Following Monday’s arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who was identified by New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch as the suspect in last Wednesday’s assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan, the suspect’s family released a statement expressing their shock at the news of Mangione’s arrest.
In a statement shared on X, formerly Twitter, the suspect’s cousin, Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione, explained that the family could not comment on the reports and allegations involving Magione’s role in the assassination of the UnitedHealthCare CEO.
“We only know what we have read in the media,” the family said in the statement shared by Nino Mangione. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news.”
According to ABC News, the 26-year-old suspect was charged in New York with the criminal possession of a weapon, the possession of a loaded firearm, and the possession of a forged instrument after being arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning. The outlet noted that the suspect was also charged with five crimes in Pennsylvania, including forgery, falsely identifying himself to law enforcement authorities, carrying a gun without a license, and the possession of “instruments of crime.”
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ABC News reported that police officials have indicated that Luigi Mangione is also facing second-degree murder charges for the assassination of Thompson in New York City.
According to The New York Post, law enforcement sources have indicated that the 26-year-old suspect had lost contact with his family weeks prior to last Wednesday’s shooting. Law enforcement sources told the outlet that Mangione’s mother reported her son as missing on November 18.
Additionally, one of Mangione’s former classmates from Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, told The New York Times that the suspect’s classmates were forwarded a message earlier in the year as his family was attempting to locate him. According to The New York Times, the classmate, identified as Aaron Cranston, claimed the message suggested that Mangione had not been in contact with his relatives since his back surgery, which occurred several months before the message was sent to his peers.
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