Authorities on Monday identified a “strong person of interest” who was arrested on firearms charges and was being questioned in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside his Manhattan hotel early last Wednesday.
On Monday, as the manhunt for Thompson’s killer stretched into a sixth day, police made a breakthrough and began questioning a man in Pennsylvania after responding to a tip that came in from a McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania. The man was identified Monday afternoon as Luigi Mangione, 26.
The NYPD released unmasked photos of the suspect on December 5, the day after the fatal shooting, and scoured a Manhattan hostel in the Upper West Side where the suspect was staying, in addition to Central Park where the suspect’s backpack was recovered.
Over the weekend police released additional surveillance images of the suspect in the back of a cab.
The NYPD issued a $10,000 reward for information on the shooter, while the FBI also joined the hunt, offering an additional $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Here’s everything we know about the person of interest:
Tip from the public leads police to Pennsylvania
On Monday, police responded to a tip from a member of the public in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, who said they saw a man who looked like the person of interest police have been searching for, according to CNN.
The 26-year-old man was taken in for questioning, and it was discovered that he was in possession of a ghost gun that matches the weapon believed to have been used in the assassination-style killing, a senior law enforcement official told the New York Times.
The man also had supresser for the gun and several fake identification cards, including one the NYPD believes was used by the gunman.
Officers also searched a Long Island Railroad train on Thursday — and while it didn’t turn up any evidence, police emphasized the importance of information from the public.
“The train stopped. They searched the train and nothing was found,” a spokesperson for the NYPD said. “We are getting Crime Stoppers tips…It’s helping. We are following up on every single tip that’s come in.”
