Investigators are probing whether Luigi Mangione’s back injury was the alleged motive in the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, police said.
“A possible motive that we are also looking into is that he suffered an accident that caused him to visit an emergency room back on July 4 of 2023,” an NYPD official said Wednesday.
“He posted X-rays of numerous screws being inserted into his spine — and [in] some of the writings, he was discussing the difficulty of sustaining that injury.”
The 26-year-old accused killer had “animus toward the health care industry,” the official added.