The man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was not a customer of the mammoth insurance company.
UnitedHealth Group issued a statement saying Luigi Mangione, 26, was never insured by the company, said, according to NBC.
New York Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that a review of Mangione’s social media and writings shows that a back injury he suffered was a “life-altering injury.”
Kenny said Thompson could have been targeted because of the sheer size of UnitedHealthcare.
“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 health care organization in America,” Kenny said.
“So that’s possibly why he targeted that company,” Kenny said.
An NYPD intelligence report about Mangione said anger against the health insurance industry and “corporate greed” were driving Mangione’s actions, according to CNN.
“He appeared to view the targeted killing of the company’s highest-ranking representative as a symbolic takedown and a direct challenge to its alleged corruption and ‘power games,’ asserting in his note he is the ‘first to face it with such brutal honesty,’” the assessment said.
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