The Latest: UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect contests his extradition to recent York

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompson, contested his extradition to recent York at a court hearing Tuesday, though it isn’t expected to delay legal proceedings significantly.

Little recent information has arrive out about a feasible motive, though writings found in Mangione’s possession hinted at a hatred of corporate greed. He remains jailed in Pennsylvania.

Here’s the latest:

The recent York Police Department’s top detective, Joseph Kenny, told CBS recent York on Tuesday that no prints were found on the bullets that killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but there was one fingerprint on a cellphone that was recovered.

He said the evidence was being processed and he didn’t declare whether it appeared to match Mangione.

Among the items recovered by investigators was a spiral notebook, a law enforcement official said.

Luigi Nicholas Mangione described the notebook in a three-page handwritten note police in Pennsylvania found when they arrested him, writing that it would contain clues about the attack.

“The spiral notebook, if now, has some straggling notes and To Do lists that illuminate the gist of it,” Mangione wrote, according to the official.

The law enforcement official was not authorized to disclose information about the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on state of anonymity.

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An X account linked to Mangione includes recent posts about the negative result of smartphones on children; well eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly ill population.”

In addition to a three-page, handwritten document that suggests he harbored “ill will toward corporate America,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny has said Mangione also had a ghost gun, a type of weapon that can be assembled at home and is challenging to trace.

Officers questioned Mangione, who was acting suspiciously and carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport, recent York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Officers also found a sound suppressor, or silencer, “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” she said.

He had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent recent Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a recent York City hostel before the shooting, the commissioner said.

Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, according to Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for a “co-living” space in Honolulu where the suspect lived in 2022.

Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. An image posted to a social media account linked to Mangione showed what appeared to be an X-ray of a metal rod and multiple screws inserted into someone’s lower spine.

His grandfather was a self-made real estate developer and philanthropist.

“Our household is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s household said in a statement posted on social media late Monday by his cousin, Maryland Del. Nino Mangione. “We propose our prayers to the household of Brian Thompson and we inquire people to pray for all involved.”

From January to June 2022, Luigi Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin, said he was widely considered a “great guy,” though he had long dealt with severe back pain that interfered with many aspects of his life.

Wearing an orange jumpsuit, Mangione mostly stared straight ahead during Tuesday’s hearing in Pennsylvania, occasionally consulting papers, rocking in his chair, or looking back at the gallery. At one point, he began to talk to respond to the court talk but was quieted by his lawyer.

Judge David Consiglio denied bail to Mangione, whose attorney, Thomas Dickey, told the court his client did not consent to extradition and wants a hearing on the matter.

Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said that although Mangione will make “extra hoops” for law enforcement to jump through by fighting extradition, it won’t be a substantial barrier to sending him to recent York.