"Wack the CEO": Feds allege Mangione kept a notebook outlining crime
SalonFederal prosecutors filed new charges against Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, on Thursday. In the complaint, the Department of Justice alleges Mangione kept a notebook in the months leading up to the fatal shooting, writing in an Aug. 15 entry that “the target is insurance.” Mangione allegedly wrote that an attack on an insurance company "checks every box." In a later entry that federal authorities cited in the complaint, they claim that Mangione marveled at his luck upon discovering the New York conference outside of which Thompson was killed. Prosecutors further allege the notebook “describes an intent to ‘wack’ the CEO of one of the insurance companies at its investor conference.” The federal complaint also contains surveillance photos of Mangione, a scan of his New Jersey fake ID, and a photo of a firearm Mangione was allegedly carrying at the time of his arrest.