Luigi Mangione is seen for the first time as he arrives at court following arrest: Live updates

Officials on Monday commended Tyler Frye, a new Altoona Police Department officer who had spent less than a year with the force, for being part of the team that arrested Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“He was wearing a blue medical mask,” Frye said during a press conference on Monday, describing the moment of the arrest. “We asked him to pull it down. Me and my partner recognized him immediately, just from what we saw in the media, photos, videos.”

“We didn’t think twice about it,” Frye added. “We knew that was our guy.”

New York Mayor Eric Adams FaceTimed with Frye after the arrest, police said.

“It feels good to get a guy like that off the street,” Frye said of the arrest.

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro has condemned those who praised the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, insisting: “He is no hero.”

At a press conference on Monday evening in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Shapiro warned Americans not to let their “real frustration with our healthcare system” lead them to “dehumanize” the victim.

“Brian Thompson was a father to two. He was a husband. And he was a friend to many. And yes he was the CEO of a health insurance company,” Shapiro told reporters.

“In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint… in a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.

Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is no longer cooperating with police, officials said.

“He was initially cooperative. He is not now,” Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said during a press conference on Monday. “He has been arraigned and transported and will be securely housed pending the filing of additional charges in New York.”

Officials expect homicide charges against Mangione to be filed today or tomorrow.

YouTube has removed an account that purportedly belonged to Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Here’s our report from Richard Hall on what Mangione’s social media accounts suggest about his views.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke on Monday after the arrest of Luigi Mangione, a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, condemning the people who celebrated the gunman in the Manhattan shooting.

“He is no hero,” Shapiro said.

“Brian Thompson was a father to two. He was a husband. And he was a friend to many,” Shapiro said. “And yes he was the CEO of a health insurance company. In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint.”

“I understand people have real frustration with our healthcare system, and I have worked to address that throughout my career, but I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters most,” Shapiro said, adding, “In a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.”

Richard Hall reported on the online reaction to the original shooting.

The Deputy Chief of the Altoona Police Department said during a press conference on Monday that officers recovered multiple items after initially bringing Luigi Mangione in on a forgery charge, including a gun, a suppressor, and a passport with Mangione’s true identity, as well as other items of “evidentiary value.”

Authorities have released the criminal complaint against Luigi Mangione, the person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare shooting, who was arrested on Monday on gun charges.

The complaint charges Mangione with five state offenses not directly related to the shooting, including carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to the authorities and possessing instruments of crime.

The complaint describes the dramatic moment when officers encountered Mangione in an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonalds on Monday morning.

Police “asked the male if he had been to New York recently and the male became quiet and started to shake,” the complaint reads.

The document also describes officers asking why Mangione initially provided what officials said was a false ID card to police.

When questioned about why he supplied a fake ID, Mangione allegedly said, “I clearly shouldn’t have.”

Pennsylvania police have released a mugshot for Luigi Mangione, a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Mangione, who was brought in on gun charges not directly related to the shooting, appears in the photo in a black jacket with a scarf.

Luigi Mangione was spotted briefly on Monday evening as he entered a courthouse in Blair County, Pennsylvania, after being arrested earlier today on gun charges.

The person of interest in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson remained silent as officers led him into the facility.

Police are still searching for a motive behind the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Person of interest Luigi Mangione, who was arrested on Monday in Pennsylvania on charges not directly related to the shooting, appears to have had a keen interest in chronic back pain.

According to Newsweek, a Goodreads profile that appears to belong to the Maryland native lists titles including: Back Mechanic by Dr. Stuart McGill, Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance; Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain; Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection; Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It; and Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery.

The header image on Mangione’s X profile also features an x-ray of a spine after apparent surgical treatment.