ALTOONA, Pa. — A McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pennsylvania, is being credited with alerting police of the suspect wanted in the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The brazen assassination outside of a hotel in Manhattan last week sparked a nationwide manhunt that came to an end in the Pennsylvania town.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested on Monday at the McDonald’s. He is facing several charges, including for Thompson’s murder.
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From left to right: Luigi Mangione and Brian Thompson.
PA Dept. of Corrections/UnitedHealth Group via AP
One man who visits the Altoona McDonald’s regularly told Action News he was there on Monday at the same time as Mangione. He said many people, including the worker, seemed to be aware of the manhunt and were wondering if the suspicious-looking man was the wanted suspect.
Eventually, that McDonald’s workers called the police.
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