The evidence against Luigi Mangione revealed as his notebook writings and manifesto emerge: live updates

'It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents,' Luigi Mangione allegedly wrote in a notebook found on him that outlined his plans for the killing of Brian Thompson, as reported by The New York Times.

The writings described going to a 'bean-counter' conference - an investor's meeting - to kill a health care executive.

Another passage read: 'What do you do? You wack the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention. It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents.'

In his three-page manifesto, the suspect said the 'parasites' in the health care industry 'had it coming.'

'Whenever an incident of this high prominence takes place, our work is to get ahead of any resonance and in particular, any copycat activity that it may inspire,' Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism Rebecca Weiner told WABC.

The NYPD is monitoring social media and issued a bulletin warning other healthcare leaders of the rising threats .

'We do a lot of work in the online space, we also do a lot of work in the 3-D space,' Weiner said. 'And we also, as part of that, we'll surge resources, protective resources, around the city wherever we need to, when we're anticipating and dealing with a big uptick in threats.'

Weiner said there is a lot of public interest around Mangione because of his background from a wealthy Maryland family.

'That extraordinary shift in fate from all of the background that led him to where he is today is what has the world so intrigued by this incident,' she said.

As with so many American events at this moment in the 21st century, the curious case of Brian Thompson and Luigi Mangione has both captivated and polarized a media-saturated nation.

The saga offers a glimpse into how, in a connected world, so many different aspects of modern American life can be surreally linked — from public violence to politics, from health care to humor (or attempts at it).

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was gunned down on the streets of Manhattan last week, was laid to rest in his hometown Monday - the same day his alleged assassin Luigi Mangione was arrested.

Thompson's loved ones gathered for a private funeral at a Lutheran church in Maple Grove, Minnesota, according to The New York Times. 

His family noted that Thompson played many roles - a husband, brother, and friend - but above all, he was a 'devoted father' to his two sons. 

A friend of Luigi Mangione has shared his last message to him over the summer and revealed it may have been a 'cry for help'.

Gurwinder Bhogal fears Brian Thompson could still be alive today if he had not forgotten to respond to the Ivy League graduate, who is accused of shooting dead the United Healthcare CEO on December 4.

The pair began speaking earlier this year when Mangione, 26, took an interest in Bhogal's blog about politics and 'the digital age'.

Live footage captured the moment a TV news reporter suffered an embarrassing broadcast while shooting outside suspected assassin Luigi Mangione's former high school.

WBFF reporter Shannon Lilly had her broadcast sabotaged by a leaf blower who was seemingly protesting her presence outside the Gillman School in Baltimore - where Mangione was valedictorian.

Lilly referenced the tasteless celebrations from some over Mangione's alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, noting the 'community reaction' as the leaf blower blared over her.

Women 'crushed' on Luigi Mangione as he typed away on his laptop at his co-working space in Honolulu, finding him a dreamy blend of looks, brains and charm, according to former fellow members of the facility.

The 26-year-old Ivy League tech grad, charged this week with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, bore no resemblance to the killer as he rolled in on his bicycle each morning to Hub Co-working Hawaii, a regular there told DailyMail.com.

People there were having a hard time wrapping their heads around the new reality that this affable young man they knew would later carry out the cold-blooded execution 5,000 miles away in midtown Manhattan.

A person walking their dog in Central Park came across a ziplock filled with bullets on Tuesday, Fox 5 NY reported.

The dogwalker was near East 81st and 85th st when he made the discovery.

The person reportedly noticed the writings on the shells that looked like those left at the scene of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson's murder outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown.

The bullet casings left at the scene said 'deny,' 'depose' and 'defend' - a phrase used to describe how insurance companies get away with dodging claim payouts.

"First, we got the gun in question back from Pennsylvania. It's now at the NYPD crime lab. We were able to match that gun to the three shell casings that we found in Midtown at the scene of the homicide," said NYPD comissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday.

'We were also able to at our crime lab to match the person of interest's fingerprints with fingerprints that we found on both the water bottle and the Kind bar found near the scene of the homicide in Midtown.'

The NYPD's top cop, Joseph Kenny, told CBS New York on Tuesday that no prints were found on the bullets that killed Brian Thompson, but there was one fingerprint on a cellphone that was recovered.

He said the evidence was being processed and he didn’t say whether it appeared to match Mangione.

During Tuesday's hearing, Mangione's lawyer Thomas Dickey told the court that his client may have been wearing a medical mask when he was arrested because of fears over Covid-19.

That's when Mangione interrupted the lawyer, saying 'I bought the mask.'

The lawyer then shushed Mangione, saying: 'No, no. Don’t say a word.'

Dickey is seen below on appearance on ABC News.

Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said that although Mangione will create 'extra hoops' for law enforcement to jump through by fighting extradition, it won’t be a substantial barrier to sending him to New York.

Judge David Consiglio denied bail to Mangione, whose attorney, Thomas Dickey, told the court his client did not agree to extradition and wants a hearing on the matter.

The gun found on the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO matches shell casings found at the crime scene, New York’s police commissioner said Wednesday.

Commissioner Jessica Tisch also said lab results matched suspect Luigi Mangione’s prints to a water bottle and protein bar wrapper found near the scene of the killing.

According to his X account, Mangione appeared to admire Robert F. Kennedy Jr after he re-posted a Tweet by leaker Edward Snowden back in July.

The tweet was shared on the social platform while the Democratic Party looked to replace President Joe Biden as a presidential candidate following a disastrous debate against Republican nominee Donald Trump.

A GiveSendGo page has raised over $30,000 of its $200,000 goal for alleged killer Luigi Mangione.

'This is a preemptive legal fundraiser for the suspect allegedly involved in the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO,' the page reads.

'We are not here to celebrate violence, but we do believe in the constitutional right of fair legal representation.'

'Please share in your networks!'

Piers Morgan was left in shock after gleeful former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz said she felt 'joy' following the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

On Monday night, Lorez joined Morgan on Piers Morgan Uncensored, as the broadcaster questioned her about her controversial social media posts following Thompson being gunned down in Manhattan on Wednesday.

The man suspected of killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shared a series of quotes from the 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski online among other excerpts referencing health and sickness.

Mangione suffered a back injury so severe he was unable to have sex, a former roommate said.

RJ Martin lived with the murder defendant for six months at a Hawaii co-living space and told The New York Times about 26-year-old Mangione's secret agony.

'He knew that dating and being physically intimate with his back condition wasn’t possible,' Martin told The Times.

Luigi Mangione's X account is back up after it was briefly deleted as YouTube removed channels belonging to the suspected killer.

Elon Musk addressed the removal of Mangione's X account stating, 'his happened without my knowledge. Looking into it.'

YouTube removed three channels belonging to Mangione, as well as a channel that was altered Monday to look as if it belonged to him, Jack Malon, Google policy communications manager, confirmed to CNN.

Suspected assassin Luigi Mangione was apparently left startled after McDonald's employees recognized him after five days on the run.

Mangione, 26, was taken into custody on firearm charges Monday afternoon at the fast food joint in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after he allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside of a Manhattan hotel.

Sources told DailyMail.com that several staff members noticed the masked man, who sat quietly reading after ordering a drink from the fast food establishment.

The suspected killer is being held at the State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in central Pennsylvania.

Officials from the prison told the Daily Beast he is being 'single-celled' and 'under maximum security.'

It's not clear if Mangione has been placed on suicide watch.

The Pennsylvania McDonald's where Luigi Mangione was arrested on Monday was 'review bombed' by trolls after staff blew his cover and summoned the police.

The fast food joint in Altoona was hit by a wave of online backlash after an employee notified authorities about Mangione, leading to his arrest for killing UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson.

The negative comments aimed at McDonald's were the latest in 'review bombing,' where an establishment is hit with a litany of bad reviews based on a political view or an occurrence unrelated to its actual business.

About 100 negative and one-star reviews showed up after Mangione, 26, was captured at the restaurant with most criticizing the restaurant and its staff.

Luigi Mangione's mother Kathleen Mangione reported him missing to San Francisco police on November 18, just over two weeks before Brian Thompson's murder.

A police source revealed the report to the San Francisco Standard, although it is unclear why Kathleen contacted cops in the City by the Bay.

Mangione grew up in Baltimore, where his parents continue to live, although public records show he has multiple relatives in San Francisco.

Mangione's family released a statement in the wake of his arrest saying they are 'devastated' by their son's alleged behavior and sending their condolences to Brian Thompson's family.

Pictured: Paul Giulio, Lucia Mangione Giulio, Luigi Mangione, MariaSanta Mangione, & Parents

The tipster who alerted law enforcement to suspected assassin Luigi Mangione's whereabouts could have an uphill battle to claim their $60,000 reward.

A $10,000 reward was being offered by the NYPD as well as $50,000 by the FBI for information which could help lead them to Mangione.

However, fine print on the FBI's website states that the money will only be offered up if the intel leads to arrest and conviction.

Mangione claimed in his LinkedIn that he was employed as a software engineer at TrueCar, an online marketplace based in Santa Monica, California.

However the company has since said Mangione has not worked there since 2023.

Many have drawn comparisons between the alleged murderer and Kaczynski - saying that Mangione may have been influenced by him based on his social media habits.

David Kaczynski, Ted's brother, said the idea that the Unabomber could have motivated Mangione brings him great distress.

The Honolulu court documents show Mangione was hiking at the Nuuanu Pali Lookout around 7.25am on November 12 when he deliberately strayed off the public path – but was caught by rangers, reports Josh Boswell.

A criminal complaint filed December 5 last year said he ‘knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly, fail[ed] to observe and abide by an officially posted sign authorized by the board or its authorized representative designating a closed area, to wit, a State Parks sign located at the Nuuanu Pali Lookout.’

An Officer Pham issued a citation, listing Mangione’s family home address in Towson, Maryland based on his government ID.

However, friends on the island say he was living in a co-housing space called Surfbreak at the time.

The citation lists a Maryland driver’s license with an expiry in May 2026, a birth date of May 6, 1998, and a height of 5’10”, weight 135 lbs.

A friend of Luigi Mangione has given a deeper insight into the alleged assassin's political views - and what might have radicalized him.

Gurwinder Bhogal, a UK-based writer, told DailyMail.com Mangione was 'anti-woke', and that he expressed a deep envy for the UK's nationalized health system.

Bhogal, who lives in Birmingham, England, suggested Mangione, who has been charged over the fatal shooting of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, may have become radicalized by what he read on social media.

CNN panelist Scott Jennings ripped the American left for its contrasting attitudes towards Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione.

The conservative commentator pulled out a simple two column chart to remind liberals fawning over Mangione who the 'bad guy' is.

Nicholas Mangione Sr lived the rags to riches tale after he and his brother were forced to become breadwinners for their immigrant family at the age of 11.

Years later, he had solidified himself as being a formidable businessman with a Baltimore Sun article referring to him as 'the embodiment of anger'.

The reason Mangione's murder charge is second-degree is down to specific legislation in New York, which stipulates that certain factors must be met for a charge to be raised to first-degree murder.

These include that the victim must have been an on-duty police officer or peace officer, a judge, a witness to a crime, about to testify in court, or the murder must have been a contract killing.

Other factors include if the defendant was convicted of a previous murder, if they killed more than one person, if the victim was tortured, or if the crime was part of an act of terrorism.

Luigi Mangione once claimed his mother made him eat steak with his right hand, even though he was left-handed, to 'adhere to social norms.'

The suspected killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson made the claim in his review of  The Four-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris.

Mangione claimed in court on Monday night that he does not know where the 10,000 cash in US and foreign money found on him by police came from, as reported by CNN.

The suspected killer also said he didn't know 'about criminal sophistication' after police said he was carrying a faraday bag, which is meant to conceal wireless transmissions.

Prosecutors said the bag proved Mangione's alleged criminal knowledge.

'First, I don't know where any of that money came from,' the sjuspect said.

'I'm not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof. So I don't know about criminal sophistication.'

The suspect in Brian Thompson's killing started yelling at the cameras as he entered a court hearing in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.

He appeared to slam officials as being 'completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!'

The exchange happened after someone asked Mangione if he 'did it,' referencing Brian Thompson's murder, per the Wall Street Journal.

Mangione, 26, was sporting an orange prison suit and shackled at his waist as he was moved by several sheriff's officers.

Judge David Consiglione denied Mangione bail on Tuesday, and ordered him to remain in custody at a federal facility SCI in Huntingdon.

He will next appear in court next for an extradition hearing on Monday, December 16, as reported by The Daily Beast.

United Health Group has seen its share price crater after the assassination of its well-regarded CEO and subsequent fury over the healthcare giant's greed.

The company's share price has plummeted by approximately $45 billion since the December 4 shooting of CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly by Luigi Mangione, 26.

Since December 3, the last day of trading prior to Thompson's death, the share price dropped by 10 percent, its steepest weekly drop since March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic erupted, reports CNN.

Defense attorney Thomas Dickey told CNN he has received offers from people who want to help cover the costs of the suspected killer's legal bills.

Assistant Professor of English and Cinema & Media Studies Julia Alekseyeva, who described herself as a 'socialist and ardent antifascist' on her website, made several posts embracing Mangione.

Jimmy Kimmel addressed the public's focus on alleged killer Luigi Mangione's looks on Tuesday, saying the obsession with the 26-year-old has distracted the country from the presidential electiona and Donald Trump's win.

Kimmel called the suspect 'Time’s sexiest alleged murderer of the year' and 'the hottest coldblooded killer in America.'

'I’m not sure what this says about us, but ever since these photos of him came out from his holding cell, from his mug shot — someone found his abs somewhere online,' Kimmel added.

'So many women and so many men are going nuts over how good-looking this killer is. And there’s a huge wave of horny washing over us right now...

'...I have to say, it does feel kind of good — we’re moving away from nonstop election coverage and back to drooling over a coldblooded murderer’s eyebrows and abs. I think that might be progress. Maybe not, I don’t know.'

Police described alleged killer Luigi Mangione in an internal report seen by The New York Times.

Officials wrote that Mangione 'likely views himself as a hero of sorts who has finally decided to act upon such injustices.'

Mangione 'appeared to view the targeted killing of the company’s highest-ranking representative as a symbolic takedown and a direct challenge to its alleged corruption and ‘power games.'

Mangione 'views himself as a hero of sorts who has finally decided to act upon such injustices,' per officials.

The suspect is charged with second-degree murder, forgery and criminal posession of a firearm in New York City.

In Pennsylvania, he is charged with forgery, carrying a gun without a license, falsely identifying himself to authorities and posessiong intruments of a crime.

Fingerprints collected at the scene of Brian Thomson's murder reportedly match those of Luigi Mangione, CNN reported on Wednesday.

This would be the first scientific, forensic match tying Mangione to the scene.

It comes after Mangione's lawyer said he has seen no evidence that his client is Thompson's killer.

'It’s a shock for all of us,' Mangione’s uncle, Jerry O’Keefe, told the New York Post.

'I can’t say anymore. The statement summed it up for all of us. We don’t know anything more than what’s been reported in the media.'

The Mangione family released a statement on social media late Monday by his cousin, Maryland Del. Nino Mangione.

'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.'

Alarming 'wanted' posters of top healthcare executives popping up across New York City prompted police to issue a bulletin warning leaders of the rising threats.

In the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, video shared on social media showed 'wanted' signs featuring other healthcare corporate leaders plastered across traffic control boxes in Manhattan.

The signs featured pictures of Thompson, OptumHealth CEO Heather Cianfrocco and UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty. It is unclear who put the posters up.

Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione appeared to be looking for a familiar face during his court arraignment, but he found none.

The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate repeatedly turned around during his court appearance on Monday in Pennsylvania, to look into the public gallery, but none of his relatives had shown up.

Mangione also had no one in court to support him in his second court appearance on Tuesday.

Police said Mangione had tried to check into the Horseshoe Curve Lodge in Altoona but there were no rooms available.

The desk clerk at the motel told ABC News police showed up and reviewed the cameras before determining it was the suspect who had tried to check in.

'He basically just walked in kind of cagey, just looking around, making sure he wasn’t being watched, asked if he could get a room here,' said John Kuklis.

'I told him that he wouldn’t be able to get one right now, that our housekeeper hadn’t cleaned the rooms yet, that he had to come back at one o’clock.'

Attorney Thomas Dickey confirmed that he was hired privately rather than employed by the state to represent accused UnitedHealthCare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione.

Dickey runs his own law firm and is a lifetime resident of Blair County, Pennsylvania, accordin got his work biography.

After receiving his law degree from Ohio Northern University, Dickey joined the Blair County Public Defenders Office, then started his private practive in 1984.

He has successful legal defense career with acquittals in cases ranging from DUI's to first degree murder and winning appeals from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Dickey is one of few death-penalty qualified attorneys in the area, and is described as being known around the state for his strong representation in the courtroom, providing vigorous defense against all levels of criminal charges and active representation in civil litigation.

The former Ivy League student had been apprehended at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday, when he was found with a 3D-printed pistol and black silencer, as well as a manifesto condemning the American healthcare system.

Mangione also had a spiral notebook in which he wrote a 'to-do list,' ahead of the grizzly shooting, CNN reported.

In it, he allegedly toyed with the idea of using a bomb to kill Thompson - but he decided against the prospect because it 'could kill innocents,' and determined a shooting would be more targeted.

The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate hails from a close knit, Italian-American family in Baltimore.