UnitedHealthcare says CEO shooting suspect was never their client

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, reportedly did not have insurance through the company, according to NBC News.

UnitedHealth Group said there is no record of Mangione being insured through UnitedHealthcare, as reported by NBC News.

The Hill has contacted NYPD for additional comment.

“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth-largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America,” New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said in an interview that aired Thursday.

“So that’s possibly why he targeted that that company,” he added.

Thompson was shot and killed last week outside a midtown Manhattan hotel where UnitedHealth Group was holding its annual investor conference.

Mangione faces five counts including murder in the second degree, according to an arrest warrant. He also faces two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.

Police said a ghost gun, silencer and writings expressing “some ill will toward corporate America” were found on Mangione, which linked him to the crime.

Mangione, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, said in a handwritten note that he acted alone.

Mangione was arrested Monday on gun charges in Altoona, Pa., according to New York City police, who described him as a “person of interest” in last week’s shooting. He faces five charges in Pennsylvania, including for carrying a firearm without a license and falsely identifying himself to law enforcement.