The suspect in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, has been arrested and is believed to have connections to the video game industry.
The New York Police Department identified Mangione as a suspect in the murder, and he is known as a co-founder of the University of Pennsylvania's first video game development club.
Mangione reportedly owns a LinkedIn account that indicates he has previously worked as a programming intern at Firaxis Games.
United Healthcare CEO Shooting Suspect
He spent one year and four months at the company, which started sometime in 2016, and was responsible for fixing hundreds of bugs in Civilization VI.
The LinkedIn professional page under the suspect's name also self-describes him as having "fixed over 300 UI bugs (25% of UI bug count)" using various software.
It also wrote that he had worked with a 10-person Scrum team in Agile environment on the Civilization VI team.
This particular biography shows that Mangione was able to earn a Masters of Science in Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and that he graduated in 2020, according to PCGamer.
The suspect's Facebook account also showed a claim that appears to validate the information on his supposed LinkedIn account regarding his work at Firaxis Games. The page in question has since been deleted.
A representative of Firaxis Games parent company 2K Games said that they do not comment on former employees. Mangione's LinkedIn page also suggested that the suspect had strong interest in tech and gaming in particular.
Initial Arrest
Mangione is a 26-year-old man from Maryland who was initially arrested by Altoona police on unrelated charges.
He was charged with five crimes, including carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to authorities, and possessing "instruments of crime," ABC News said.
The suspect reportedly started shaking when Altoona police asked him if he had ever been to New York City. Law enforcement personnel added that Mangione did not answer the question directly.
Sources noted that Mangione was on a Greyhound bus traveling through Altoona on Monday morning.
He then got off and went inside a McDonald's, where one witness recognized him from the images of the United Healthcare CEO shooting suspect that was spread by police.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that they have a strong person of interest after a McDonald's employee reported Mangione to the authorities. Adams added that the suspect matches the description of the individual that they are looking for, according to Fox News.
