Luigi Mangione’s mother spoke to the FBI the night before UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer was arrested: Sources

spoke to the fbi luigi mangione’s The mother told federal authorities the night before her son’s high-profile arrest that he resembled the suspect wanted in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to law enforcement sources.

Kathleen Mangione was questioned by members of the Joint Violent Crime Task Force late Sunday night. After receiving a tip from San Francisco Police – Four days ago – The family had filed a missing person’s report with the department in November, sources said.

Police notified federal authorities after recognizing the 26-year-old man’s face in surveillance images released by the NYPD after Thompson, 50, was shot dead last week — but his mother wasn’t entirely convinced the images were true. I was actually his son.

However, according to sources, the accused gunman was taken into custody at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s the next morning before the feds could notify the NYPD of the exchange.

His mother reported him missing to San Francisco police on November 18. According to the report, she said she had not spoken to her son since July 1 and was unaware of his whereabouts.

the alleged killer had reportedly disappeared After fleeing the US for several months to “zen out” on a solo trip to Asia before suddenly returning to allegedly murder Thompson.

“Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said In a statement posted on social media on Monday by Republican Maryland state Assemblyman Nino Mangione.

“We pray for Brian Thompson’s family and we ask people to pray for everyone involved.”

Mangione is accused of shooting Thompson as the CEO was visiting the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue, where UnitedHealthcare’s parent company was holding its annual investor conference on Dec. 4.

The University of Pennsylvania graduate led a five-day police pursuit that ended when he was taken into custody at the fast-food joint after an employee recognized him and called the police.

He also had four fake IDs, a 3D-printed gun with a homemade silencer and a handwritten manifesto-type document It mentioned UnitedHealthcare and accused health insurance companies of corporate greed, officials said.

Mangione is charged with murder and is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on gun and counterfeiting charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday that Accused murderer may be extradited From Pennsylvania to the Big Apple early Tuesday to face murder charges for the brutal killing.

Mangione was fighting extradition orders seeking to bring him back to the Empire State.

“There are indications that the defendant may waive a waiver, but that waiver is not complete until the court proceeding,” Bragg. Said during a public safety press conference In Times Square.

“Until that time, we will continue to move forward on parallel paths, and we will be prepared whether he is going to waive extradition or fight extradition.”