# UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Manhattan \[breaking news: 2024-12-04\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [December 4, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159 "2024-12-04T16:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/483 "2024-12-09T19:13:25Z")
One assumes David Brooks is already furiously at work on a 1000-word column about how Mangione’s turn to crime is emblematic of the Ivy League’s hollow meritocracy and lack of morals. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/484 "2024-12-09T19:15:49Z")
A guy whose last address was Honolulu travels to NYC to commit an assassination. All that’s missing from that backpack is The Catcher in the Rye ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/485 "2024-12-09T19:18:52Z")
I had no delusions that he would escape indefinitely, but carrying around the gun and a manifesto just seems confusing. Like he knew he’d get caught. Was he just trying to create a short media frenzy? Was this his plan? ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/486 "2024-12-09T19:22:59Z")
That was fast. He seems to have fumbled a lot, as one tends to do on his first assassination. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/487 "2024-12-09T19:23:32Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > and a manifesto just seems confusing. Like he knew he’d get caught. Was he just trying to create a short media frenzy? You don’t write a manifesto if you’re not interested in publicity. Being on the run for a few days builds interest in the story, hell, he’s a folk hero now. On Reddit, some people were actually writing new lyrics to “The Hero of Canton” about him. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pI-fiGUjAPY/hqdefault.jpg "Hero of Canton - The man they call Jayne (original/full scene)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-fiGUjAPY) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/488 "2024-12-09T19:25:58Z")
ISTM most plans by amateurs are similar to this set of copyrighted images I won’t link directly to: **[Google Image Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=and+then+a+miracle+occurs+cartoon&hl=en&oq=and+then+a+miracle+occurs+cartoon&sclient=img)**. The devil is always in the details. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/489 "2024-12-09T19:32:11Z")
Social justice doesn’t, but Crusades definitely involve a lot of murder. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/490 "2024-12-09T19:40:16Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > A guy whose last address was Honolulu travels to NYC to commit an assassination. Upon further reflection, was this was clearly _not_ a case of Minnesota Nice meets the Aloha Spirit ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/491 "2024-12-09T19:45:30Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > Like he knew he’d get caught. Or was, in fact, intending to be caught. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/492 "2024-12-09T19:47:42Z")
He knew that he would get caught eventually but at least he could do a little cat and mouse until then. He was obviously out of fucks to give a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/493 "2024-12-09T19:48:42Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > & that bastion of reporting , the NYPost _already_ has a story up w/ background research on him. Amazing what they dug up so quickly > **[Exclusive | Suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson...](https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-news/person-of-interest-in-fatal-shooting-of-unitedhealthcare-boss-brian-thompson-idd-as-luigi-mangione-an-ex-ivy-league-student/)** > > The suspect nabbed in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is an anti-capitalist Ivy League grad who liked online quotes from “Unabomber’’ Ted Kaczynski —&nb… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/494 "2024-12-09T19:54:26Z")
Graduate degree in Engineering from an Ivy. From an extremely wealthy and politically Conservative family. Fan of the Unabomber. This is fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/495 "2024-12-09T19:58:04Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Luigi Mangione. Didn’t see that comin’. No one ever expects the Sicilian Inquisition. > [@Horatius](#): > > On Reddit, some people were actually writing new lyrics to “The Hero of Canton” about him. I wonder how many of them understand the irony of that appellation. But then, I suspect that the inspiration for “Robin Hood”, if one ever existed, started out for his own enrichment and found that promoting himself as a vigilante for the common man proved to be useful ‘branding’. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/496 "2024-12-09T20:03:04Z")
I’m curious to see if the ballistics match. If it’s a ghost gun it might not have a rifled barrel. I don’t know if a non-rifled barrel leaves any kind of consistent markings. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/497 "2024-12-09T20:09:46Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > > [@Gatopescado](#): > > > > Luigi Mangione. Didn’t see that comin’. > > No one ever expects the Sicilian Inquisition. Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/498 "2024-12-09T20:15:37Z")
His Twitter is still up and it’s not what I was expecting. It’s full of retweets of Peter Thiel, conspiracy theories about Tiktok and “the CCP”, hand-wringing about the decline in Christian morality, and stuff that Elon Musk would probably reply to with “Big if true!” [x.com](https://x.com/pepmangione) He also has a Goodreads account which lists, among his favorite books, the Hunger Games trilogy, the Unabomber Manifesto, and several books about living with chronic back pain, the latter of which probably has something to do with his motive. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/499 "2024-12-09T20:17:12Z")
Has anyone seen or heard from his brother Mario. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/500 "2024-12-09T20:23:40Z")
Or his other brother, Chuck? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/501 "2024-12-09T20:27:35Z")
And the New York Post manages to fit in “True Crime!!!” and beefcake in the same story. Someone there must be happy that they’re hitting their marks. > **[Exclusive | Suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson...](https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-news/person-of-interest-in-fatal-shooting-of-unitedhealthcare-boss-brian-thompson-idd-as-luigi-mangione-an-ex-ivy-league-student/)** > > The suspect nabbed in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is an anti-capitalist Ivy League grad who liked online quotes from “Unabomber’’ Ted Kaczynski — and seethed in a manif… ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/502 "2024-12-09T20:31:27Z")
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