In this handout photo released by the Altoona Police Department, Luigi Mangione is seen in a holding cell after being taken into custody on Dec. 9, 2024 in Altoona, Penn. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, has been moved to the State Correctional Institution (SCI) in Huntingdon, Penn. (Photo by Altoona Police Department via Getty Images)

(Bloomberg) — Valedictorian at his $37,000-a-year all-boys prep school. Founder of a gaming club and graduate at an Ivy League university. A rapidly ascending data engineer at TrueCar Inc.

Luigi Nicholas Mangione was all that. And now, he’s also been charged in New York with the murder of insurance executive Brian Thompson, a father of two gunned down last week in Midtown Manhattan. The 26-year-old was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after authorities were alerted to a “suspicious male” who looked like the person wanted for the Dec. 4 shooting.

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