Suspect who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Luigi Mangione fled New York by train, not bus as originally thought: report

Suspicious UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson accused of murder According to reports, he escaped from Manhattan to New York City earlier this month via train, not by bus, as originally thought.

luigi mangione He was charged with murder after allegedly shooting Thompson on the morning of December 4 while Thompson was walking into the Hilton in Midtown Manhattan.

After the shooting, Mangione, 26, was on the run and was caught five days later in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

investigators first thought Mangione took a bus out of town Because he was seen on surveillance video at the George Washington Bridge Bus Station.

Now, they think he took the subway from the bus station to Penn Station and bought a train ticket to Pennsylvania before being caught, CBS News and ABC News reported, citing police sources.

Mangione is being held in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting extradition to New York.

He was refused bail on Tuesday.

Authorities arrested Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, where he allegedly presented local police with a fake ID and began trembling when they asked if he had been to New York recently.

officials also found Handwritten manifesto condemning the healthcare industryAs NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney previously told Fox News.

The manifesto specifically mentions UnitedHealthcare.

In New York, Mangione has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

In Pennsylvania, he is charged with one count of forgery, one count of carrying a firearm without a license, one count of tampering with records or identification, one count of possession of instruments of crime and one count of presenting false ID to law enforcement. Case has been registered. For court documents.

Although authorities have not commented on an official motive, the public has speculated that the suspect had a deep grudge against both the health care industry and capitalism in general.

UnitedHealthcare told employees Thursday that Mangione was not covered by UnitedHealthcare.

Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.