Luigi Mangione’s face is now familiar worldwide, following his arrest for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in Manhattan. But new details on the life and background of the Ivy League-educated 26-year-old are still emerging by the hour. Mangione, in custody in Pennsylvania following a five-day manhunt and facing a second-degree murder charge in New York, struggled with police and yelled out as he entered an extradition hearing on Tuesday. Those who knew Mangione are now trying to reconcile the friendly computer science major with the suspect who allegedly shot and killed Thompson and was arrested carrying a short manifesto criticizing health insurance companies for putting profits above care and specifically singling out UnitedHealthcare, according to the New York Times and CNN. Well-known family Mangione was born in 1998 to Louis and Kathleen Mangione, and was part of a well-known family in Maryland that owned a wide range of businesses. Luigi’s grandfather, Nick Mangione Sr., and his wife purchased a golf course and country club in Howard County in the 1970s. It included a 220-room hotel, a 10,000-square-foot ballroom and an 85-seat amphitheater, according to the Washington Post. They had five daughters and five sons, including Luigi’s father Louis. They later bought another country club and a radio station in the 1980s. Mangione Sr. died in 2008, but his children have continued to run the family businesses. Thomas J. Maronick Jr., a lawyer and radio host who knew Mangione Sr., praised the family, describing them as “incredibly generous.” He said they were generous with charities. Maronick Jr. said he was shocked that Luigi Mangione has been named as the shooter. “Given the family, and how generous and supportive of charity they are, and the esteem their name carries in Maryland, it’s the last person you’d expect,” he said. Promising childhood before disappearance Former classmates at the Gilman School, an all-boys, $37,000 a year private school in Baltimore, told the New York Times that Luigi Mangione was intelligent. They said he made mobile apps before college, and participated in clubs including model U.N. and robotics. Mangione was also an athlete, and was on the wrestling team. Former classmate Aaron Cranston told the Times he became friends with Mangione in high school, describing him as perhaps the “smartest” at the elite private school. “He was a big believer in the power of technology to change the world,” Cranston told the paper. In his senior yearbook page, Mangione thanked his parents for sending him to Gilman, saying the school was “the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” “Thanks for dealing with me these past 18 years,” Mangione wrote to his parents. “I cannot thank you enough for supporting me along the way.” The yearbook page shows he fulfilled his community service requirement at the Maryland nursing home company Lorien Health Services, which his father was an owner of, according to the Times. After graduating and giving the valedictorian speech at Gilman in 2016, Mangione attended the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in computer science. He later got his master’s in computer and information science. Mangione was interested in video game development, and his LinkedIn profile states that he fixed 300 bugs as an intern for the company Firaxis Games in the video game “Civilization VI.” His LinkedIn page shows Mangione worked as a software engineer for the California-based company TrueCar for several years starting in 2020. In recent years, those who knew him said Mangione was dealing with significant back pain. He lived for six months in Honolulu, moving into a “co-living” space called Surfbreak that caters to remote workers. Surfbreak’s founder, R.J. Martin, told the Times that Mangione was a smart, accomplished and upbeat engineer. Fellow Surfbreak resident Jackie Wexler told the Honolulu Civil Beat that Mangione was “just such a thoughtful and deeply compassionate person at everything he did.” He didn’t complain about his back pain, but it had a major impact on his life, Martin said. “He knew that dating and being physically intimate with his back condition wasn’t possible,” Martin told the Times. “I remember him telling me that, and my heart just breaks.” The now-charged suspect’s GoodReads account paints a complex picture. It includes praise for a the book “Industrial Society and Its Future” by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. His reading history included several books on dealing with chronic back pain, and his X profile shows an X-ray image of a spinal fusion surgery, though it’s unconfirmed if the image actually depicts Mangione. Friiends told the Times that Mangione’s family was unaware of his whereabouts before his arrest on Monday. His mother, Kathleen, reported to San Francisco police that her son was missing on Nov. 18, the San Francisco Standard reported . Public records suggest Mangione may have relatives in San Francisco, the Standard added.
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Luigi Mangione , the suspect charged with murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomson allegedly had a homemade gun, known as a ghost gun, when police arrested him on Monday. The handgun that police say may have been made with a 3D printer, is similar to the gun that shot and killed Thomson. Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top stories Ghost guns are untraceable. They can be assembled at home or 3D-printed, and don’t have a serial number that can be tracked. They don’t require a license or background check to be obtained. “That’s the beauty of it for the criminal and that’s the stumbling block for law enforcement,” said Mark Mendelson, a former homicide detective in Toronto. There are two common forms to obtaining a ghost gun, Mendelson said. People can legally purchase individual gun parts online -- in some cases there are do-it-yourself kits, which can be assembled at home. Sometimes, additional parts are 3D-printed to fill in the missing pieces. Other times, the entire gun can be 3D-printed using software obtained on the dark web, according to Mendelson. “If you know where you're going, you'll find it. There will always be somebody ready to sell it to you,” he said. Ghost guns in Canada It is illegal to manufacture firearms in Canada unless you have a business license to build them. Ottawa has taken steps to specifically crack down on ghost guns. Officials work with Canada Border Services Agency to help intercept imported parts for homemade guns. Recently, the government made it illegal to possess or distribute 3D printing software used to manufacture guns. But it’s not illegal to own a 3D printer. 3D printers are sold for as cheap as $300 online, but those in the printing business say criminals likely aren’t using the cheapest printer they can find. “They're not just buying a simple printer off of Amazon and going out and printing a gun. They're buying a very high-end printer that's going to be able to handle an explosion,” said Randy Janes, owner of Wave of the Future 3D in Saskatoon. “It's pretty crucial that it doesn't blow up on you when you're making these parts.” But technology is changing, and 3D printing is getting easier for the average person to dabble in, Mendelson said. And criminals are always looking for workarounds. Follow the CTV News channel on WhatsApp “As long as you have the sort of technological smarts to be able to put these things together with the software, with the consumables that go into these 3D printers, we will probably see more of this, unfortunately, as we move down the road,” Mendelson said. In June 2023, police seized 440 ghost guns and more than 50 3D printers in a cross-agency investigation that involved more than 20 police forces. Officers carried out 64 raids in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan that resulted in 45 arrests. Ghost guns were unheard of ten years ago, Mendelson said. But he expects police will see more of them on the streets as Ottawa introduces new gun bans that make it harder for criminals to access guns. “Criminals do their best to stay out of jail and they'll use technology to their advantage if, in fact, it will help them to access guns. Guns are not going to go away,” Mendelson said.CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bryce Thompson scored 17 points, Marchelus Avery had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Oklahoma State beat Miami 80-74 on Friday in the consolation bracket of the Charleston Classic. Oklahoma State (4-1) will play in the fifth-place game on Sunday, while Miami (3-2) will try to avoid going winless in the tournament. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, obituaries, sports, and more.