NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny confirmed in a press conference Tuesday that authorities contacted Luigi Mangione ’s mother, Kathleen Mangione, two days before he was arrested.
She reportedly said the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was “something that she could see him doing.”
On Dec. 13, the New York Field Office of the FBI confirmed that they received a tip from the San Francisco Police Department about the possible identity of the suspect in Thompson’s killing.
The tip was tied to a missing persons report Kathleen Mangione reportedly filed in San Francisco on Nov. 18, law enforcement told ABC News . While it’s unclear if her son was supposed to be in the city at the time, officials said that he had “ties to San Francisco.”
The FBI proceeded to pass on the tip to the NYPD to assist them with the case. Kenny confirmed the aforementioned tip during Tuesday’s press conference, and said that after receiving the tip from the SFPD, they reached out to Mangione’s mother on Dec. 7 to assess it.