'We believe this is the person we are looking for': Suspect arrested in New York murder of Brian Thompson

Un suspect a été interpellé ce 9 décembre. EPA – JUSTIN LANE

Un suspect a été arrêté ce 9 décembre 2024, dans l'affaire du meurtre de Brian Thompson, patron d'un géant de l'assurance santé américaine.

A suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday in the northeastern United States in the investigation into the street murder last Wednesday in New York of the boss of a giant American health insurance company, announced the police and the New York City Hall.

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“Members of the Altoona police department”, 500 km west of New York, “arrested Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old man, for possession of firearms. At this time, we believe that he is the person we are looking for in the targeted and brazen murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare”, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press briefing alongside Mayor Eric Adams.

Also read: "A premeditated, planned and targeted attack": Brian Thompson, CEO of an American health insurance company, shot dead in the street in New York

What happened ?

The events took place in the Manhattan district last Wednesday in New York (United States). Shortly before 7 a.m., while he was in front of a hotel, Brian Thompson was shot in the street, according to the American police, relayed by the BBC. The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, is dead.

A man wearing a hoodie and ski mask was apparently waiting for Brian Thompson outside the Manhattan Hilton Hotel. That’s when the man shot him and fled.

The suspect initially left on foot, before later taking an electric bike. Authorities lost track of him around Central Park, where he was last seen. “Everything indicates that this was a premeditated, planned and targeted attack,”, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch was quoted as saying by the BBC.