Luigi Mangione | Part One: The UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting | #431

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Three words, written on bullet casings, instantly changed the New York City shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson from a senseless inner-city attack, into one of the most polarising, unique and culturally important events in modern memory.

In part one of our coverage of the Luigi Mangione story, we run through the entire breakneck timeline of those first five days: the nationwide manhunt, the growing cultural phenomenon, and the arrest – where police said they unmasked the killer, and his manifesto, for the first time. And then, the madness that followed: when detached, meme-led internet thirst met one of the most febrile political discussions in the modern US.

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‘TMZ Investigates: Luigi Mangione - The Mind of a Killer’

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‘Luigi: The Making and the Meaning’ by John H. Richardson (ISBN: 9781668209349)