Fingerprints collected at the scene of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and those taken in the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione show a positive match, two law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told CNN Wednesday, as authorities investigate the motive behind the killing.This marks the first positive forensic match investigators say directly ties Mangione to the crime scene outside of a Midtown Manhattan hotel, where Brian Thompson was gunned down one week ago.CNN has reached out to Mangione’s attorney for comment on the fingerprint match.The development comes as authorities are probing the history of suspect Luigi Mangione, who remains in custody in Pennsylvania as he fights extradition to New York.Since he was arrested thanks to a tipster at a McDonald’s on Monday, the 26-year-old’s background is starting to come into focus. The privileged scion of a well-to-do family, high school valedictorian and Ivy League graduate vanished from view of his loved ones in recent months, only to emerge as the suspect in a high-profile killing potentially fueled by his struggle with a painful back injury.The killing of Thompson – a husband and father of two – has laid bare many Americans’ fury toward the health care industry, with Mangione, their avatar, garnering sympathy online and offers to pay his legal bills. It’s also struck fear in C-suites across the country, as an NYPD intelligence report obtained by CNN warns online rhetoric could “signal an elevated threat facing executives in the near-term…”Video below: New revelations on Luigi MangioneMangione’s lawyer denied his client’s involvement in the killing and said he plans to plead not guilty to Pennsylvania charges related to a gun and fake ID police found when they arrested him in Altoona. “I haven’t seen any evidence that they have the right guy,” Thomas Dickey told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source.” On ABC’s “Good Morning America” Wednesday, Dickey reiterated he had not seen the evidence, including writings police said were in Mangione’s possession at the time of his arrest.In some of Mangione’s writings, he referenced pain from a back injury he sustained in July 2023, New York Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Fox News Tuesday. Investigators are looking into an insurance claim for the injury.“Some of the writings that he had, he was discussing the difficulty of sustaining that injury,” Kenny said. “So, we’re looking into whether or not the insurance industry either denied a claim from him or didn’t help him out to the fullest extent.”Mangione – who faces a slew of charges in New York and Pennsylvania – was denied bail at an extradition hearing Tuesday afternoon at the Blair County Courthouse in Pennsylvania.As the suspect entered the courthouse, shackled at the hands and feet and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit with DOC emblazoned on the back, he could be heard yelling, in part, “It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people. It’s lived experience.”
Fingerprints collected at the scene of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and those taken in the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione show a positive match, two law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told CNN Wednesday, as authorities investigate the motive behind the killing.
This marks the first positive forensic match investigators say directly ties Mangione to the crime scene outside of a Midtown Manhattan hotel, where Brian Thompson was gunned down one week ago.
CNN has reached out to Mangione’s attorney for comment on the fingerprint match.
The development comes as authorities are probing the history of suspect Luigi Mangione, who remains in custody in Pennsylvania as he fights extradition to New York.
Since he was arrested thanks to a tipster at a McDonald’s on Monday, the 26-year-old’s background is starting to come into focus. The privileged scion of a well-to-do family, high school valedictorian and Ivy League graduate vanished from view of his loved ones in recent months, only to emerge as the suspect in a high-profile killing potentially fueled by his struggle with a painful back injury.
The killing of Thompson – a husband and father of two – has laid bare many Americans’ fury toward the health care industry, with Mangione, their avatar, garnering sympathy online and offers to pay his legal bills. It’s also struck fear in C-suites across the country, as an NYPD intelligence report obtained by CNN warns online rhetoric could “signal an elevated threat facing executives in the near-term…”
Video below: New revelations on Luigi Mangione
Mangione’s lawyer denied his client’s involvement in the killing and said he plans to plead not guilty to Pennsylvania charges related to a gun and fake ID police found when they arrested him in Altoona.
“I haven’t seen any evidence that they have the right guy,” Thomas Dickey told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source.” On ABC’s “Good Morning America” Wednesday, Dickey reiterated he had not seen the evidence, including writings police said were in Mangione’s possession at the time of his arrest.
In some of Mangione’s writings, he referenced pain from a back injury he sustained in July 2023, New York Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Fox News Tuesday. Investigators are looking into an insurance claim for the injury.
“Some of the writings that he had, he was discussing the difficulty of sustaining that injury,” Kenny said. “So, we’re looking into whether or not the insurance industry either denied a claim from him or didn’t help him out to the fullest extent.”
Mangione – who faces a slew of charges in New York and Pennsylvania – was denied bail at an extradition hearing Tuesday afternoon at the Blair County Courthouse in Pennsylvania.
As the suspect entered the courthouse, shackled at the hands and feet and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit with DOC emblazoned on the back, he could be heard yelling, in part, “It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people. It’s lived experience.”
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