By Gus Saltonstall

A person of interest was arrested Monday in Pennsylvania in connection to the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, according to authorities and multiple publications, including CNN.

The suspect, who has been identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was taken into custody Monday morning in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee recognized him and called local police, The New York Times reported.

At the time of arrest, Mangione was carrying a gun, a silencer, and false identification cards, including the fake ID from New Jersey that authorities believe the gunman used to check into the HI New York City Hostel on the Upper West Side, according to reports.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Jospeh Kenny said during a press conference on Monday that the weapon recovered appears to be a ghost gun that was assembled from parts manufactured by a 3-D printer.

Additionally, Mangione was carrying a handwritten manifesto when he was taken into custody that criticized the healthcare industry, sources told The New York Times and CNN.

Mangione has no prior arrests and was the valedictorian of his Maryland private high school, before graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022 with a degree in engineering, according to multiple reports.

Mangione is currently being held in Pennsylvania related to possible gun charges, but is expected to be extradited to New York to face charges connected to the shooting of Thompson, Kenny also said during the press conference.

You can watch the full NYPD press conference — HERE.

Please check in for updates as new information becomes available.

The Upper West Side Connection

In the hours and days after the fatal shooting of Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, multiple details related to the Upper West Side appeared.

The suspect stayed in the HI New York City Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue between West 103rd and 104th streets for around 10 days prior to the shooting, where he shared a room with two other men. A photo of the suspect smiling at a receptionist within the hostel also was widely shared by law enforcement as the clearest picture of his face.

Following the shooting, the suspect biked through Central Park, where he is believed to have dumped his backpack, before exiting near 77th Street and Central Park West and catching a cab at 86th Street and Columbus Avenue.

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