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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

A medical student’s anger toward America’s health care system, with similarities to Luigi Mangione’s case, led him to shoot a doctor, police say

A once-promising medical student has given the first indication as to why he allegedly attempted to shoot a kidney specialist dead in Indiana earlier this year, an attack that came just a month after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in the streets of New York City.

The suspect in that case, Luigi Mangione, made international news after fleeing the scene and sparking a five-day manhunt that ended with his arrest in a Pennsylvania branch of McDonald’s on December 4.

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