Timeline: How a Maryland man was arrested in connection to health insurance CEO’s killing

The life story of Luigi Nicholas Mangione changed dramatically Monday.

Eight years ago, he was the valedictorian at Gilman, an elite, all-boys school in Baltimore, where the tuition is more than $37,000 per year for ninth through 12th grades.

In 2020, he graduated with undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school.

Now, he’s the subject of a manhunt that began a week ago after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered outside of a Hilton in New York City. That search led to a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where the 26-year-old was arrested on gun charges.

Here’s a timeline based on police and public reports:

Sunday, Nov. 24:

Thompson’s killer arrived at 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in New York City by bus, surveillance video shows, according to police. The bus traveled from Atlanta to New York, but it’s not clear where the suspect joined the ride.

Wednesday, Dec. 4:

The suspect was seen on surveillance footage at 5 a.m. outside a hostel on the city’s Upper West Side, where he is believed to have stayed, according to multiple reports.

At 6:19 a.m. that morning, surveillance video shows him walking along 55th Street.

More than 20 minutes later, at 6:44 a.m., Thompson was shot by a masked gunman outside of the Hilton Midtown. The gunman continued to shoot as he walked toward the victim.

The suspect then fled the scene on a bike and rode into Central Park, according to police.

The bike was left around 86th Street and Columbus Avenue, and then the suspect took a taxi to a bus depot at 178th Street.

Monday, Dec. 9

Mangione was arrested in Altoona after getting off a Greyhound bus and being recognized by a McDonald’s employee.

New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said he had a handwritten note that spoke to “his motivation and mindset,” including an “ill will toward corporate America.”

Police said Mangione had a ghost gun — a homemade firearm — and a fake New Jersey driver’s license like the one used to check into a New York hostel.

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