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Luigi Mangione, the "strong person of interest" arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, purportedly "started to shake" after being confronted by police on Monday morning.
Mangione, 26, was arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald's restaurant after a worker noticed that he resembled publicly released surveillance images of the suspected shooter. At the time of his arrest, police allege that he was carrying fake identification and a silencer-equipped "ghost gun" that may have been used in the New York City homicide.
After being confronted by police, Mangione allegedly gave officers a fake driver's license and a false name before being asked whether he had recently been to New York. Mangione then purportedly went silent and began visibly shaking, according to a criminal complaint filed in Pennsylvania and obtained by Newsweek on Monday.
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"Affiant took the license and ran the information through the dispatch center," an affidavit in the complaint states. "Co-affiant asked the male if he had been to New York recently and the male became quiet and started to shake."
The affidavit goes on to state that Mangione provided his real name and birth date after being warned that he was "under an official police investigation" and would be arrested for lying about his identity. When asked why he initially provided a fake name, Mangione purportedly told officers, "I clearly shouldn't have."
In a news conference Monday night, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke about some reaction to Thompson's fatal shooting and attention celebrating the alleged killer, rather than condemning the violence. "In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint. I understand people have real frustration with our healthcare system, and I have worked to address that throughout my career. But I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters most."
In an earlier news conference on Monday, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione was in possession of a ghost gun "that had the capability of firing a 9mm round and a suppressor." Police also added they believe that the gun could have been made with a 3-D printer.
A handwritten three-page note was also found with Mangione when officers located him at the Pennsylvania McDonalds, Kenny said. The letter referenced Mangione's disdain for corporate America, Kenny added.
Update 12/9/24 8:07 p.m. ET: This story was updated with additional information.
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