Luigi Mangione, the man believed to be responsible for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, expressed his frustration with the increasing influence of large healthcare insurance firms in a handwritten manifesto, where he accused these companies of prioritizing “immense profit” over the well-being of American citizens, according to sources.
The 26-year-old named UnitedHealthcare as one of the most prominent companies in the United States by market value and criticized the entire health insurance sector in a two-and-a-half-page document directed at “the Feds,” which investigators found after his arrest on Monday.
“These [companies] have amassed too much power and continue to exploit our nation for enormous profit,” Mangione wrote in the manifesto, sources said.
While Mangione seemed to express remorse for the possible harm caused—likely referring to the execution-style shooting of Thompson, 50, in the busy Midtown area last week—he insisted that his actions were necessary.
“I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done,” he wrote. “Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming,” according to sources.
The 26-year-old, who was charged with murder by New York authorities late Monday, also stated that he carried out the attack alone in the brief manifesto.
His writings echo his anti-capitalist sentiments shared online on platforms like Goodreads and X, where he often voiced his disdain for the capitalist system.
In a tweet from April, Mangione referenced Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which critiques capitalism, the bourgeoisie, and societal class structures, according to its description.
Mangione also posted a quote from the notorious anti-establishment figure Ted Kaczynski, the “Unabomber,” on Goodreads.
“Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness,” Kaczynski wrote, a quote Mangione liked.
Authorities reportedly found Mangione’s handwritten note along with a 3D-printed pistol, a 3D-printed silencer, a loaded Glock magazine, and several fake IDs in his backpack when they arrested him at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
A customer at the restaurant recognized Mangione from surveillance footage of the suspect sought in the daylight shooting of Thompson last week, police stated.
The customer notified an employee, who then contacted the police.
When officers arrived, they saw Mangione sitting at a table with his laptop and asked him to remove his face mask.
Upon seeing his face, the officers “immediately recognized him as the suspect,” according to a criminal complaint.
Mangione reportedly began shaking when one of the officers inquired if he had recently been in New York City.
He was arrested and charged with forgery, carrying firearms without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing an instrument of crime, and providing false identification to law enforcement.
Mangione was denied bail and is expected to be extradited to New York.
{Matzav.com}