Luigi Mangione, the person accused of fatally capturing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, visited a gun vary throughout a visit to Thailand three months earlier than he visited New York, in response to journey companions.
The 26-year-old visited the gun vary after taking a solo journey throughout Asia early final 12 months, two German vacationers, who met him whereas touring, advised TMZ’s new “Luigi Mangione: The Mind of a Killer” documentary.
The vacationers, recognized solely as Paul and Max, stated Mangione skipped a seashore day and visited the vary as an alternative.
Additionally they claimed Mangione was “obsessed” with the ebook “Hit Reverse: New Ideas From Old Books” by Indian writer Jash Dholani, which examines philosophical viewpoints from varied authors.
In response to Dholani, Mangione tried to purchase 400 copies of the ebook, however the transaction was flagged and rejected by the financial institution. The capturing suspect was solely in a position to purchase 1 copy of his ebook.
Mangione faces a number of counts of homicide, together with homicide as an act of terrorism underneath federal and state fees in New York and Pennsylvania, after allegedly gunning down Thompson as he was strolling to an investor convention in Midtown Manhattan on Dec 4.
The federal fees may carry the opportunity of the demise penalty, whereas the utmost sentence for the state fees is life in jail with out parole.
Prosecutors have stated the 2 circumstances will proceed on parallel tracks, with the state fees anticipated to go to trial first.
NewsNation digital producer Safia Samee Ali contributed to this report.
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