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A man with a firearm similar to that used in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was detained in Pennsylvania Monday, according to multiple reports.
The person, who was identified as Luigi Mangione, was questioned by police after a customer in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. called 911, local media reported. The suspect presented police with what appeared to be the same fake ID believed used by the suspect in Thompson’s killing to check in to a New York City hostel prior to the murder, police sources told The New York Times.
Mangione also had a manifesto that criticized health care companies for prioritizing profit margins over patients, according to the reports.
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The UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death has been met by a wave of online glee and rage that experts said pointed to deeper concerns.
More than 90% of the reactions to UnitedHealth’s Facebook post marking Brian Thompson’s death were the laughing emoji, while online commentators penned rage-filled posts referencing their own health care struggles.
The sociologist Zeynep Tufekci warned in The New York Times that the “the currents we are seeing are expressions of something more fundamental,” comparing contemporary concerns over immigration, inequality, and technological change to the 19th century’s Gilded Age.
Inequality in particular is set to worsen: $105 trillion will be inherited in coming decades, though half that figure will go to only 2% of US households.