Luigi Mangione's mom's bombshell admission to cops days BEFORE suspected CEO shooter was captured
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Luigi Mangione's mother made a shocking admission to police before the suspected assassin was arrested, it was announced on Tuesday. The NYPD had been searching for the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, at point-blank range for several days - and released surveillance images of the suspected shooter.
![[His mother Kathleen (pictured left with Mangione's sister, MariaSanta) had earlier told the FBI she 'could see' her son shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/05/93261743-14204355-His_mother_pictured_with_Mangione_s_sister_MariaSanta_had_earlie-m-45_1734499249314.jpg)
One image of the suspect with his mask down caught the attention of a San Francisco police officer who had been searching for Mangione, 26, since his mother, Kathleen, reported him missing in mid-November. She claimed she had not spoken to her son since July 1, and noted that he worked for San Francisco-based TrueCar, an online automotive marketplace - apparently not realizing he had been laid off in 2023.
![[Thompson, 50, was shot dead as he walked to a Manhattan hotel where Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare was holding an investor conference]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/05/93250881-14204355-Thompson_50_was_shot_dead_as_he_walked_to_a_Manhattan_hotel_wher-a-33_1734498089979.jpg)
Upon recognizing the suspect, the police officer called the FBI and provided the bureau with Mangione's name - prompting New York officers working alongside the FBI's task force to call Kathleen. 'They had a conversation where she didn't indicate that it was her son in the photograph, but she said it might be something that she could see him doing,' NYPD Chief of Police Joseph Kenny said at a news conference on Tuesday.
![[Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg called the shooting (pictured) 'frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/05/93250883-14204355-Manhattan_District_Attorney_Alvin_Bragg_called_the_shooting_pict-m-46_1734499362738.jpg)
He noted that the conversation happened 'very late' on December 7, and the information was passed on to New York City cops the next morning - but he wasn't arrested until December 9, while he was eating at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Luigi Mangione, 26, was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge as an act of terrorism.
![[Mangione was identified as the alleged shooter by a San Francisco police officer after the NYPD released this surveillance image of him]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/05/93261731-14204355-image-m-47_1734499424278.jpg)
