Mr. Mangione comes from a prominent family in the Baltimore area who are known for businesses including country clubs, nursing homes and a radio station according to local media. Luigi came top of his class at an elite private school before graduating from an Ivy League college. He had spent time in a surfing community in Hawaii, but left owing to debilitating back pain, say those who remember him.
Mr Mangione went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science, according to the school, and founded a video game development club.
A friend who attended the Ivy League college at the same time as Mr Mangione described him as a "super normal" and "smart person".
Mr Mangione was employed as a data engineer for TrueCar, a digital retailing website for new and used cars, according to his social media profiles. A company spokesman told the BBC he had not worked there since 2023.
He also spent time in a co-living surfing community in Hawaii called Surfbreak. Sarah Nehemiah, who knew him then, told CBS he left due to his back injury, which had worsened from surfing and hiking. Friends have told US media he had surgery on his back. The background image on an X account believed to belong to Mr Mangione shows an x-ray of a spine with hardware in it.
WIP
Luigi Nicholas Mangione
52503-511
MDC Brooklyn
Metropolitan Detention Center
PO Box 329002
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Forgery - Grade 2 Felony
Carrying a Firearm without a License - Grade 3 Felony
Tampering with Records or Identification - Grade 1 Felony
Possessing Instruments of Crime - Grade 1 Felony
MANGIONE, 26, of Towson, Maryland, is charged with one count of using a firearm to commit murder, which carries a maximum potential sentence of death or life in prison; one count of interstate stalking resulting in death, which carries a maximum potential sentence of life in prison; one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death, which carries a maximum potential sentence of life in prison; and one count of discharging a firearm that was equipped with a silencer in furtherance of a crime of violence, which carries a maximum potential sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years.
Four federal charges against Mangione were unsealed in a complaint midday, including two counts of stalking, a count of murder through the use of a firearm and a firearms offense. He could face the death penalty if found guilty of the federal murder charge, according to prosecutors, who have not said whether they will seek that punishment. The decision would ultimately need to be approved by the US Attorney General.
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