{"id":135420,"date":"2024-12-10T11:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T04:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135420"},"modified":"2024-12-10T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T04:14:51","slug":"luigi-mangione-ceo-shooting-suspect-was-ivy-league-graduate-who-appears-to-have-written-about-unabomber-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135420","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione, CEO shooting suspect, was Ivy League graduate who appears to have written about Unabomber online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hhrzmk0000356mtgj5ufqg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Months before police identified Luigi Mangione as the man they suspect gunned down a top health insurance CEO and then seemingly vanished from Midtown Manhattan, another disappearing act worried his friends and family.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huc9v3000g3b6m44juubx0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The 26-year-old scion of a wealthy Baltimore family who was a high school valedictorian and an Ivy League graduate, Mangione had maintained an active social media presence for years, posting smiling photos from his travels, sharing his weightlifting routine and discussing health challenges he faced.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huc9v3000h3b6mqn1r21az@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He publicly kept track of nearly 300 books he had read or wanted to read, even posting a favorable review of the Unabomber manifesto on a book website.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huc9v3000i3b6mfq960a01@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But then, during the summer, Mangione appeared to stop posting online, prompting worried messages from some of his friends.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huc9v3000j3b6mg9ibvjoz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cNobody has heard from you in months, and apparently your family is looking for you,\u201d one user posted on X in October, tagging an account belonging to Mangione. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you are okay,\u201d another posted.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huc9v3000k3b6mwzxnfxut@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Now, as police rush to piece together Mangione\u2019s potential motive and movements leading up to last week\u2019s shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, those who know him are left wondering how someone with a promising life could have possibly committed such a brazen crime.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huc9v3000l3b6m5yan5hnw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI can make zero sense of it,\u201d said R.J. Martin, who lived with Mangione at a Hawaii co-living space a few years ago, remembering him as friendly and thoughtful. \u201cIt\u2019s unimaginable.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hoqovn0000356mlckbfcz4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione, who was arrested at a McDonald\u2019s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday, made his first court appearance later that day. He was charged with forgery, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of a crime and false identification to law enforcement authorities. He has not yet entered a plea and will be held without bail.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4hunl72001x3b6mj12p5l4g@published\" class=\"image_inline-small portrait image_inline-small__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2188541404.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.333125\" data-original-height=\"2133\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188541404.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_inline-small__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_inline-small__picture\"><source height=\"2133\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188541404.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2133\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188541404.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2133\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188541404.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2133\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188541404.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188541404.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\" alt=\"In this photo released by the Altoona Police Department, Luigi Mangione is seen in a holding cell after being taken into custody.\" class=\"image_inline-small__dam-img image_inline-small__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_inline-small__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2133\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hufcoy000p3b6mbi81mnmg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to the criminal complaint against Mangione, he was carrying a backpack containing a black 3D-printed pistol and a black 3D-printed silencer. A police official told CNN he also had a handwritten document stating, \u201cthese parasites had it coming,\u201d and expressing \u201cill will toward corporate America.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hufcoy000q3b6msvt9f0tj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione himself, however, grew up in a wealthy Baltimore family that made it big in business.<strong> <\/strong>The suspect\u2019s grandfather, Nicholas Mangione, a former masonry contractor who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2008\/11\/04\/nicholas-b-mangione\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Baltimore Sun<\/a> he started working at age 11, built a local real estate empire that included nursing home facilities around Maryland and two country clubs in the Baltimore suburbs.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4honz0500043b6mvpf4vg3a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The younger Mangione, who is one of more than 30 grandchildren of Nicholas Mangione and his wife, Mary, volunteered at a family business, the nursing home chain Lorien Health Systems, while he was in high school, according to his LinkedIn profile.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000q356mgqc89cjr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione graduated from the prestigious Gilman School, an all-boys institution that is known as one of Baltimore\u2019s toniest private schools, where he was the high school valedictorian in 2016.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000r356mr4wdumyo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In his valedictorian speech, Mangione lauded his classmates for \u201ccoming up with new ideas and challenging the world,\u201d citing successful fundraisers and accomplishments in sports and academics.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000s356m7u6bx28p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTo the class of 2016, a kind of class that only comes around once every 50 years, it\u2019s been an incredible journey, and I simply can\u2019t imagine the last few years with any other group of guys,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000t356msljac9bq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 2020 with a master\u2019s and bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science and a minor in mathematics, a university spokesperson told CNN. Mangione was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, social media photos show.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000u356myfxb1t7u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In an interview for a university blog post, Mangione talked about how he had started a video game development club.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000v356mki9o1vjs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn high school, I started playing a lot of independent games and stuff like that, but I wanted to make my own game, and so I learned how to code,\u201d Mangione said. \u201cIn my freshman and sophomore years of high school, I learned (on my own) how to program, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m a computer science major now; that\u2019s how I got into it\u2026 I just really wanted to make games.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hu0nyh00003b6mudvxligg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A former colleague of Mangione who worked with him as a counselor at a Stanford University summer program during his college years described him as outgoing and socially charming.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huhn4g000x3b6m31001jfd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI am flabbergasted,\u201d the colleague said, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the news. \u201cI never got the impression he would self-destruct.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4hutm8400043b6mv3z7fn3w@published\" class=\"image_inline-small portrait image_inline-small__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-name=\"Screenshot+2024-12-09+at+4.05.05+PM.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.4824\" data-original-height=\"3706\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-12-09-at-4-05-05-pm.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_inline-small__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_inline-small__picture\"><source height=\"3706\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-12-09-at-4-05-05-pm.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"3706\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-12-09-at-4-05-05-pm.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"3706\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-12-09-at-4-05-05-pm.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"3706\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-12-09-at-4-05-05-pm.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-12-09-at-4-05-05-pm.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\" alt=\"An online photo of Luigi Mangione from 2021.\" class=\"image_inline-small__dam-img image_inline-small__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_inline-small__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3706\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000w356mhygob4pg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After graduating, Mangione worked as a software engineer for the online car sales company TrueCar, according to his LinkedIn page. His most recent address was in Hawaii, NYPD officials said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000x356mq6ikr5xs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione is registered to vote at his family\u2019s address in Cockeysville, Maryland, a Baltimore suburb, and is registered as unaffiliated with a political party, according to the state\u2019s voter registration lookup website. He is the cousin of Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione, a Republican, the state lawmaker\u2019s office confirmed to local media.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4honyae00023b6m6p2aktky@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Mangione family also run a family foundation that has nearly $4.5 million in assets, and were longtime benefactors of Loyola University in Maryland, which named its aquatic center after them.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo000y356msf2lfgsx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Private security guards were blocking access to the family\u2019s house on a golf club Monday afternoon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huqd2400003b6mrlik2vo6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a statement released by Nino Mangione\u2019s office, the family said they are \u201cshocked and devastated by Luigi\u2019s arrest.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hvesp3000m3b6mk6hz228o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved,\u201d the statement said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo0011356m9zdnqe6i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In recent years, Mangione suffered from troubling back pain and underwent surgery to treat it, according to a friend and online postings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h00183b6mkgljv6t2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Around 2022, Mangione moved to Hawaii, where he lived for about six months at  a co-working and co-living space in Honolulu, Martin told CNN. At the time, Mangione was working remotely, Martin said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h00193b6mhmll28lk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione helped lead a book club for residents and liked going hiking and doing yoga, Martin, the founder of the co-living space, said. While residents sometimes discussed capitalism and the health care system, \u201cit wasn\u2019t like he had an ax to grind or he was even upset or angry about a particular issue,\u201d Martin said. He didn\u2019t remember Mangione ever talking about guns or violence.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001a3b6m0g7i7n9e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Soon after Mangione moved to Hawaii, Martin said, Mangione did a surf lesson and ended up \u201cin bed for about a week\u201d with back pain. \u201cIt was really traumatic and difficult, you know, when you\u2019re in your early twenties and you can\u2019t, you know, do some basic things,\u201d Martin said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4huln0w001s3b6mb9khrt34@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"still_21172807_50110_still.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21172807-50110-still.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21172807-50110-still.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21172807-50110-still.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21172807-50110-still.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21172807-50110-still.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21172807-50110-still.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"R.J. Martin, Mangione's former roommate, speaks to CNN on Monday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001b3b6mb50l0xef@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Martin said he fell out of touch with Mangione and last exchanged texts with him earlier this year. Mangione told him that he had undergone back surgery and sent him a photo of his X-ray that, Martin said, \u201clooked heinous, with just giant screws going into his spine.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001c3b6mu76m65ua@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione posted a similar photo as the backdrop for his X page, which was taken offline after he was identified by police Monday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001d3b6mo7f7ei5g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And on the book review website, Goodreads, Mangione reported reading or wanting to read a number of books about coping with chronic back pain. He also linked to handwritten notes laying out his workout routine, which state that he was suffering from spondylolisthesis, the slippage of a vertebrae in the spine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001e3b6mmo4szvxp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Posts from a now-deleted Reddit account that does not list Mangione\u2019s name but closely matches many of his biographical details \u2013 including his university, age, major and health condition \u2013 say that the user had suffered from back aches related to spondylolisthesis since childhood but aggravated the condition after a surfing incident.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001f3b6m7to9u8oz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMy back and hips locked up after the accident,\u201d the user wrote in July 2023, adding that \u201cintermittent numbness has become constant\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m terrified of the implications.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001g3b6mlt3ip488@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A few weeks later, the user wrote that he had undergone spinal surgery, which improved his symptoms. The user did not appear to post about health insurance related to the surgery, or connect the treatment to UnitedHealthcare.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4huiv0h001h3b6mimao97jw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The user also detailed past struggles with health issues including Lyme disease and severe brain fog, which he said started after losing sleep during his fraternity\u2019s \u201chell week\u201d and caused his college grades to start \u201ctanking.\u201d He expressed frustration about how little was understood by the medical community about brain fog, writing that \u201cit\u2019s absolutely brutal to have such a life-halting issue\u2026 The people around you probably won\u2019t understand your symptoms &#8211; they certainly don\u2019t for me.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4hup3kp00223b6m8n7utm1r@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP24339583082309.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24339583082309-20241206212858688.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24339583082309-20241206212858688.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24339583082309-20241206212858688.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24339583082309-20241206212858688.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24339583082309-20241206212858688.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24339583082309-20241206212858688.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"A New York police officer stands on 54th Street outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot last week.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo0012356mbvqmg43u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione\u2019s Goodreads profile also sheds more light on his thinking about political violence. Earlier this year, he reported<strong> <\/strong>having read the 1995 anti-technology manifesto written by the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, the infamous domestic terrorist and mathematician known for sending deadly bombs through the mail.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo0013356mavf0j2tp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s easy to quickly and thoughtless(ly) write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies. But it\u2019s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out,\u201d Mangione\u202fwrote in a review of the book in January. \u201cHe was a violent individual \u2013 rightfully imprisoned \u2013 who maimed innocent people. While these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo0014356m9byj5nx3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In his review, Mangione also shared thoughts someone else had written about Kaczynski in a Reddit thread, quoting a commenter who had described his acts as \u201cwar and revolution,\u201d saying that he \u201chad the balls to recognize that peaceful protest has gotten us absolutely nowhere\u201d and that \u201c\u2018Violence never solved anything\u2019 is a statement uttered by cowards and predators.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo0015356mronazu0o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In total, Mangione\u2019s Goodreads profile listed him as reading or wanting to read nearly 300 books, including a book about mental illness, a biography of the creator of the atomic bomb and Michael Pollan\u2019s popular book on the science of psychedelics.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo0016356m3onhnlek@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On X, Mangione posted about science and technology, including artificial intelligence and psychedelics. The roughly 75 accounts he followed included prominent academics and public figures such as Joe Rogan, Edward Snowden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the best-selling author of \u201cThe Anxious Generation,\u201d a book about the negative effects of social media on American teens.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hki0xo0018356mbgl5v42y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Mangione doesn\u2019t appear to have posted anything since midsummer \u2013 and posts addressed to his X account suggest that some of Mangione\u2019s friends have been trying to get in touch with him.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hujxvr001m3b6m7uzrnizb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In July, one user tweeted at Mangione, \u201cI haven\u2019t heard from you in months,\u201d urging him to let him know if Mangione could honor the \u201ccommitments\u201d he had made for the user\u2019s wedding.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hujxvr001n3b6mfvkect9o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In late November, just weeks before the shooting, another user posted at Mangione, \u201cthinking of you and prayers everyday in your name. Know you are missed and loved.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4hkhc5d000l356mf3znlzzw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Curt Devine, Scott Glover, Rob Kuznia, Holmes Lybrand, and Daniel A. 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