Things that happen to Rich People

[CrimsonFox]

Talk about CEOs and megabucks people and the things that happen to them and the things they do.

Brian Thompson's shooter ....still at large...or medium. the reward up to 60000 bucks. They got nothing. Utterly nothing. A bit of a puzzle that.

[GrantDawg]

I'm a little surprised they don't have an identity yet. But then I don't think there are many people willing to help with the investigation either.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I'm a little surprised they don't have an identity yet. But then I don't think there are many people willing to help with the investigation either.

I mean they've talked to people at the hostel, his roommates, the cute girl at the register. What more do you want

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

I mean they've talked to people at the hostel, his roommates, the cute girl at the register. What more do you want

His picture is out, and someone (probably well more than one) knows exactly who he is. And they haven't came forward yet. I think maybe that changes if the reward increases, but I don't think people really want to be the one to finger him.

[Passacaglia]

I think for the money, no one will mind. I am surprised though, that at least in the sources I look at, there's been absolutely no news about leads on this since Friday.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I think for the money, no one will mind. I am surprised though, that at least in the sources I look at, there's been absolutely no news about leads on this since Friday.

Yeah the press conference where the guy was trying to be coy saying "We're not going to reveal the name JUST YET. We don't want him to know we're coming...blahblahblah" So incompetent

[Passacaglia]

After scouring a ton, only interesting thing I learned today is that the backpack they found had monopoly money in it.

[Edward64]

Must suck to wake up one morning and realize you’re no longer President for life.

Must also suck to be son of said President and realize you won’t get your shot at being President for life.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

After scouring a ton, only interesting thing I learned today is that the backpack they found had monopoly money in it.

He must be so mad that he setup that prank and it took the morons of the NYPD 3 days to find it.

[GrantDawg]

They have someone in custody for questioning. He owns a gun like the one used in the shooting.

[GrantDawg]

I hadn't read this, but they are saying the gun is a type of pistol used in veterinary practices. It has a longer barrel and a bolt action. I didn't really look that closely in the video. I just thought it was a regular pistol with a silencer barrel.

[CrimsonFox]

If they took him in in NY then it's obviously not the shooter

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I hadn't read this, but they are saying the gun is a type of pistol used in veterinary practices. It has a longer barrel and a bolt action. I didn't really look that closely in the video. I just thought it was a regular pistol with a silencer barrel.

I wasn't familiar with its use in vet practices honestly, but the gun make/model identified by CBS News in one of their reports IS a (modernized version of) WWII vintage weapon that was used for clandestine operations behind German lines.

Look up B&T Station 6 if you're curious (there's actually at least one pretty thorough video on YT that goes into the history of the weapon, it's modern day
equivalents, performance, etc).

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

If they took him in in NY then it's obviously not the shooter

They didn't take him in NY, I'm reading Altoona, at a McDonald's. He was described as "suspicious" by customers, who called police. They found a gun similar to the one used in the shooting, and a fake ID.

[Passacaglia]

Oh, and they found a manifesto about health care companies. I guess it's him.

[Ksyrup]

I can't tell where this discussion is supposed to be posted.

The real question is, what's this dude look like?

[Ksyrup]

I just saw this name and started laughing.

Luigi Mangione named as suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting

[GrantDawg]

Data Engineer for Truecar? Ok.

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[flere-imsaho]

This is going to be a whopper of a jury trial.

[Ksyrup]

Given how weirdly random-but-superficially-connected everything in this world is thanks to social media, I'm looking forward to seeing a news article in about 2 weeks about the fact that Feels So Good experienced a 328,793% increase in streams since this guy's arrest.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I just saw this name and started laughing.

Luigi Mangione named as suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting

A win for the Italian-American community.

[CrimsonFox]

a 3D printer can make a WORKING GUN?

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

They didn't take him in NY, I'm reading Altoona, at a McDonald's. He was described as "suspicious" by customers, who called police. They found a gun similar to the one used in the shooting, and a fake ID.

hahahah wait wait...how does one act policecall-worthy suspicious at a mcdonalds????

I mean really everyone who eats there is suspicious

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

hahahah wait wait...how does one act policecall-worthy suspicious at a mcdonalds????

I mean really everyone who eats there is suspicious

Depends. Did he get the McRib? That's hella suspect in and of itself. Combine that with having to eat it on the toilet, yea I could see calling the police over that.

[Ksyrup]

Luigi Mangione: murder suspect thought the Unabomber was an ‘extreme political revolutionary’

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

a 3D printer can make a WORKING GUN?

Yeah that's been true for a while.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

hahahah wait wait...how does one act policecall-worthy suspicious at a mcdonalds????

I mean really everyone who eats there is suspicious

Older man recognized him. Makes sense a city kid didn't realize local McDonalds are old people hangouts in the AM and that they usually stream news. He took the Greyhound, apparently it was near the bus station so I guess he was waiting to go somewhere else and the clock ran out.

4 days he didn't really get far, but I guess where can you go when there's an manhunt, getting out of NYC was the easy part.

[Ksyrup]

Probably should have stayed in NYC - seems like a good place to get lost. Otherwise, if I really wanted to escape, I would have found my way across a border.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Probably should have stayed in NYC - seems like a good place to get lost. Otherwise, if I really wanted to escape, I would have found my way across a border.

I'm probably oversimplifying things but I've always wondered why these guys don't have a cabin out in the middle of nowhere Montana stocked up and ready. You'd think you could disappear there long enough to gain/lose weight, grow your hair and beard out etc.

[GrantDawg]

This dude is going to prison as a gay icon. You see the twelve pack on him?

[RainMaker]

if the x ray in the middle of the alleged uhc shooter's x banner is his that explains EVERYTHING. anyone with a back injury can give you a very detailed rundown of how useless the US healthcare system is pic.twitter.com/IeTesp4SAU

— molly taft (@mollytaft) December 9, 2024

[GrantDawg]

Very familiar with those pins, but mine are in my neck.

[GrantDawg]

@patrickdowns.bsky.social on Bluesky

[Passacaglia]

Just read that he was an intern at Firaxis and worked on Civ V.

[Ksyrup]

He's a cousin of Maryland House of Delgates member Nino Mangione.

[Ghost Econ]

Had a manifesto about hating corporations and is caught at the largest fast food corporation in the world. That is quite the whopper.

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

@patrickdowns.bsky.social on Bluesky

Should have gone with the hamburglar, seems like a snitch.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

@patrickdowns.bsky.social on Bluesky

Didn’t know there was a 3 pattie Big Mac.

[GrantDawg]

Now it seems his online footprint shows him to be an alt-right tech bro, and the progressives that have been cheering for hom are all heartbroken.
Chronic back pain and having to deal with an insurance company will radicalized you.

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[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Now it seems his online footprint shows him to be an alt-right tech bro, and the progressives that have been cheering for hom are all heartbroken.

Where are you seeing that?

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Now it seems his online footprint shows him to be an alt-right tech bro, and the progressives that have been cheering for hom are all heartbroken.
Chronic back pain and having to deal with an insurance company will radicalized you.

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I feel like the response to this guy has mostly been equal on both sides. Probably the most people have come together since 9/11. Sure the right has its bootlickers and the left has its "decorum" peeps, but most people seem to hate insurance companies with a passion.

I think a good question is why did this guy get so much more police resources than any other crime in NY. They don't even out this effort in when a child gets killed.

[GrantDawg]

Bluesky. Someone pulled his history from various sites. I haven't read many of the specifics, but standard pro-tech and from the reactions some anti-trans stuff.

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[GrantDawg]

Also, he seemed to be a Tucker Carlson fan.

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[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I think a good question is why did this guy get so much more police resources than any other crime in NY.

Assassinations, particularly on a public sidewalk, tend to be bad for business.

[Ksyrup]

Whereas slaughtering children in schools is good for the gun business.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Assassinations, particularly on a public sidewalk, tend to be bad for business.

They have like 400 murders a year and solve them at a paltry rate. That's way worse for business than a targeted attack against someone almost everyone hates.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

They have like 400 murders a year and solve them at a paltry rate. That's way worse for business than a targeted attack against someone almost everyone hates.

Not really.

Not when you consider how much big business operates in NYC.

[RainMaker]

I don't think some crooked CEO getting double tapped is going to change the landscape of New York all that much.

[Young Drachma]

It's a really bad precedent for this guy to be on the lam, especially given the public response. Given his resources and those in his circle, the only reason it lasted this long is he clearly was trying to stay undetected but the bus schedule coupled with probably only going places at night so he was harder to spot didn't help his cause. So yeah, also NYPD has a new commissioner and so she needed this done and she's an heir herself, so who knows who was in her phone telling her to get this thing taken care of.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I don't think some crooked CEO getting double tapped is going to change the landscape of New York all that much.

nice zombieland reference