Five words Luigi Mangione’s classmates used to describe UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect in school yearbook

The school yearbook of the 26-year-old former Ivy League student accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shows his classmates described him as “the best at pick-up lines.”

The yearbook was found by two girls who posted their journey to discover the memento in a breezy sky 11 second long TikTok video where they attended the prestigious Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, a $40,000-a-year preparatory school.

Luigi Mangione had served as valedictorian of Gilman School’s Class of 2016.

In the video clip we see the girls walking over a bridge to reach the school and past the sports field.

The pair then enter the school hallways where they see Luigi Nicholas Mangione’s full name engraved in gold letters on the wall, before viewers get a glimpse of his profile page from the yearbook.

In his profile, Mangione describes his time at the school he attended since sixth grade as “enlightening.”

He also writes about how he was known by several nicknames, including “Pepperoni.” ‘SqueeJ, and ‘GI’.

Alongside photos of his classmates and family, Mangione wrote a seemingly heartfelt message addressed to his family, friends and teachers.

“However, as we embrace the new, we will not forget the old: friendships, values ​​and memories of Gilman will remain with us forever.”

‘Mom and dad. Thank you for working with me over the past 18 years. I can’t thank you enough for your support along the way. I admit, as much as I hate it at the time, sending me to Gilman was the best thing that ever happened to me. I love you,” he wrote.

During his year-end speech, he told his classmates that it takes “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.”

He praised the school for its ‘inventive’ character [and] pioneering mentality.’

“During their time here at Gilman, the class of 2016 has created new ideas and challenged the world around it,” he told his colleagues and their families.

He talked about how he and his classmates organized a Chick-Fil-A fundraiser and met before class to exercise.

“However, having great ideas is not enough to innovate,” Mangione said, noting that they also need “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.”

He then thanked parents for sending them to the expensive all-boys school, telling Gilman teachers and faculty, “Our imagination draws on your inspiration and our courage depends largely on your encouragement in the classroom, on the field and on the workplace. phase.

“Just as we have done in recent years, we will explore the unknown, whether that’s attending colleges across the country, traveling the world on gap years [or] performing military service abroad,” Mangione concluded his speech.

Mangione attended the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania, where he studied computer science and engineering.

He then worked for four years at a software company in Santa Monica, Californiacalled TrueCar.

The muscular suspect has ties to San Francisco and previously lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, police confirmed.

But the former valedictorian is now in custody after being charged with murder in the execution killing of Thompson, 50, outside a Hilton hotel in downtown Manhattan on December 4.

Police say he was carrying a “ghost gun” — believed to be made with a 3D printer — when he was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The doomed CEO arrived in town to host UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor meeting, where he would explain the insurance company’s massive profits for the year.

Harrowing CCTV footage showed Thompson being shot by three bullets at close range.

It later turned out that the words ‘deny’, ‘defend’ and ‘depose’ were written on the sleeves, an apparent attack on the practice of health insurance.

Police sources now say Mangione was angry about the way the health insurance industry treated a sick family member, police said New York Post.

No further details about that family member or their identity have been shared, although online obituaries show Mangione lost a grandmother in 2013 and a grandfather in 2017.

His X account also contains an X-ray of a complicated neck operation.

Mangione was also apparently a fan of the infamous “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, and referenced quotes from him about health and illness on his Goodreads page.

“Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy and then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness,” read an excerpt from a Kaczynski quote on Mangione’s Goodreads page.

“The concept of ‘mental health’ in our society is largely defined by the extent to which an individual behaves in accordance with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress,” said another.

He was in possession of a handgun, a silencer and a fraudulent New Jersey ID when he was arrested Monday afternoon, NYPD Chief Jessica Tisch confirmed.

She noted that the ID matched the one the suspected killer used to check into a New York hostel on Nov. 24.

Mangione was also found with a manifesto — purporting to show he was angry about the health care system and its profits — and had clothing that matched that of the gunman in the surveillance footage, Tisch alleged.

She then thanked the public for their help in tracking down the alleged killer, saying: “We should never underestimate the power of the public as our eyes and ears.”