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The person of interest arrested in Altoona, Pa., in the search for the individual who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference Monday that “He matches the description of the identification we’ve been looking for” and that he is “in possession of several items that we believe will connect him to this incident.” 

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said “The suspect was in a McDonald’s and was recognized by an employee who then called local police.

“Responding officers questioned the suspect, who was acting suspiciously and was carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport. Upon further investigation, officers recovered a firearm on his person as well as a suppressor, both consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” she added.

“They also recovered clothing, including a mask consistent with those worn by our wanted individual. Also recovered was a fraudulent new Jersey ID matching the ID our suspect used to check into his New York City hostel before the shooting incident,” Tisch said. “Additionally, officers recovered a handwritten document that speaks to both his motivation and mindset.”

NYPD detectives are now heading to Pennsylvania to interview Mangione further.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione has no prior arrest history.

He was born and raised in Maryland and has ties to San Francisco, California, with his last known address in Honolulu, Hawaii, according to Kenny.

Speaking about the manifesto that reportedly was found on Mangione in Altoona, Kenny said “We don’t think that there’s any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does seem that he has some, some ill will toward corporate America.”

“He’s going to be facing gun charges there. And at some point, we’ll work out through extradition to bring him back to New York to face charges here, working with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office,” Kenny continued.

Kenny also said Mangione “was in possession of a ghost gun that had the capability of firing a nine millimeter round and a suppressor.”

The Altoona Police Department said in its own statement that its officers were “dispatched to a McDonald’s restaurant for reports of a male matching the description of the United Healthcare CEO murder suspect.  

“At this time, the Altoona Police Department is cooperating with local, state, and federal agencies,” it also said.