The man, identified as Luigi Mangione, was found with a gun that is similar to the one used to kill Thompson on Wednesday in New York City, as well as a silencer and a fake New Jersey ID. Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, are questioning a man in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News reported.
Police in Pennsylvania are questioning a man on Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News reported.
The man, identified by law enforcement sources as Luigi Mangione, was found with a gun that is similar to the one used to kill the 50-year-old Thompson by a masked gunman last Wednesday in New York City, according to NBC News.
Mangione also was found in possession of a silencer and a fake New Jersey identification in the name of “Marc Rosario,” according to law enforcement sources cited by NBC.
That was the same name on the fake New Jersey ID of a man who checked into a hostel in Manhattan, whom police were seeking as a person of interest in Thompson’s killing.
Mangione has not been arrested or charged by authorities but is only being questioned.
Police approached Mangione after receiving tips from customers at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona who believed he looked suspicious.
It is not known if the man being questioned in Altoona is the same person who has appeared in surveillance footage of a person of interest in the killing previously released by the New York Police Department.
The NYPD has said the suspect was spotted exiting the park on foot about 20 blocks north of the shooting scene, and that he then took a taxi north to the neighborhood of Washington Heights, where he was last seen entering the Port Authority Bus Terminal there.
Police have also said that person is believed to have arrived in New York City on Nov. 24 on a bus from Atlanta, and that he immediately went to the Hilton that same night and spent about a half hour walking around the streets nearby.