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Helen Sullivan

UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting: what is the back condition the suspect could have suffered from?

people in uniform put hands on man's neck and back
Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair county courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Photograph: Benjamin B Braun/AP

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, appears to have suffered from a back condition called spondylolisthesis, according to posts linked to him on the social media site Reddit.

While not confirmed, archived Reddit posts under the username “Mister_Cactus” and elements of Mangione’s other social media accounts, as well as an account by a friend, seem to confirm that he suffered from a back condition that caused him chronic pain.

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