he went to the university of pennsylvania, where he graduated with a master's in engineering.enior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off. he's on the scene in altoona tonight. >> tonight, nearly a week after the ceo of united healthcare was gunned down outside of new york city ho, 26 year old luigi mangione has been taken into custody in altoona, pennsylvania, where he was recognized at a mcdonald's from surveillance images. >> he is believed to be our person of interest in the brazen, targeted murder of brian thompson, ceo of united healthcare, last wednesday in midtown manhattan. >> the nypd seen racing along i-80 to altoona, nearly 300 miles away, after a break in the case. just after 9 a.m, a worker at this mcdonald's spotted a customer who was eating and acting suspiciously and dialed 911. >> the mcdonald's employee did something we ask every american to do. if you see somethingsomey something. but something. most importantly, do something. and they did. >> altoona police taking mangione into custody on gun charges. police say he had this ghost gun tha

now, mangione grew up in maryland, graduated from the university of pennsylvania.olice say he was living in honolulu and has previous ties to the san francisco area. and that's what we want to talk about right now. we want to bring more learning, more about that bay area connection. so we want to bring in investigative reporter candice nguyen in here, who's been looking into the job that links him to stanford. i mean, here's a really highly educated guy, by all accounts, really smart. yeah. really smart. went to university of penn, has links to stanford. so that's what i learned about today. stanford confirmed with me that about five years ago, a person named luigi mangione was a head counselor for one of their programs. and then i looked at social media pictures just this morning. it showed him with a bunch of other stanford counselors as well in 2019. so that timing that matches up. so that picture you just saw there on your screen, that was part of a facebook photo at mangione. his facebook page has

now, mangione grew up in maryland, graduated from the university of pennsylvania. police say he was living in honolulu and has previous ties to the san francisco area. and that's what we want to talk about right now. we want to bring more learning, more about that bay area connection. so we want to bring in investigative reporter candice nguyen in here, who's been looking into the job that links him to stanford. i mean, here's a really highly educated guy, by all accounts, really smart. yeah. really smart. went to university of penn, has links to stanford. so that's what i learned about today. stanford confirmed with me that about five years ago, a person named luigi mangione was a head counselor for one of their programs. and then i looked at social media pictures just this morning. it showed him with a bunch of other stanford counselors as well in 2019. so that timing that matches up. so that picture you just saw there on your screen, that was part of a facebook photo at mangione. his facebook page has since been taken down. but stanford told me today a luigi man

after graduating with his bachelor's and master's degrees from the university of pennsylvania for fouronths in the summer of 2019. stanford university confirms. mangione worked there as a head counselor in the pre-collegiate studies program. according to his linkedin page, he says he taught artificial intelligence to gifted high school students. his facebook page included several photos of him enjoying the sights around the bay area. online, there are actually thousands of comments in support of mangione. some online saying he didn't do it. others talking negatively about corporate america. >> and in a very disturbing way, this young man has become almost a folk hero on the line for the way he conducted this homicide. and i think prosecutors want to send the message that you may have a grievance with the health care industry or corporate america, but you cannot do this type of act since 2020. >> mangione wrote that he had worked at truecar, the used car app based out of santa monica, but the company says he stopped working there last year and the backpack found tossed out in central pa

after graduating with both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the university of pennsylvania. summer of 2019. stanford university confirms mangione worked there as a head counselor in the pre-collegiate studies program. according to his linkedin page, he says he taught artificial intelligence to gifted high school students. his facebook page included several photos of him enjoying the sights around the bay area. online, there are actually thousands of comments in support of mangione. some online saying he didn't do it. others talking negatively about corporate america. >> and in a very disturbing way, this young man has become almost a folk hero online for the way he conducted this homicide. and i think prosecutors want to send the message that you may have a grievance with the health care industry or corporate america, but you cannot do this type of act since 2020. >> mangione wrote that he worked at truecar, the used car app based out of santa monica. but the company says he stopped working there last year, and the backpack found tossed out in central park after the killing

but this is the guy who went to university of pennsylvania, he is an ivy league guy, he graduated numbern this class from his private high school. this is a very smart individual who study technology and information systems. again he did not beat the system. we have the finest and brightest in law enforcement with nypd the local, state, and federal counterparts investigating. i knew it was a matter of time. the gig is up. the investigation does continue and now it comes into a lot of the legal processes. the extradition he will be charged in pennsylvania with a gun charge and other charges they see fit but then he will be extradited back to new york where he will ultimately face in my opinion the largest charges. but they will see that justice is served. you cannot take out your frustration on a ceo of a large insurance company. it is not acceptable in america and he will be held accountable. >> sandra: how concerned are you that this is somebody who is educated right here in the united states, went to an american college, high school and college, from maryland, our data reveals that he

because it is a non-dod affiliated site, i've gotten a lot of support from the university of pennsylvania school of nursing where we have written medical content for basic education about what is abortion, what is it not, what is a pregnancy crisis center? because we are not the dod, we are able to say this is a resource to find a legitimate abortion provider. to find out what abortion funds might be appropriate for you. a resource about if you have a legal issue, lawyers that will provide you pro bono coverage. the response we have gotten so far has been extremely positive. we are hoping to launch between january to april. i think it is probably my favorite thing about research because we are able to do something that the dod at this time is unable to do. >> one of the things i found, you mentioned these funds set up for all sorts of groups, but there's no fund set up -- the needs of women in the military, even though they have specific needs like travel and leave and things like that. do we know why that is? like they help connect people with travel or hotel, not just the procedure itse

to pennsylvania, which is where he was detained, is that he studied engineering at the university of pennsylvania. and so when he was detained, he had on him a handwritten money fast. so that criticizes the way that health care companies puts profit above care for the people. so that is quite a clue as of why the ceo of one of the biggest players in this industry was murdered last week in the country. it has to be said that it's anonymous with gun violence. laura, this case is attracting a lot of attention in the us. why is that these things to engage both online and also offline? a lot of people seem intrigued and very much into this case because it sparked a larger debate about the way that the us health care system works or doesn't work . and it's also shed light on the huge role that these insurance companies play, and some of the dr. jay's studies that they use to avoid paying claims. so there's a lot of frustration and in fact, a lot of people seem to support and, and things that the suspect has done, or at least it seems so online where people are a more honest or more brutal. a lot of peo

you went to the university of pennsylvania, the same undergrad degree he just got. what did you learn in the last few days about this man's family? quite prominent in maryland. >> first, i will say my mind has been boggled. i've been following the case since last week, and i worked for a company that was acquired by united health so i know people who know brian thompson quite well. luigi mangione was described by teachers, classmates i talked to today, someone who was incredibly bright, charismatic, later. someone who was positive in high school and seem to have the world at his feet when he went to college. there was a turn and we are still reporting on what happened, that his life changed and he dropped off the grid and was unknown to his friends these past couple of years. >> why? >> it seems it may have been connected with an injury he had to his back. we are still reporting and learning what happened. there are some indicators from what he was reading on the good reads account and he was reading things about how to get his back healthy again. there may be some

. >> laura: my point being, that is a very sharp turn from baltimore, the university of pennsylvania,ter degree, computer science engineering and honolulu with a group of people and allegedly committing a murder appeared to that is quite a turn. gentlemen thank you so much. and out twisted hero worship, that is the focus of tonight's "angle." 11 years ago rolling stone gave boston marathon bomber joe carr serna rock star treatment featuring him on july cover. it read how popular promising student fail by his family and fell into radical islam and became a monster. at this after he and his brother killed three and injured 200 in boston and the blow back to that was instant. there were boycotts of the magazine in general media reaction was discussed. even scan at the time is time was not amused. at this was headline and rolling stone cover said it was a slap to boston. but fast forward to present day once again reacting to another violent crime unitedhealthcare ceo liberal wackos are treating suspected killer luigi mangione as a whole hero by first celebrating over his attempt to get lo

university of pennsylvania, part of the this program at stanford. and then he worked also for a california company. correct? yes. southern california. so he worked for a company called linkedin, a company called truecar located in santa monica. the company helps car buyers with car research and prices, things like that. he worked for them for quite a while, for four years and a handful of months. i reached out to truecar. they confirmed that mangione worked for them, said that he parted ways with them in 2023, just last year. it's unclear why, but that sort of his last employment that we saw before everything else has transpired, you and i, and so many of our viewers just fascinated with the story because of him, obviously, certainly because of the family that's grieving now as well. what else sticks out to you about what you've done? i know you've done a deep dive on this guy. it's really just how impressive his resume is, not just with himself. i mean, a bachelor's, a master's from upenn and ivy league, but also after that he got into counseling,

all boys gilman school in baltimore and later earned computer science degrees from the university of pennsylvania. >> i knew of him. i knew him somewhat well. he was a nice kid. >> reporter: mangione spent time in hawaii in 2022 and 2023. two sources who knew him then say he sfrufrd back pain due to an injury. the murder charge starts the extradition process back to new york which could take days or weeks. the mangione family released a statement last night saying they are shocked and devastated by the news adding that they offer prayers to the family of brian thompson and all involved. erroll? >> naomi ruchim, thank you for that. >>> now let's get you the latest out of the middle east and the sweeping changes across syria. the assad regime's outgoing prime minister met with the leader of syria's rebels for the first time agreeing to hand over power after insurgents seized the capitol and toppled long-time dictator bashar al assad. thousands of syrians showed up at a prison known as the human slaughterhouse hoping for news of loved ones who were imprisoned or disappeared. crews were seen digging

conditions are pushing nurses out of the healthcare industry according to new research at university of pennsylvania. many of them are retiring early. only 59% say their retirement was planned. earlier this year we saw nurses in santa clara county going on strike speaking about insufficient staffing, burnout, and poor work/life balance. nurses in hawaii went on strike over similar issues. the conditions are severely affecting the country's filipino population which makes up about 4% of the nation's healthcare workforce. elaine quijano shows us how this community of caretakers is coping in the wake of the pandemic. >> as my sister-in-law was saying, we could probably build a hospital or clinic by ourselves. >> reporter: from nurses to therapists to doctors, nina jokes there are so many healthcare workers in her family they could fully staff their own hospital. nina and her husband don left the philippines in 2007 to work as occupational therapists in the u.s. then in early march they found themselves on the front lines of the pandemic. >> then in late march he started to get sick. finally called the

was valedictorian of his high school class, he owned a computer science degree from the university of pennsylvania suffered from back pain due to an injury. the the family said they were shocked, saying they offered their sympathy to brian thompson's family. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. welcome back to bbc news. i want to take your life to geneva where the un special envoy to syria is giving an address. we were and see what he is saying about the fluid situation in syria right now. including what we call the turkish backed syrian national army in the north and the so for called group in the south, and other groups that erupted what i would call spontaneously as armed new formations. let me know emphasise this, it is really an essential point, for not much of syria is under control of a patchwork of groups who are coordinating well for now, but they are not fully or formally united. it is important that we don't see conflict between these groups. let me also say that by and large we have seen reassuring statements from the hts and different armed groups, but there are still

university of pennsylvania.telligent, bright 26-year-old with multiple degrees from an ivy league school. he also attended a prestigious prep school in baltimore, the gilman school, before that coming was that val and doctoring. police they used a ghost gun consistent with the weapon used to kill thompson. that background would tell you he has the wherewithal to order parts and create something and put it together with the background of his degree. he had a handwritten document on him, the ap reporting it appeared to be critical of the health insurance industry. corresalexiscadams has been dating into all of this and she reports live in manhattan. hi, alexis. >> hi, martha. things are moving quickly. people are waiting for an update and now we have it. the manhunt is ended. somebody who was watching who was closely at a mcdonald's watch this with a say as the suspect in the murder that started in manhattan. called into authorities. that's what we know so far. these are the brand-new pictures. you can see in your

he went to university of pennsylvania, he graduated number 1 in his private school class. multiple degrees from the university of pennsylvania. and this individual killed a ceo of an insurance company. what caused him to do that? what was the grievance that he had? clearly he has a problem with corporate america. he's anticapitalist. >>> this act is a clear demonstration that he is not in agreement with what is going on in corporate america. i would like to understand looking at the grievance, and looking at the motive, how did he select this particular ceo? why was it brian thompson that he picked. victim selections would be very important and pointing back to the motive but this murder is a clear manifestation of his grievance. >> sean: what do you make over the fact that so many on the left taking now to social media and elsewhere and actually celebrating the assassination of a husband, a father, a ceo because of a bad experience maybe that they had with their health care provider? that is getting very loud on the internet. what is your reaction to that? that sick to me.

mangione went on to the university of pennsylvania for bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering and computer science, and for four months in the summer of 2019. stanford university confirms. mangione worked there as a head counselor in the pre-collegiate studies program. writing on his linkedin that he taught artificial intelligence to gifted high school students. his facebook page included several photos of him enjoying the sights around the bay area since 2020. mangione wrote that he worked at truecar, the used car app based out of santa monica, but the company tells me he stopped working there in 2023. there are clues on his social media that he may have suffered a catastrophic medical emergenc. an x ray of a spine with four screws on his x or twitter page, mangione carried other potential evidence when arrested. a ghost gun, a fake id. >> he's also in possession of several items that we believe will connect him to this incident. >> police also found a two page document when they detained mangione, and cnn is reporting some of what he allegedly wrote, citing law enforcement s

of this suspect, luigi mangione, psion of a baltimore real estate empire, he went to the university of pennsylvaniahiz, very good with computers, not the sort of guy that you would think would suddenly snap, turn around, produce himself a weapon, apparently, a 3d p 3d printer, and not sure where he got the other parts from, and be there, staked out, waiting for brian thompson to come along and how he knew of his schedule and he would be walking in front of the hilton hotel at 6:45 in the morning and according to police take his life with a number of bullets, i mean, this is not the sort of person who you would expect would perpetrate that. >> i went to the university of pennsylvania undergrad, too, i can't imagine some buddy from my class doing that, especially so talented, the valedictorian and the reason brian was shot, i'll tell you what he was shot, it was unitedhealthcare's day, and he was the first presenter. so he was the first one that walked in. that's why he got that bullet. and it's amazing. >> john: i just want to ask you real quick before we go, you are the incoming hostage envoy, aust

the day its insurance ceo brian thompson was murdered in midtown manhattan. 26-year-old university of pennsylvania graduate luigi mangione allegedly shot and killed the 50-year-old father of two. police say evidence shows he was driven by anger over denial of coverage by huge health insurers. coming up we've got a live report on how president-elect trump is now entering the fray, vowing to eliminate pharmacy benefit managers, the so-called prescription drug middlemen over accusations they are squeezing main street while benefiting the insurers. you know what? we need to show you tesla, the ev maker continuing its moon shot hitting another record high, jumping nearly 3% to 476 and change after mizuho bumped the stock from neutral to outperform and slapped a $515 price target on it. tesla has made just an incredible 90% gain year-to-date but what should investors think when analysts are telling them to buy not just tesla but a flurry of high fliers just as they and quite frankly the broader market brush up against all-time record highs? let's get to the floor show maybe they know joining me now, t 3

mangione's professional bio says he earned a master's of science degree in engineering from the university of pennsylvania. it lists truecar as his employer for the past four years. that company sent fox two an email saying, in part, we can confirm luigi mangione has not been an employee of our company since 2023. >> apparently, he spent a lot of time advising students at various ways. but i mean, ai is a very important area of study at stanford, not just in the computer sciences, but in every aspect of it. in medicine, in social science and humanities, every discipline is using ai. so i could see how stanford would hire lots of people, and i could see how he would be attracted to it. >> considering his connection to the ai industry, it is ironic that ai led to his capture. new york police investigators saying facial recognition software allowed them to create images of the alleged shooter, which helped that mcdonald's employee recognize mangione then called police, which led to the arrest. we're live on the stanford campus this evening. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news, claudine back across the bay to oakl

declaration by an ivy league professor, she's a self-described socialist, anti-fascist at the university of pennsylvaniaia to praise thompson's killer, luigi mangione, called him an icon. this raises questions, will big donors possibly stop the endowment of institutions with professors that support those ideals. >> i believe it won't just be the donors. it is the trump administration as well. her name is dr. julia, it's a russian name, alexiava. goes by -- she calls herself an art dent socialism, she goes by the media handle, the soviet. she doesn't have qualms about her views. she teaches pretty woke classes. >>> you can look it up. i did a column about this in the new york post. this is really interesting. how does a school like penn which charges $85,000 a year, $95,000 a year to students, how do they afford this? they've got to keep the lights on. this seems like it's crazy that schools are not just flush with money or maybe they are. and when do you a deep dive into financing of major colleges and i've been doing that lately, you notice that they have something called an endowment. the endowments a

pennsylvania, liz. liz: tip of the hat to the cops. they have done an incredible job. the big question, though, alexis is this man went to university of pennsylvania, he's from maryland. people know him. why did it take -- i know you probably don't have the answer to this but i'm asking what everybody's asking, a mcdonald's employee to first out him, to first say i think that's the guy. >> reporter: i know, that's what one of the detectives who has been working the case, i mean, these detectives have not gone home in days because the manhunt has been going on so they're wondering how come it took this elderly gentleman in an tool that to look over and say i recognize that guy when you know if somebody lived with somebody, worked with somebody, that's the person that would have recognized him so it goes back to the question of did the family see those photos like the roast of the country did and why did they not call it in so that's part of the investigation. we know the nypd just got altoona, pennsylvania, it's a four, five hour drive. they left when this broke. they went there to talk to him so we'll see what happens next. liz: al

was the valedictorian at his all boys prep school in baltimore before graduating from the university of pennsylvaniae. news of mangione's arrest is shocking those who knew him. there was nothing came off weird about him. he had great friends. he had a lot of female friends as well. he was a relatively unassuming kid. he was down to earth. he was smart, well adjusted socially. he was at least a two sport athlete. from what i can remember, and he really had everything going for him. our candace nguyen and our investigative unit has delved deeper into his ties to the bay area. you can find more on that on our website at nbcbayarea.com. for now, we're live in san francisco. ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. not your typical suspect. all right. thank you very much, ginger. well, happening today, a man investigators say shot and killed his coworker at a vta bus yard is scheduled to enter a plea back in september. san jose police say a 33 year old bus operator killed his fellow driver. it happened at a vta yard on south seventh street in san jose. investigators later determined that shooting may have

the university of pennsylvania confirming he earned a bachelor's and masters in engineering. crub of mangione's online post, including good reads, where he quoted this take of the unabomber. when all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. mangione calling it interesting. and a post elsewhere of an x-ray of a back. two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news investigators are looking whether it belongs to mangione and whether it has anything to do with his crime. his last known address was in honolulu. a friend from hawaii told cnn mangione struggled with back pain. >> he confirmed he had surgery. he sent me the x-rays. >> reporter: another friend telling "the times," his family said they had not heard from him in several months after his surgery. a friend from college telling nbc he's shocked. >> he struck me as another ivy league student who enjoyed going to frat parties, good looking, confident. nothing particular about him. >> police affirming today that mangione had no criminal history, ana. they say initially he was cooperative with re

mangione's professional bio says he earned a master's of science degree in engineering from the university of pennsylvania. it lists truecar as his employer for the past four years. that company sent fox two an email saying in part, we can confirm luigi mangione has not been an employee of our company since 2023. >> apparently, he spent a lot of time advising students at various ways. but i mean, i is a very important area of study at stanford, not just in the computer sciences, but in every aspect of it. in medicine, in social science and humanities, every discipline is using ai. so i could see how stanford would hire lots of people. and i could see how he would be attracted to it. >> considering his connection to the ai industry. it is ironic that i led to his capture. new york police investigators saying facial recognition software allowed them to create images of mangione, which they were able to distribute. that helped the mcdonald's employee recognize him and call police on the stanford university campus. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. >> we want to make the community safe. we want to make sure we

pennsylvania. court records show he is facing five counts, including one count of murder. friends say mangione was the valedictorian at his all boys prep school in baltimore, and the university of pennsylvania says he graduated in 2020 with a bachelor's and a master's in computer science. stanford confirms luigi mangione was employed as a head counselor and its pre-collegiate studies program about five years ago. now, in a statement, the mangione family says, quote, unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding luigi mangione. we only know what we have read in the media. our family is shocked and devastated by luigi's arrest. we offer our prayers. the family of brian thompson, and we ask people to pray for all involved. we are devastated by the news. now our candice nguyen delves deeper into mangione's ties here in the bay area. you can watch her story in the next half hour. for now, we're live in san francisc, ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. all right, ginger, thank you. well, happening today a man investigators say shot and killed his coworker at a vta bus yard is scheduled to enter a plea in september. san jose police say 33 year old bus operator duk

i was sitting with a university of pennsylvania student on the train this morning who is jewish . i told him about this fire survey that held university of pennsylvania to be on the bottom of a free-speech canvas. -- campus. among the bottom of the list. he said, that's not fair. i said, why? we have all these restrictive policies and no one pays attention to them. you can say whatever you want on campus. i said, can you say that you are a zionist? no. not really. i said, why? i will get penalized. in his view, free-speech was this sort of legal or formalistic right. he didn't see it as a cultural reality. for me, that second category, free-speech as a culture, it's actually the more important reality that we have to work towards. maybe this is where i'm answering your question. ultimately, we want campuses where students can talk, where professors can talk. those are campuses that will be less hostile to the jewish community. they will be more open and better places to be students and they will be better learning environments. this is where i go to the disagreement that i had with

another 467 million will be paid to the university of pennsylvania for the use of its messenger rna inventionsizer will also have to reimburse biontech for parts of those payments. a legal defeat for starbucks involving the firing of two workers who tried to unionize. a feder appeals court rejected starbucks appeal of a case by the national labor relations board. the board had found that the coffee chain illegally fired two philadelphia baristas who wanted to organize a union. the justices said starbucks did not have legal standing or the qualifications to challenge the constitutionality of the board's administrative judges. the appeals court also ruled that starbucks engaged in unfair labor practices by firing the baristas. starbucks argued it fired the workers for poor work, performance, and behavior. a lot more news ahead. terry mcsweeney joins us now with what's coming up next. right now at six, they sprang into action after the disaster in santa cruz. and we are hearing from the firefighters who saved construction workers after part of the wharf collapsed while they were on it. plus, the

. >> we're still looking to mangione's bay area ties after graduating from the university of pennsylvania. he got a job at stanford for four months in the summer of 2019. the university confirms mangione worked there as head counselor in the pre-collegiate studies program. according to his linkedin page, he says he taught artificial intelligence to gifted high school students. his facebook page included several photos of him enjoying the sights around the bay area, before eventually moving to hawaii. we talked to a friend and former roommate from hawaii. he doesn't know what may have gone wrong, but is well aware of mangione's back problems. in a recent surgery he had. >> i knew he was going to have a surgery, so earlier this year i checked in with him. he confirmed that he had had surgery and he sent me the x rays. it looked painless with just giant screws going into his spine. >> the backpack that was found tossed out in central park after the killing was made by peak design, which is a san francisco company. each contains a serial number where the company can trace the purchase history

i mean, he went to university of pennsylvania. he graduated number one in his private school class, valedictorian in high school, multiple degrees from university of pennsylvania. and this individual killed a ceo of a of an insurance company. what caused him to do that? what was the grievance that he had? clearly, he has a problem with corporate america. he's an anti-capitalist. and this act is a clear demonstration that he is not in agreement with what is going on in corporate america. but i would like to understand, looking at the grievance and looking at the motive, how did he select this particular ceo? why was it brian thompson that he selected? victim selection is going to be very important. and pointing back to motive. but this murder is a clear manifestation of his grievance. >> what do you make paul morrow over the fact that so many on the left, taking now to social media and elsewhere, and actually celebrating the assassination of a husband, a father, a ceo because of a bad experience, maybe that they had with their their

. >> he went to the university of pennsylvania, the engineering school where he majored in computer science i've never heard anyone say anything negative about him. he was always someone that i like. at the time i looked up to him, you know, and i like i wanted to, to emulate. >> he was telling me about, like, what he's searching for in hawaii, just just to relax and enjoy his life. and, and i thought to myself, he's going to have a really good life. >> but mengoni's social media posts revealing a darker side, he commented on the unabomber manifesto, and at a certain point, he refers to him in a way that that people have taken as as almost sympathetic. >> we don't know how he went from thinking that the world was broken to taking the action he allegedly took. >> he really just stopped communicating with people. and then two weeks before the shooting, his own mother filed a missing persons report referring to him. in san francisco. >> investigators say mangione's mother later telling the nypd she could envision her son committing this crime. >> they had a conversation where she didn't indica

this is a valedictorian, university of pennsylvania. he's got his whole world in front of him his whole life in front of him. and he had the operation before. >> you say that, and i have heard this conversation. in fact, i was hearing it throughout the day. people were saying, well, if you had the money and he can do it, then why would he be the person who would feel as though he was entitled? i'm using that term lightly to do so, but then they're talking about the access, the system more broadly, even having the funding and being denied all of this goes into the why why him? are investigators focusing on that part, or are they focusing on how how did you elude capture for five days? how did you end up in pennsylvania? where were you? who were you on the phone with? did you have help? who gave you $8,000? >> yeah, i mean, look, there's no doubt that he. this was methodically planned out, right? we're seeing that in the documents that have already been found in his backpack, among amongst other things, he took great lengths to conceal his

the university of pennsylvania says he graduated in 2020 with a bachelor's and a masters in computer science. a fraternity confirming he was a member. tonight investigators say they are combing through his online posts and there are many on platforms including facebook, x, instagram, linkedin, which reveals he appears to be a prolific reader. he shared someone else's take on the manifesto written by the unabomber, ted kaczynski. mangione saying he found it interesting. authorities have not identified a motive for thompson's murder but law enforcement sources say the ullets left at the scene were left with three words, deny, depose. >> we believe at this point our investigation he was acting alone. >> reporter: thompson's murder triggered a backlash online against health care industries. some people even celebrating the killer. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota the company put up temporary fencing while today a private funeral was held for the ceo, 50-year-old father of two, brian thompson. stephanie gosk, altoona, pennsylvania. >>> i'm joined by nbc's tom winter who has been following

the university of pennsylvania says he graduated in 2020 with a bachelors and masters in computer science. fraternity also confirming he was a member. officials are combing through his posts, and there are many, including on x, facebook, instagram and good reads. on good reads, he shared someone else's take on the manifesto written by the unabomber, ted kaczynski. when all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. it's not terrorism. it's war and revolution. mangione saying he found it interesting. thompson's murder triggered a backlash online against healthcare companies. many sharing their anger with the industry. some people even celebrating the killer. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota, the company put up temporary fencing while a private funeral was held for the ceo, 50-year-old father of two, brian thompson. >>> a verdict has been reached in another case that captured national attention. a jury in manhattan finding daniel penny not guilty in the chokehold death of jordan neely. nbc's laura jarrett has the details. >> reporter: a jury in manhattan finding da

. >> reporter: the university of pennsylvania says he graduated in 2020 with a bachelor's and master's in computer science, a fraternity at the school also confirming he was a member. investigators say they are combing through his online posts, and there are many on platforms including facebook, x, instagram, linked in and good reads, which reveals the 26-year-old appears to be a prolific reader. on good reads, he shared someone else's take on the manifesto written by the unabomber ted kaczynski. when all other forms of communication fail, violence is justified, mangione saying he found it interesting. thompson's murder triggered a backlash online against healthcare companies, many sharing their anger with the industry. some people even celebrating the killer. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota, the company put up teorary fencing while a private funeral was held for the ceo, 50-year-old father of two, brian thompson. stephanie gosk, nbc news, altoona, pennsylvania. >>> now to the verdict in another high-profile case here in new york city. a jury in manhattan finding daniel penny not guil

mangione went on to the university of pennsylvania for bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering and computer science, and for four months in the summer of 2019, stanford university confirms mangione worked there as a head counselor in the pre-collegiate studies program, writing on his linkedin that he taught artificial intelligence to gifted high school students. his facebook page included several photos of him enjoying the sights around the bay area since 2020. mangione wrote that he worked at truecar, the used car app based out of santa monica, but the company tells me he stopped working there in 2023. there are clues on his social media that he may have suffered a catastrophic medical emergency. an x ray of a spine with four screws on his x or twitter page. mangione carried other potential evidence when arrested. a ghost gun, a fake id. >> he's also in possession of several items that we believe will connect him to this incident. >> police also found a two page document when they detained mangione, and cnn is reporting some of what he allegedly wrote, citing law enforcement s

has connections to maryland california, even hawaii we also believe that he went to the university of pennsylvania, but still no clear reason why he was here and as many folks have discussed the question of why he was sitting there with all of this evidence on him so these are a lot of the questions that we're going to be asking as we go into the next several hours and next several days. now, especially the nypd is on the ground here in pennsylvania. >> jake and danny, what can you tell us about the mcdonald's employee who tipped off police well, we're still learning details about the specific mcdonald's employee. >> what i can tell you right now, jake, is this mcdonald's is open. there are a number of people waiting on line in the drive thru. and again, you've been to a lot of these towns and cities in pennsylvania. jake this is not an area that necessarily gets rows of media like we are now seeing out here as well. so we're hoping to learn more about this specific employee who really was courageous in making this phone call to police but once we have more information on that, we'll be sure to br

cnn's danny freeman, who looked into the suspect's time at the ivy league college, the university of pennsylvania, where he graduated in 2020. >> years before he'd be escorted into a pennsylvania courthouse. luigi mangione spent time more than 200 miles east here at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia, the prestigious ivy league university, confirming mangione graduated on may 18th, 2020 with a bachelor's and master's degree in engineering. that means he likely spent much of his time here at the school of engineering and applied science. now, while there weren't a lot of people who knew him or willing to speak to us about him on camera, at least one student said that he was a ta of computer and information sciences. also, in a since taken down post for the university's penn today, mangione was featured for leading a 60 student club that made video games. quote i wanted to make my own game and so i learned how to code. mangione told a university writer he was a member of the honor society and engineering school, which is only for the top students in the class. >> he was involved in a fr

. >> reporter: then he attended the university of pennsylvania where he joined a fraternity. are filled with travel of family and friends, some of who posted comments before the shooting concerned about him. one writing, no one has heard from you in months, and another i don't know if you are okay or just in a super isolated place. >> usually when we see people come out with homicides, it's growing into it. to start out with homicide and murder, premeditated murder at that is very rare. >> reporter: police say that he is being arraigned at this hour here in pennsylvania, but that he will have to be extradited to new york to face those murder charges or whatever the d.a. decides. here he is being held on an illegal gun charge. norah. >> norah: still so many questions about the motive. lilia luciano, thank you so much. in another major development, chaos directed both inside and outside a new york city courthouse today after a jury found marine veteran daniel penny not guilty on the subway choke hold killing of jordan neely. penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide

he graduated from the university of pennsylvania, an ivy league school, in 2020. his family owns a nursing home chain in maryland and also a country club there. his cousin, as i mentioned, is a state legislator, so a fairly prominent family he comes from in the state of maryland in the baltimore area. also we have kind of pieced together some information about where he has resided over the past few years among the places where we have found out that he has lived are the states of maryland, pennsylvania and hawaii. now, one of his roommates in the state of hawaii, where he moved fairly recently apparently to seek treatment for back pain this gentleman named rj martin was on cnn earlier tonight. here's what he had to say about his experience with luigi mangione i first interviewed him before he moved in. >> i remember he said he had a back issue and he was hoping to get stronger in hawaii. so he's always focused on trying when he first came, he went on a surf lesson with other members and unfortunately, just a basic surf lesson. he was in bed for about a week. we ha

. >> the maryland native is a graduate of the university of pennsylvania and has been equally condemned and praised, achieving near folk hero status in some social media circles. countless posts read. fri, luigi. justice for luigi and deny, defend, depose, the words now infamously scrawled on bullet casings found at the crime scene. >> the fact that he would go out of his way to scribe things onto these shell casings. when you combine that with this manifesto or writing that he had, i think you're going to see somebody that had a deep hatred based on psychosis or an injury that he sustained through their services, some dark corner. >> this killer is being hailed as a hero. hear me on this. he is no hero. the real hero in this story is the person who called 911 and mcdonald's this morning. >> pennsylvania governor josh shapiro isn't mincing any words about what he called vigilante justice. >> i understand people have real frustration with our health care system, but i have no tolerance. or should anyone for one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinio

cnn's brian todd sets the stage after graduating from the university of pennsylvania in 2020. >> shooting suspect luigi mangione maintained an active social media presence for years, posting smiling photos from his travels and gatherings with friends. he worked as a software engineer for the online car sales company truecar, according to his linkedin page. >> there was nothing came off weird about him. he had great friends, he had a lot of female friends as well. he was a relatively unassuming kid. he was down to earth. he was smart, well adjusted socially. >> his most recent address was in hawaii, where he lived for about six months at a co-working and co-living space in honolulu, according to a building manager. his only known encounter with the law. there was a ticket for trespassing. people who know him in maryland, in pennsylvania, at stanford and in hawaii, and those who know his family have all told cnn that he was very bright and expressed surprise that he would be accused of murder. >> i was just stunned, shocked. couldn't believe it. it's just not who you would think of at all.