Luigi Mangioni (left), Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione (right)
The person of interest identified and detained Monday in the apparent assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was revealed to have deep ties to the state of Maryland with family businesses in Baltimore and a family member in state government.
Authorities identified Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old former Ivy League student, as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, The Gateway Pundit reported Monday.
It was later discovered that his family owns multiple businesses in Baltimore City or Baltimore County, including Hayfields Country Club in Cockeysville.

The family of Luigi Mangione, who was arrested on gun charges and is a POI in the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, owns Hayfields Country Club and other businesses in the Baltimore area.
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He is also a cousin of Republican State Delegate Nino Mangione, who has been in office since 2019.
A source in Baltimore County who is indirectly familiar with the possible shooter described him as “super smart” and said the family is “very well off.” Some locals have rumored that Luigi Mangione had a bad injury and was a disgruntled client of United Healthcare or that he had a close family member who was wronged by the health care system. “But who knows,” said the local.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny revealed during a press conference earlier that Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco, California, and his last known address was in Honolulu, Hawaii. Watch below:
Kenny: As the commissioner stated earlier, a man was taken into custody today in Altoona, Pennsylvania this morning. He has been identified as Luigi Nicholas Mangione. He’s a male, 26 years old. He was born and raised in Maryland. We know he has ties to San Francisco, California, and his last known address was Honolulu, Hawaii. He has no prior arrest history in New York. Members of the NYPD Detective Bureau are currently traveling to Pennsylvania with members of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to interview this subject.
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It was revealed that police found a manifesto, which ranted against the healthcare industry, on Mangione, who was nabbed at a McDonald’s.
Law enforcement found at least four fake IDs on Mangione, a gun with a silencer, and a manifesto.
“These parasites had it coming” and “I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done,” the manifesto read, according to a police official who has seen the document, CNN reports.
Mangione was discovered to be an anti-Capitalist who ranted about the healthcare industry’s massive profits and believes in climate change.
“It Had to Be Done” – Police Find Manifesto on Ex-Ivy League Student Nabbed at McDonald’s in Connection to Fatal Shooting of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson
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