UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Courtesy photo

A 26-year-old man named as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday.

The man, identified as Luigi Mangione, was recognized while he was eating at a McDonald’s restaurant by an employee. He was found with a manifesto, multiple fake identifications and a so-called ghost gun with a suppressor, similar to the one used in the shooting, according to police. The document found on the man speaks to both his “motivation and mindset,” New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.

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