# UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Manhattan \[breaking news: 2024-12-04\]

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**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")\
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Moderating:

Just a reminder that this is a breaking news thread. Political commentary (aka “pot shots”) belongs in another thread.

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> [@3AxisCtrl](#):
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> Did he kill at random, just happening to target someone prominent? Or did he select his victim _because_ he was prominent?

Mangione specifically specifically targeted Thompson for death. Not because he was a prominent individual, but specifically because he was the CEO of United Health.

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**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/869 "2026-08-14T20:30:40Z")

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> [@3AxisCtrl](#):
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> Did he kill at random, just happening to target someone prominent? Or did he select his victim _because_ he was prominent?

It was planned and premeditated specifically towards that exact target.

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/870 "2026-10-02T20:57:17Z")

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CNN has video of his arrest:

> **[First on CNN: Newly unsealed footage shows Luigi Mangione’s arrest | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/us/luigi-mangione-arrest-video-police)**
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> CNN has obtained newly unsealed police body camera footage showing the arrest of Luigi Mangione inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, days after he fatally shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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