To United Healthcare CEO murder investigation say the ghost gun
the suspect was allegedly carrying when he was arrested matches
the shell casings found at the shooting scene.
Seeing investigative correspondent Eric Katersky is here with more.
Good morning.
Good morning to you, Michael.
The evidence really does seem to be falling into place
now against Luigi Mangione.
And the problem for authorities at the moment may not
be the case, but how the suspect is being perceived.
This morning, police say the case against suspected killer Luigi
Mangione is getting stronger.
We were able to match that gun to the three
shell casings that we found in midtown at the scene
of the homicide.
Investigators also say they've matched Mangione's fingerprints to prints lifted
from a water bottle and granola bar wrapper found near
where United Healthcare Chief Brian Thompson was gunned down.
The 26 year old remains locked up in Pennsylvania challenging
his extradition to New York.
Prosecutors are undeterred.
You confident?
Do you have the right guy in the shooting of
Brian Thompson?
Well, I'll, I'll start by saying, obviously this is a
profound, profoundly disturbing as we've alleged murder.
And yeah, I mean, we would not charge the person.
We didn't think it was the person and we're prepared
to go forward.
Investigators have started interviewing relatives, hoping to understand how a
high school valedictorian and Ivy League graduate from a prominent
Maryland family became an accused killer.
His grandfather was a self-made millionaire real estate developer.
The family owns a resort, country clubs, radio stations and
donates to healthcare companies in Baltimore.
The Mangione Aquatic Center at Loyola University is named for
the family.
They had a lot of clout and have a lot
of clout to this day.
Thompson's murder prompting backlash against the health care and insurance
industries.
The NYPD is alarmed the alleged killer is seen by
some as a martyr, inspiring these wanted posters outside the
New York Stock Exchange with the names of other corporate
executives.
A new law enforcement bulletin obtained by ABC News includes
this image of a banner invoking the words found on
the shooter's bullets.
The bulletin warning.
Many social media users have outright advocated for the continued
killings of CEO's, with some aiming to spread fear by
posting hit lists.
What do you make of people celebrating the murder of
Brian Thompson or someone who sees in the suspect someone
to take inspiration from?
Celebrating this conduct is abhorrent to me.
It's deeply disturbing and what I would say to members
of the public, we will be vigilant and we will
hold people accountable.
We will do that.
United Health emailed employees overnight telling them what you do
matters.
But there is real fear.
The murder of Brian Thompson has revealed a deep sense
of frustration and anger aimed at the entire health insurance.
And that fear is really real.
Really real.
But what is the reward of the status of the
status of the reward?
There was some what, fifty, $60,000 offered.
It's still being worked out.
And apparently there was some question as to whether because
911 was called and not Crime Stoppers in New York,
whether it should actually be.
Oh, come on.
Yeah.
But really, if it weren't for the heads up, customer
and employee as a McDonald's thing, right, it should be
a split thing with the with the feds getting involved.
But they seem to deserve it.
Otherwise, there wouldn't have been a break in the case.
And let's hope the guy who called 911 gets that
reward in the end.
OK, Aaron, thank you.