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5 min readChristmastime in Altoona
On December 9, 2024, a McDonald's manager in Altoona, Pennsylvania—a small town between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg—called 911 about a customer eating a hash brown and steak McMuffin in the corner of her restaurant. He was wearing a tan beanie and blue medical mask, sitting by the bathroom. Customers kept telling her he looked like "the CEO shooter from New York." She wasn't sure, but she called it in anyway. Patrolman Joseph Detweiler was so skeptical when he got the call that he bet his supervisor a hoagie it wouldn't be the real guy.
It was. The man gave officers a fake ID saying he was Mark Rosario from Maplewood, New Jersey. But when Detweiler asked him to pull down his mask, he recognized him almost immediately as the man wanted for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson five days earlier. The suspect was Luigi Mangioni, 26, who now faces state murder charges in New York and federal charges, with trial dates stretching into 2027. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The Midtown Assassination
The morning of December 4, 2024, was ordinary in Midtown Manhattan. Preparations were underway for the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting. United Health Group was holding an investors conference at the Hilton on Sixth Avenue. Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of United Healthcare, was in town from Minnesota.
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What you'll learn
- 1 Burden of Proof: Luigi Mangioni - Episode 1: Christmastime in Altoona
- 2 Timestamped Outline
- 3 (00:03) **Episode Introduction** - Host Brian Buckmeyer introduces the podcast about Luigi Mangioni, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024
- 4 (01:56) **The McDonald's Call** - A manager in Altoona, Pennsylvania calls 911 about a suspicious customer who looks like the "CEO shooter from New York"
- 5 (03:28) **Officer Detweiler's Skepticism** - Patrolman Joseph Detweiler responds but is so sure it's not the shooter that he bets his supervisor a hoagie
- 6 (05:26) **The Mask Comes Down** - Detweiler asks the man to pull down his mask and immediately recognizes him as the wanted suspect
- 7 (07:42) **The Morning of December 4th** - Flashback to the timeline of the shooting in Midtown Manhattan
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Show Notes
Today, we're sharing the first episode of a new five-part series, "Burden of Proof: Luigi Mangione." In episode one, the manhunt for the alleged shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson comes to an end at a McDonald’s in Altoona, PA.
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