Murder suspect Luigi Mangione considered using bomb to kill Brian Thompson—lawyer says no evidence links him to crime: report

Luigi Mangione, the man arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, reportedly planned out his murder plot in a handwritten notebook that included a "to-do list" of tasks needed to conduct the shooting.

Police sources told the New York Post that investigators are looking through the pages of notes Mangione allegedly wrote before the murder. One of the notes allegedly written by the suspect questioned what would be better than "to kill the CEO at his own bean counting conference."

He allegedly wrote also that a shooting would be more targeted, and that a bomb "could kill innocents." Mangione is facing murder charges in New York after his arrest in a Pennsylvania McDonald's Monday. He has been denied bail. In the handwritten manifesto allegedly written by Mangione, he wrote, "I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy."

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Thomas Dickey, the attorney for the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, said that "I haven’t seen any evidence that says that" his client, Luigi Mangione, is the shooter.

"I haven’t seen any evidence that says that he’s the shooter, you so, like I said earlier and I wasn’t kidding around, a couple of things, If you’re going to report something, report accurately, and remember, and this is not just a small thing, the fundamental concept of American justice has a presumption of innocence, and until you’re proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and I’ve seen zero evidence at this point."

Speaking with CNN, Kaitlan Collins asked whether it was true that Dickey has received offers from members of the public to help pay for Mangione’s legal fees. Dickey said that his office has received emails from people, and added in response to a follow-up question that he "probably wouldn’t" accept those offers.

He said he doesn’t "feel comfortable about that" and "it just doesn’t sit right with me, really,"

When asked why he thought people were making such offers, Dickey replied, "The Supreme Court says, you know,  all these rich billionaires can give all kind of money to candidates and that’s free speech. So maybe these people were exercising their right to free speech."

In a statement from the Mangione family, shared by Republican Baltimore County Delegate and cousin of the suspect Nino Mangione, they said, "Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news," per the New York Post. They said that they "cannot comment on news reports" and added that "we only know what we have read in the media."