Murder suspect Luigi Mangione's notebook called 'wack' of CEO 'targeted, precise'

A notebook recovered with Luigi Mangione contains a statement of sidesplitting a CEO that matches details of his alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO successful New York past week, NBC News reported Wednesday.

"What bash you do?" a conception of the notebook says.

"You wack the CEO astatine the yearly parasitic bean-counter convention," the notebook says. "It's targeted, precise and doesn't hazard innocents."

The notebook was discovered erstwhile the Ivy League postgraduate was arrested Monday successful Altoona, Pennsylvania, by constabulary who recovered a gun, a silencer and ammunition successful a backpack helium had with him astatine a section McDonald's.

NBC besides reported Wednesday that fingerprints taken from Mangione lucifer immoderate fingerprints recovered adjacent the Hilton edifice successful midtown Manhattan wherever UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally changeable connected Dec. 4.

Thompson, a begetter of two, was scheduled to talk that greeting astatine an investor day hosted by UnitedHealth Group, his company's parent, which was being held astatine the Hilton.

Surveillance video of Thompson's sidesplitting shows a masked antheral firing a weapon that appears to beryllium attached to a silencer astatine the CEO from behind, conscionable extracurricular the Hilton, arsenic different idiosyncratic stands nearby.

Hours aft Thompson's slaying, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters, "I privation to beryllium clear: At this time, each denotation is that this was a premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack."

It was antecedently reported that Mangione besides had a handwritten enactment with him that read, successful part, "These parasites simply had it coming," erstwhile helium was arrested successful Altoona.

The note, which said helium was not "working with anyone," besides said, "I bash apologize for immoderate strife oregon traumas but it had to beryllium done."

The enactment criticized UnitedHealthcare, the U.S. health-care manufacture and corporations.

Mangione, who holds 2 degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, reportedly has suffered from important backmost symptom for years.

UnitedHealthcare, which is the largest backstage payer of wellness security benefits successful the U.S., has been criticized for denying claims of customers.

Mangione is being held without bail successful Pennsylvania connected authorities firearms and forgery charges related to his arrest. The forgery complaint relates to his alleged possession of respective mendacious recognition documents, including 1 that was allegedly utilized to cheque into a hostel connected Manhattan's Upper West Side astir 2 weeks earlier Thompson's slaying.

He is charged with execution and weapon crimes successful Manhattan.

At a Blair County Court proceeding connected Tuesday, Mangione refused to waive extradition to New York to look charges determination for Thompson's killing.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said they volition record paperwork required for a justice successful Pennsylvania to determine whether to bid Mangione's extradition.

— WNBC's Jonathan Dienst contributed reporting.