Luigi Mangione, charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, broke his silence with a courthouse outburst. As officers escorted him inside, he shouted, “It’s completely out of touch, and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and its lived experience.” Ten officers hurried him into the building.
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit, Mangione appeared calm but restless. He whispered to his attorney, Thomas Dickey, glanced at reporters, and mumbled during his Blair County Court hearing around 2 p.m.
Prosecutors detailed what Mangione had at his arrest: $8,000 in U.S. cash, $2,000 in foreign currency, masks, a passport, and a "ghost gun" with a silencer. The weapon matched the one used to kill Thompson.
Mangione’s mugshot has been widely shared. At the courthouse, he resisted restraint as officers held him during the extradition hearing in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on December 10, 2024.
Dickey defended the masks found on Mangione, saying, “Some people still have the COVID fear.” Despite his attorney’s arguments, Mangione was denied bail and remains incarcerated at SCI Huntingdon. Dickey plans to challenge the detention with a writ of habeas corpus.
Mangione’s arrest followed a tip from a McDonald’s customer in Altoona who recognized him. Police took him into custody Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. Despite hours of questioning, he refused to talk and spent the night in a holding cell.
On Monday night, Mangione was arraigned in Blair County on a forgery charge. New York prosecutors have charged him with second-degree murder, weapon possession, and using forged documents in Thompson’s killing.
The arrest ended a five-day manhunt across multiple states, involving the FBI and police. Mangione reportedly had a manifesto on him detailing grievances with the health care industry.
Educated at a $40,000-a-year private school in Baltimore, Mangione earned engineering degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and belonged to the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society. His Ivy League background contrasts starkly with the allegations against him.