{"id":840855,"date":"2025-04-12T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T00:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-thanks-people-for-mail-on-new-website\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T00:12:12","slug":"unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-thanks-people-for-mail-on-new-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-thanks-people-for-mail-on-new-website\/","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect thanks people for mail on new website"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The suspect in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson thanked people who have written to him as he is jailed in a New York City detention facility.<\/p>\n

Luigi Mangione’s statement, posted on a website set up by his defense to provide information about his cases, appear to be his first public comments since he shouted to reporters before a court appearance in Pennsylvania in December.<\/p>\n

Mangione is charged in New York with first-degree murder<\/a> in furtherance of terrorism and other counts in Thompson’s Dec. 4 killing. The CEO was shot from behind as he was walking on a Manhattan sidewalk.<\/p>\n

Mangione said in the statement that people have written to him at the Metropolitan\u00a0Detention Center, where he is jailed pending trial.<\/p>\n

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Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on Dec. 23.<\/span>Curtis Means \/ AFP – Getty Images file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI am overwhelmed by \u2014 and grateful for \u2014 everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support,\u201d Mangione said in a statement<\/a> posted to that website.<\/p>\n

Thompson’s killing has been condemned by officials. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that \u201cthis type of premeditated, targeted gun violence cannot and will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, in whose state Mangione was arrested on Dec. 9<\/a>, criticized people who suggested Mangione was a hero or justified in the killing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this: He is no hero,\u201d Shapiro said after Mangione was arrested at a McDonald\u2019s in Altoona. <\/p>\n

Mangione is charged with murder and other counts in New York in connection with Thompson\u2019s killing, and he is also charged in Pennsylvania with weapons and other counts.<\/p>\n

Mangione allegedly used a \u201cghost gun<\/a>\u201d with a suppressor on it. The words \u201cdeny\u201d \u201cdepose\u201d and \u201cdelay\u201d were found on two spent shell casings and a bullet found at the scene, the district attorney\u2019s office said in announcing a murder indictment<\/a> against him.<\/p>\n

Mangione has pleaded not guilty. He is charged in New York with first-degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism; two counts of second-degree murder; four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon; one count of fourth-degree possession of a weapon; and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.<\/p>\n

UnitedHealthcare is the largest private insurer in the country, and writings found on Mangione when he was arrested detailed his grievances with the health care system, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Neither Mangione nor anyone in his family were insured by UnitedHealthcare, police have said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Phil Helsel<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Phil Helsel
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