Cable News Goes Wall-To-Wall In Coverage Of “Strong Person Of Interest” Held In Healthcare CEO Killing

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December 9, 2024 11:24am

Police officers investigate the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan near a hotel on 54th Street on December 04, 2024 in New York.

Police officers investigate the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan near a hotel on 54th Street on December 04, 2024 in New York. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

Just five days after United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead on the early morning streets of New York City, a “strong person of interest” has been detained in Pennsylvania.

Within seconds, the individual was been identified by law enforcement as Luigi Mangione. The individual sought by police across the nation and long suspected to be outside NYC, Mangione was picked up Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, PA. According to reports an employee at the fast-food joint recognized the suspect from a security cam photo of his face that was widely released by cops and others last week.

CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and BBC as well as many online platforms immediately went to coverage of the case and all followed a live news conference by NYC Mayor Eric Adams providing further information on the arrest and “ongoing” investigation.

Mangione had on his possession, it seems, a two-page document outlining a manifesto of sorts decrying the high cost of healthcare in America, the low standard of low healthcare overall in America and corporate profits from such care.

As one Fox news commentator said, there was “so much evidence” on the suspect in the CEO’s murder.