A man has been charged in New York in the killing of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson. The suspect, identified by authorities as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was arrested in Altoona, Pa., on Monday.
Here is what we know about the suspect’s movements before and immediately after the shooting, based on visual evidence and police statements.
The New York Times; aerial scene from Google Earth
Before the shooting
According to law enforcement officials, the person whom the police suspect was the gunman left the hostel he had been staying in for several days, the HI New York City Hostel near West 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The police speculate that the man likely rode a bicycle to Midtown because it took him only 10 minutes to get from the hostel on the Upper West Side to West 54th Street, where the shooting occurred.
The man believed to be the suspect arrived at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, where UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investors’ day gathering. The police said he walked back and forth on West 54th Street before entering a Starbucks near West 56th Street and Avenue of the Americas. Surveillance cameras inside captured his partially hidden face.
New York City Police Department, via Associated Press
Surveillance footage provided by Stage Star Deli captured a man believed to be the gunman walking westward on West 55th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue.
Provided by Gideon Platt, owner of Stage Star Deli
Surveillance footage obtained by The New York Times shows the suspect walking in the area of the shooting around 15 minutes beforehand. In the video, he appears to be making a phone call as he walks on the sidewalk about 175 feet from where Mr. Thompson was shot.
Provided by Patrick Laborde
The shooting
The police said Mr. Thompson was seen on video walking on West 54th Street toward the entrance of the Hilton.
Footage obtained by The Times shows the gunman approach Mr. Thompson from behind and fire several shots. The gunman stops to fiddle with his weapon, which appears to have jammed, then shoots again as he walks toward Mr. Thompson, who has collapsed.
Suspect flees
The gunman is seen in the video jogging across the street. A witness photo also captured a person believed to be the suspect cutting through a pedestrian passageway onto West 55th Street. The police later found a cellphone in the passageway.
The suspect then got on a bicycle and rode north, according to Joseph Kenny, the chief of detectives for the New York Police Department. Footage released by the department showed the person riding a bicycle, turning onto Avenue of the Americas from West 55th Street.
New York City Police Department, via Associated Press
The police arrived at the scene and found Mr. Thompson lying on the sidewalk in front of the Hilton hotel. At the same time, the suspect was spotted riding into Central Park on Center Drive, said the police commissioner, Jessica Tisch.
The police on Friday said they found the backpack that they believe the man ditched in Central Park while fleeing the shooting.
Source: Police statements
The New York Times
Mr. Kenny said the suspected shooter then exited the park at 77th Street, still on his bicycle.
The police also have surveillance footage showing the suspect near 86th Street and Columbus Avenue.
The suspect was still on 86th Street, but no longer on the bicycle.
He got into a cab at 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, heading north.
He arrived at a bus station near 178th Street and Broadway that is used by interstate buses, where video surveillance showed him going in but not coming out.
Mr. Kenny said that the police believe he may have left New York City.
Suspect in custody
Mr. Mangione was detained in Altoona, Pa., after an employee recognized him in a McDonald’s restaurant from a photograph released by the N.Y.P.D.
When questioned by police, the man furnished fake New Jersey identification that matched the one used by the suspected gunman when he checked into a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Additionally, the man was in possession of a firearm and silencer similar to those used in the New York killing.
He also carried with him a 262-word handwritten manifesto condemning the health care industry for putting profits over patients.
Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times
Later that night, he was charged in Manhattan with murder, according to court records. He also faces five charges in Pennsylvania, including carrying a gun without a license, forgery and possessing “instruments of crime,” according to a criminal complaint.
