The game takes place in a space-themed setting wherein the players are cartoon astronauts comprising crewmates and imposters. Imposters embody assassins who kill crewmates while crewmates complete assigned tasks in the game and vote out who they believe the imposter is.
Alejandro Romero, who attended the University of Pennsylvania with Luigi Mangione was a member of the same Among Us Discord group and commented on the irony of Mangione being arrested for a murder stating:
"I just found it extremely ironic that, you know, we were in this game and there could actually be a true killer among us,"
Romero said that as soon as Mangione's photo and name began showing up on X, one of his friends texted asking if Romero knew Mangione. This led to Romero calling some of his friends and vice-versa. He also said that he hadn't spoken to anyone that day "who wasn't already aware of what had happened."
"It does seem that he has some ill will toward corporate America": NYPD Chief of Detectives commented on Luigi Mangione
According to a report by CBS dated December 10, 2024, before Luigi Mangione was identified as the suspect in Brian Thompson's shooting, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced that he was a person of interest in the case at a news conference on December 9, 2024.
Mangione was arrested in Altoona on unrelated charges at a McDonald's after a customer alerted one of the employees who called the police. As per the report, officers found a suppressor and a gun in Luigi Mangione's possession that was consistent with the gun used to shoot Thompson. Additionally, the gun seemed to be a ghost gun along with which mask and clothing consistent with that of the suspect were recovered.
Jessica Tisch said that a handwritten document was also found in Mangione's possession that spoke to his mindset and motivation. Commenting on Mangione's intent, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told the press:
"We don't think that there's any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does seem that he has some ill will toward corporate America."
Luigi Mangione was charged on the evening of December 9, 2024, with five counts in Pennsylvania including tampering with records or identification, forgery, firearms not to be carried without a license, false identification to law enforcement, and possessing instruments of crime.
As for his background, a Penn spokesperson confirmed to CBS News that Luigi Mangione graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. Mangione received a Master of Science in engineering with a major in computer and information science, and a Bachelor of Science in engineering along with a major in computer science and a minor in mathematics.
Mangione's LinkedIn account states that he worked as a data engineer at TrueCar and a spokesperson for the company confirmed his employment till 2023.
