Who Is Luigi Mangione? What We Know About the Suspect in the Fatal Shooting of United Healthcare CEO

Luigi Mangione was named a person of interest and later charged with murder in New York in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In Touch can reveal everything we know about the alleged suspect’s personal life, including his education, job and more.

Luigi Mangione Is an Ivy League Graduate

His X profile states that he has an “M.S.E. and B.S.E. in Computer Science” from the University of Pennsylvania.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Luigi started college in 2016 and “graduated with master’s and bachelor’s in computer science in a combined 4 years.” He graduated with the academic honor of Cum Laude. His concentration was studying Artificial Intelligence while he minored in mathematics.

While in college, Luigi was the founder and project lead for Penn’s first video game development club. He spent the summer of 2019 at Stanford University designing “lesson plans and taught artificial intelligence to gifted high school students as an AI teaching assistant.”

Luigi was also a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity while at Penn.

Luigi Mangione Was His High School’s Valedictorian

He was at the top of his class with the highest cumulative four-year GPA when he graduated from Baltimore, Maryland’s The Gilman School in 2016.

What Is Luigi Mangione’s Job?

According to his LinkedIn profile, Luigi most recently worked as a level III data engineer for TrueCar Inc., based in Santa Monica, California. He started with the company as a level I data engineer in November 2020 and his profile says he is still working there.

Luigi described his duties as, “Spearheaded the transition and integration of lease/loan payments to a new API, expanded pricing data sources, and improved call frequency and conditions, resulting in a 34% increase in new vehicle payments populated and more up-to-date payments on TrueCar.com.”

According to the company’s website, TrueCar “lets you control your car-buying journey” where users can “shop new and used cars, sell your car, and find all the vehicle information you need with our research.”

Luigi Mangione Lives in Hawaii

Although his job was based in Southern California, Luigi lists Honolulu, Hawaii, as his home on his X page and LinkedIn. He included several photos hiking through the lush mountains of the state.

What Happened to United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson?

Thompson was walking to the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan at approximately 6:45 a.m. on December 4, 2024, when he was shot assassination-style by a masked man wearing a hood. Thompson was on his way to attend a shareholder’s conference when the shooting occurred. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The suspect fled the scene on foot then disappeared into Central Park on an e-scooter. He abandoned a backpack, which was later found to contain a jacket and Monopoly game money, but no weapon.

Surveillance video captured the suspect taking down his mask at a nearby hostel the morning of the shooting, which the N.Y.P.D. released the photo in hopes of the public identifying the suspect.

When Was Luigi Mangione Arrested?

Luigi Mangione was taken into custody in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 9, 2024, after getting off a Greyhound bus and entering a McDonald’s. He was recognized by several patrons from the surveillance photo, and the store’s manager called local police.

“Because of that, we believe we have a strong person of interest,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference later that day. “He matches the description of the person we are looking for.

Altoona police discovered Luigi had a gun and a silencer similar to the one used in Thompson’s killing as well as a fake New Jersey ID the suspect reportedly used to check into the hostel, N.Y.P.D. Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed. Mangione was arrested on a gun charge by Altoona P.D. and held as a person of interest in Thompson’s murder.

Mangione was later charged with one count of murder, three counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of possession of a forged instrument, according to court documents obtained by NBC News.

In video footage shared via X on December 10, Mangione was seen being escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse for his extradition hearing. “It’s completely out of touch. It’s an insult to the intelligence of the American people,” he yelled while shouting about “injustice in the system.”

Luigi Mangione’s Family Speaks Out

Mangione’s family was “devastated by this news” of his arrest and murder charges, releasing a statement to NBC News.

“Unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione,” the statement continued. “We only know what we have read in the media. 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.”