Special Report: Suspect Arrested in UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder

This is breaking new loose from Blomberg. 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:12.400 We have a strong person of interest in the shooting 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:19.160 that shook our city last week. The CEO, Brian Thompson 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:25.040 of United Healthcare was the victim of a senseless act 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:25.920 of violence. 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:29.520 We've been listening to a news conference including the Mayor 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:33.040 of New York City, Eric Adams, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tish, 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.920 and we're just listening to a question and answer session 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.479 with an NYPD's Chief of Detectives, Joseph Kinney, after the 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.080 NYPD has identified a person of interest in the killing 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:47.680 of the United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson days ago, identifying 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:50.920 Luigi Mangioni, a twenty six year old born and raised 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:54.360 in Maryland, according to authorities, with no prior arrest record, 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:58.200 has been taken into custody in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where according 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:01.040 to the NYPD, he will be facing un charges, and 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.240 the NYPD says they will be working with the Manhattan 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.360 District Attorney, Alvin Bragg on when this person of interest 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:10.039 may be brought to New York to face additional charges there. 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:13.600 We also learned Joe that the suspect, Luigi Manngioni was 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:15.959 a person of interest, rather, was in possession of a 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:19.200 ghost gun with the capability of firing a nine millimeter 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.200 round when he was taken into custody at a McDonald's 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:23.480 in Pennsylvania earlier today. 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:26.119 Yeah, pretty remarkable. Capable of firing a nine millimeters round, 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:28.960 something that could be created on a three D printer, 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:32.440 something that his concerned authorities for a long time. And 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:36.119 here we are again talking about this. His last address Honolulu, 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.120 even though he is from Towson, Maryland, not that far 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.560 outside of the nation's capital. Here, this young man with 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:46.440 stories we just heard pretty remarkable, Kaylee, about the effective 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.279 use of drones combined with canine units, and of course 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:53.160 the willingness of a McDonald's employee to make a phone call. 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.160 In this case, we want to bring in Miles Miller 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.720 once again, managing editor for Bloomberg's TV, who's been driving 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.000 our coverage on this store for us, and he's back 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.640 with us from world headquarters in New York. Miles, what 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:04.240 comes next? 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.600 Yeah, So, right now, he's going to be charged locally 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:12.000 in Altuna, Pennsylvania, in connection with the gun possession and 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:16.040 fake ID charges. Once that's done with, they'll do an 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.240 extradition hearing, and the hope is to get him back 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:23.480 to New York if he does waive extradition. You know, 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:28.000 in listening to this press conference, you listen to a 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:32.800 story about a twenty six year old man from Marilyn 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.720 who made his way up to New York had spent 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:40.120 so much time here to pre plan and methodically plan 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:44.440 the shooting of this healthcare executive. We have been able 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.640 to dig through his background and he has talked a 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:52.040 lot in the past. He wrote, he posted a review 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:57.200 of a book by Ted Kaczinski, and he has in 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:01.000 the manifesto that was on his person, and he talked 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.280 a lot about being anti corporate America and about some 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.239 of the issues he finds with the healthcare system. All 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:11.040 of this found on his person in that McDonald's, and 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:15.799 as the police said, this was all solved by an 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.560 eagle eyed McDonald's employee who sees a guy who matches 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.560 the description of the suspect and calls police and on 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.440 him they find not only that gun with the suppressor 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.320 that he made himself on the three D printer, but 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:30.960 they also find that manifesto two pages handwritten sources telling 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:36.080 me and that it has a lot of writing about 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.480 anti capitalism and anti healthcare. 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.560 Yeah, we heard from Joe Kenny this idea that he 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:46.280 expressed in that manifesto quote ill will toward corporate America. 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:48.720 Although the NYPD did seem to suggest they do not 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:51.560 think anyone else is at threat hereer as no one 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:56.040 else specifically was named but Miles. They said on multiple occasions, 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.320 we're not done here. This investigation is going to continue. 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.160 What detail still could surface themselves that they will be 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.000 looking to uncover that could potentially move this individual from 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.560 person of interest to a suspect charge with these crimes. 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.320 Well, you know, they sent off the fingerprints, and they 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:15.640 sent off the DNA from that water bottle that was 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:19.120 found in the alleyway after the shooting several days ago. 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.080 Now they will hope to get him to submit to 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.400 DNA testing and to see if there's a match. The 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.719 need definitive match to make sure that this is exactly 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.760 the person. They will do ballistic testing. They'll send that 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.840 gun to the police lab in Queen's and make sure 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.599 that it is the gun that was used in this 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.440 because right now the case has to be firmed up 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:42.039 by firm evidence. Then, in addition to that they've got 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.400 to see if he was planning anything else. They'll go 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.800 through his computer records. They'll figure out if he was 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.320 targeting any other investor days, if he had a list 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:52.800 of people he was targeting, And then most importantly, they'll 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.000 see if he was working with any network of people 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:57.280 or if he was a lone wolf did this all 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:58.960 on his own. That's all part of the investigation.