It’s difficult to believe that 24 years have passed since that fateful September morning in 2001 when a group of radical Islamic terrorists slammed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a rural field in Pennsylvania, murdering 2,977 innocent people.
So much had changed in New York City in the years leading up to that day. The city had been rescued from the throes of an unprecedented period of violent crime and disorder, fueled by a crack epidemic that ran from the early 1980s into the early 1990s. But in the decade leading up to September 11, 2001, the Big Apple had blossomed into the safest big city in the world. Businesses were flourishing. Tourism was booming. There was an atmosphere of safety and law and order in the streets. New York City was once again the mecca of the western world. I saw it happen and it was a beautiful thing to watch.
Under the leadership of Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton the NYPD was transformed from a rudderless, leaderless, reactionary force of report takers with no direction into an organized army of crime fighters who identified and attacked high-crime areas with a zero-tolerance policy, targeting hardcore crooks and putting them behind bars where they belong. I was a proud member of that army. It took a lot of blood sweat and tears to reduce crime to levels no one would have imagined just eight years earlier.
The city was like a shiny, old, classic car. It had a few dents and even a few ugly rust spots but the engine was humming and millions of citizens, tourists and businesses were riding around with the top down enjoying the sweet music and the cool breeze blowing through their hair. And then, on 9/11, when those planes smashed into our city, it felt like a cinderblock crashing through the windshield of that classic car.
I was at home that morning, getting ready for work when the first tower was struck at 8:46 AM. I was a Detective Lieutenant in the NYPD’s Intelligence Division. My first thought was that the plane striking the North Tower was an accident. Then, 17 minutes later, the second plane struck and there was no doubt we were under attack. I grabbed my suit jacket and raced toward the city.
I met up with a few members of my team on the side of the highway. We piled into one car and headed for Manhattan. There was no conversation. We drove in silence, listening to the frenzied traffic on our portable radios and the haunting, gut-wrenching transmissions of our fellow officers already on the scene pleading for help, some coughing and wheezing in the rubble, perhaps taking their last breaths. It was heartbreaking.
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As we approached the Queens Midtown tunnel, we saw the North Tower crumble and disappear from the skyline. It was another cinderblock crashing through the windshield of our classic car. I was seething.
We raced down the FDR drive headed south toward the Trade Center where we came upon a ghostly parade of terrified people covered in grey dust running north in the opposite direction we were headed. One of the guys in the car with me mumbled, “I think we’re going the wrong way.” I turned to him and snapped, “No. We’re going the right way.”
We eventually came to a stop just south of the Brooklyn Bridge because the FDR Drive had become an apocalyptic parking lot jammed with abandoned cars. We set out on foot crossing over from the FDR Drive to the side streets where we flagged down an empty ambulance and asked the driver to take us as close to the Trade Center as possible. We climbed into the back and slammed the door shut. As we moved through the narrow streets of downtown, the small rectangular window in the back of the ambulance only grew darker and then the ambulance stopped. This was as far as the driver could take us.
When we spilled out onto Broadway, it was like landing on another planet. Dust was flying everywhere. There was a 6-inch layer of ash, papers and personal belongings blanketing the streets. There was a ceiling of toxic smoke hovering over downtown like a London fog. The carnage was all around us. But the thing I remember most were the shoes. Maybe because I knew they were once connected to people. I wondered if they had run out of them and escaped or if their owners were crushed and burning in the rubble. As we wandered aimlessly in a pack, toward what was once the North and South towers, it was hard to fathom what we were seeing. In some places there were 10 story sections of buildings leaning up against other buildings. Fire trucks and cars were crushed beneath the smoldering rubble. We came upon a turbine from one of the planes near the corner of Murray and Church Streets. Further down the block was a piece of the landing gear.
As we wound through the streets, we could hear and feel the rumble of explosions beneath our feet. I imagined it was gas tanks of buried cars exploding beneath the fiery rubble until we encountered a pack of dust-covered firemen wandering around like we were. They warned us the explosions were manhole covers being blown up into the air by the pressure and heat of the fires raging below us and urged us to stay on the sidewalks to avoid being killed. So, we heeded their advice, breathing in the dust, trudging through the debris looking for survivors or people in need of help but only the dead beneath the rubble remained.
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As the afternoon wore on, and communications began to settle down, we got more organized. We eventually helped set up a makeshift morgue in the lobby of a building a few blocks north of the smoldering Trade Center. I don’t recall how many bodies came in. It wasn’t more than a few. But the one I remember most was Father Mychal Judge, the Chaplain of the New York City Fire Department. Five brave, somber, exhausted firemen carried his limp body into the lobby. They knelt down and prayed over him. It was a very moving. He had been struck by debris in the Lobby of the North Tower when the South Tower had collapsed.
By the afternoon, we were deployed up to Greenwich Street, several blocks north of Building 7 where we helped set up a perimeter to keep unauthorized people out of the area. We had a clear view of the 47-story building 7 and the fire raging halfway up inside. At 5:20 PM the building began to tremble. The windows popped across it like bubble wrap. The mighty building shook one last time and then fell straight down into itself sending a cloud of dust tumbling in our direction. The worst of the cloud dissipated before it could reach us. Watching that building fall was the final gut punch. I was so angry and so sad. It was hard to wrap my head around everything we had seen and heard that day. It still is 24 years later.
Every year, when this tragic anniversary rolls around, we hear the common mantra “Never Forget.” And it is true, we should never forget. But for the other 364 days of the year, many of them, especially those on the left, wake up every day trying to find new ways to divide us.
That’s why I prefer the phrase, “Always Remember.”
Always remember the sense of patriotism and unity we felt in the days, weeks, months and years that followed this tragedy.
Always remember how people from all different walks of life, strangers, came together and rallied around each other in ways I had never seen in my lifetime.
Always remember the caravans of civilians and first responders from all over the country who poured into the city with trucks, saws, and heavy equipment or just their hands and hearts begging to help with the rescue and recovery operations.
But most importantly, always remember the heroes, first responders and civilians alike, many of whom lost their lives, rushing into those buildings to save their fellow human beings, never for a second considering the race, religion, creed or sexual orientation of those they were trying to save.
Hate lost that day. 24 years later, however, it’s making a comeback. But if we just take the time to remember those things that united us, hate doesn’t have a chance.
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John Dove is a retired NYPD Detective Lieutenant and the former co-executive producer of “CSI-NY” starring Gary Sinise.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Refusing to recant his previous statement from 2020 that called for defunding the police, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani gave an evasive answer when asked if he wished he hadn’t made such a comment.
Mamdani has been elusive about his “defunding the police” statements after a mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan left four people dead, including an NYPD officer. Earlier this week, he stated, “I am not running to defund the police.”
Yet when he was asked on Wednesday by a reporter at the leftist 32BJ Service Employees International Union headquarters, “Do you wish you hadn’t said some of those things a few years back?”, Mamdani replied, “My statements in 2020 were ones made amidst a frustration that many New Yorkers held at the murder of George Floyd and the inability to deliver on what Eric Adams, of all people, described as the right for all of us to be able to enjoy safety and justice, that we need not choose between the two.”
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Mamdani is asked point-blank if he wishes he hadn’t called to defund the police. 
He doesn’t say “yes.” 
That’s utterly disqualifying. <a href="https://t.co/Ylep2q2caI">pic.twitter.com/Ylep2q2caI</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1950637509316378885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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As recently as last December, Mamdani tweeted, “Today the NYPD deployed the Strategic Response Group (SRG) to harass + arrest striking @teamsters. As Mayor, I will disband the SRG, which has cost taxpayers millions in lawsuit settlements + brutalized countless New Yorkers exercising their first amendment (sic) rights.”
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Today the NYPD deployed the Strategic Response Group (SRG) to harass + arrest striking <a href="https://twitter.com/Teamsters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@teamsters</a>. 
As Mayor, I will disband the SRG, which has cost taxpayers millions in lawsuit settlements + brutalized countless New Yorkers exercising their first amendment rights.
&mdash; Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1869848787201532169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“The SRG is one of the NYPD’s special operations units, which, according to the force’s official website, specializes in disorder response, crime suppression and crowd control and ‘responds to citywide mobilizations, civil disorders, and major events with highly trained personnel and specialized equipment,’” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-zohran-mamdani-pledged-disband-key-police-unit-handles-mass-shootings">Fox News</a> noted.
In 2020, Mamdani posted tweets calling for the defunding of police with <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-disbanding-nypd-unit-that-responded-to-nyc-shooting-but-backs-off-unpopular-defund-stance/">these statements</a>:
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Our police: threatening the physical safety of politicians who oppose their agenda. Our prosecutors: turning their own offices into super-spreader event because of all their COVID truthers. The entire carceral system is an unreformable public health hazard. Defund and dismantle.
Together, we can tax the rich, heal the sick, house the poor, defund the police &amp; build a socialist New York. Solidarity forever.
We don&#8217;t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer &amp; a major threat to public safety. What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD. But your deal with @NYCMayor uses budget tricks to keep as many cops as possible on the beat. NO to fake cuts &#8211; defund the police.
@NYCSpeakerCoJo: &#8220;The Mayor promised to spend the same amount on cops in schools, but pay for it with different money.&#8221;@NYCMayor spokesperson: &#8220;Actually we never even promised that!&#8221; None of these people are fit to lead. We need a socialist city council to defund the police.
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One police source commented, “People are fools to believe he will help the city. A wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

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The police officer killed on Monday night in a mass shooting at a New York City office building has been identified as a 36-year-old immigrant with two children and a pregnant wife. 
The officer, Didarul Islam, and three others were fatally shot when a gunman opened fire at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Another man was seriously injured. Islam was an immigrant from Bangladesh and had been with the NYPD for more than three years. 
“He was doing what he does best, and all members of the police department carry out, he was saving lives, he was protecting New Yorkers. He’s an immigrant from Bangladesh and he loved this city,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. “He embodies what this city is all about, he’s a true blue New Yorker not only in the uniform he wore but in the spirit and energy of loving this city.” 
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Police Officer Didarul Islam represented the very best of our department.
He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today.
We join in prayer during this time of incomprehensible pain. We will forever honor his legacy.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FidelisAdMortem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FidelisAdMortem</a> <a href="https://t.co/vkBZetsz2N">pic.twitter.com/vkBZetsz2N</a>
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The shooter, identified as a 27-year-old man from Las Vegas, was found dead on the 33rd floor of the building from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Daily Wire is not publishing his name due to a company policy against contributing to the unintentional glorification of mass shooters.
Wesley LePatner, the CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, was also identified as one of the deceased, the company confirmed. Blackstone is an investment management company with several offices in the building. 
“Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed,” the company said in a statement. “She was brilliant, passionate, warm, generous, and deeply respected within our firm and beyond. She embodied the best of Blackstone. Our prayers are with her husband, children and family. We are also saddened by the loss of the other innocent victims as well, including brave security personnel and NYPD.”
An employee of the NFL, which was also headquartered in the building, was seriously injured in the attack. 
&#8220;One of our employees was seriously injured in this attack. He is currently in the hospital and in stable condition,&#8221; NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45848952/nfl-employee-seriously-injured-deadly-shooting-tower-housing-league-hq">wrote</a> in a memo obtained by ESPN. &#8220;NFL staff are at the hospital and we are supporting his family. We believe that all of our employees are otherwise safe and accounted for, and the building has nearly been cleared.&#8221;
Multiple <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/us-news/nyc-gunman-shane-tamura-reportedly-found-with-note-hinting-at-possible-motive-for-park-ave-skyscraper-shooting-sources/">reports</a> indicate that the gunman left a note expressing grievances against the NFL, citing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease often associated with repeated head injuries. Adams <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/29/nyregion/nyc-shooting-manhattan">said</a> in an interview on Tuesday morning that the shooter, who played football in high school, had intended to target the NFL offices, but mistakenly went to the wrong floor, which Rudin Management occupied. 
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the shooter arrived in Manhattan on Monday after spending multiple days driving across the country from Nevada. He then entered the office building armed with a rifle and opened fire on Officer Islam before shooting a woman hiding behind a pillar in the lobby. He then went to the elevator bank and shot a security guard before spraying gunfire throughout the entire lobby. He went to the elevators and allowed one woman to go past him before he went up to the 33rd floor, where he shot one other person before killing himself. 
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Just after midnight on Thursday, New York City police and firefighters found eleven NYPD vehicles on fire in a Brooklyn parking lot along with undetonated explosive devices.
Two masked individuals wearing gloves were seen running away from the scene, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/12/us-news/nypd-vehicles-burned-in-suspected-arson-attack-in-brooklyn/">reported</a>, adding that some witnesses were delighted by the arson.
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“Awesome” and “f***ing rad,” one witness reportedly said, adding, “Burn more police cars, set more s*** on fire, do things that actually matter and circumvent the police &#8230;”
Only hours before, roughly 100 anti-ICE protesters met at Foley Square, near a building where federal immigration offices and the city&#8217;s main immigration court reside. “They shouted profanities and chanted: ‘How do you spell racism: I-C-E’ and ‘Deportation no more, ICE get out of our state,’” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-ice-rioters-fight-nypd-set-police-cars-fire">reported</a>, adding, “About 10 people were arrested when scuffles broke out with police and demonstrators refused to get off the road.”
Last Saturday, more than 100 protesters confronted police officers in Lower Manhattan, trying to block ICE vehicles transporting illegal immigrants; the NYPD said 22 people were <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/nyregion/ice-detention-federal-plaza-nyc.html">arrested</a>.
On Tuesday, roughly 2,500 protesters demonstrated in Lower Manhattan, speaking out against the immigration crackdown implemented by the Trump administration. Some of the protesters yelled “Nazi scum” at police officers; others hurled bottles at the NYPD. More than 80 people were arrested, <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-protests-trump-nypd-los-angeles-ice">Fox 5</a> reported.
According to the <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/the-nypd-is-being-monitored-at-anti-ice-protests-after-recent-george-floyd-settlement">Gothamist</a>, while the NYPD has been aiding ICE, they are under scrutiny from the New York City Department of Investigation (DOI). Agents from the DOI  have been monitoring the NYPD “as part of a legal agreement reached after demonstrators in 2020 claimed police illegally arrested them as they protested the killing of George Floyd,” the Gothamist noted. “DOI spokesperson Diane Struzzi said the agency dispatched the monitors as part of a legal settlement after the 2020 protests.”
That policy came about after the Legal Aid Society, New York Civil Liberties Union, and the attorney general’s office accused the NYPD of overaggressive tactics vis-à-vis protesters. “As part of the settlement, the DOI will chair a ‘collaborative committee’ that will review the NYPD’s response to certain demonstrations in the city,” the Gothamist reported.

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Border Czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration’s immigration team would triple the workforce in sanctuary cities, vowing, “We’re gonna flood the zone with officers.”
After teenaged illegal immigrants belonging to &#8220;Los Diablos de 42,” described as a “farm team&#8221; of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragu gang, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-officers-attacked-teenage-gang-times-square/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked NYPD officers</a> on Friday in Times Square, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/tren-de-aragua-gang-violence-times-square" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> that NYPD is coordinating with federal agencies, but added, &#8220;The NYPD does not engage in civil immigration issues—period.&#8221;
Homan slammed Tisch, saying to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, “These people are in the country illegally, and the first thing the police commissioner did up there  — she’s ordered an internal affairs investigation. Did someone call ICE? Because we happened to be at the precinct where some of these people were being processed by happenstance, but now all of a sudden there’s an internal affairs investigation.”
“Who called ICE? We just proved to the city commissioner, we proved to the city council, that wants to lock us out of Rikers Island, that working with Mayor Adams &#8230; we indicted 27 members of TdA through a RICO investigation. &#8230; These are people who are murder-for-hire, drug traffickings, sex trafficking, gun trafficking. We took 27 TdA off the street. ICE, with the cooperation of the NYPD, we showed what our partnership can do.”
In mid-April, the New York City Council <a href="https://council.nyc.gov/news/2025/04/15/new-york-city-council-files-lawsuit-to-stop-mayor-adams-illegal-executive-order-inviting-president-trumps-ice-into-rikers-to-set-up-office-seeking-courts-immediate-halt-of/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a lawsuit</a> asking for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and a preliminary injunction against Mayor Eric Adams’ <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/executive-orders/2025/eo-50.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Executive Order 50</a> to invite ICE to operate an office in the Rikers Island jail.
“They’re already pulling back now,” Homan continued. “So the commissioner is more concerned with who called ICE rather than working with ICE to get these people not out of the street, (but) out of the country. &#8230; This is just another example of sanctuary cities not cooperating with ICE and look what happened: NYPD officers are attacked. If you&#8217;re brazen enough to attack an armed law enforcement officer, you&#8217;re much more dangerous to an unarmed civilian.”
Asked by Ingraham what his message was for three illegal immigrants “still on the loose,” Homan replied, “We’re comin’ for ‘em.” He continued, “These are the type of people that AOC brags, ‘Why I’m educating people on their constitutional rights.’ We all know what she’s doing. She’s educating criminals now to evade law enforcement.”
“Well, you know, I’m gonna do a little educating myself: You don’t want to open the door; you don’t want to answer a question; you don’t want to help us with the travel documents that get you removed, that’s a violation of Title VIII, United States Code 1253. It’s a crime. And we’re going to start prosecuting those crimes tomorrow.”
“If you got a final order, and you want to hinder your removal, you want to put roadblocks up and not cooperate, you want to hide and not open the door, then the agency is gonna start prosecuting you criminally,” he warned. “Then, after you get out of jail from that prosecution, then we deport you. Game’s over. We’re gonna look for these public safety threats and we’re gonna take ‘em off the streets in New York and every other sanctuary city. As a matter of fact, every sanctuary city, we’re gonna triple the workforce. We’re gonna flood the zone with officers. If we can’t arrest them in the jail, we’re gonna arrest them in the community. If we can’t arrest them in the community, we’ll arrest them at their worksite.”
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Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, waived his extradition to New York on Thursday after initially signaling he would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassin-fights-extradition-to-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fight</a> it while remaining in a Pennsylvania prison.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Tuesday that Mangione is being charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism and two second-degree murder counts, one of which is charged as a killing in the act of terrorism. Mangione was immediately transferred to NYPD custody following his extradition hearing, and he is being flown to New York City, where he is set to appear for arraignment in Manhattan later on Thursday, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder-suspect-luigi-mangione-extradition-hearing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Mangione also faces federal charges of murder, stalking, and weapons charges, according to a complaint unsealed Thursday, the Associated Press <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder-suspect-federal-charges/63238747" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The federal murder charge makes him eligible for the death penalty. A courtroom was set aside in a Manhattan federal courthouse for Mangione, and he&#8217;s expected to appear in federal court Thursday afternoon.
The suspected assassin was seen leaving the courthouse in Pennsylvania and being taken into custody by the NYPD.
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Mangione will likely be held in isolation at Riker&#8217;s Island because of the high-profile nature of his case, CBS News reported.
Around 100 supporters of Mangione gathered outside the courthouse in Pennsylvania, according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/19/us-news/luigi-mangione-arrives-at-courthouse-as-throngs-of-protesters-gather-outside-to-show-support-for-alleged-killer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the New York Post</a>. Some of the protesters held signs that read &#8220;Free Luigi,&#8221; &#8220;Private Healthcare Is A Crime Against Humanity,&#8221; and &#8220;Deny, Defend, Depose,&#8221; a phrase that echoes the words written on shell casings found at the sight of Thompson&#8217;s assassination, ABC 7 <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-suspect-luigi-mangione-expected-appear-hearing-extradition-new-york/15675725/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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In a Tuesday press conference announcing the charges against Mangione, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch blasted those who have made a hero out of Mangione.
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“Let me say this plainly, there is no heroism in what Mangione did. This was a senseless act of violence. It was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put New Yorkers at risk,” Tisch said. “We don’t celebrate murders and we don’t lionize the killing of anyone. And any attempt to rationalize this is vile, wreckless, and offensive to our deeply held principles of justice.”
Bragg claims that Mangione “intended to evoke terror” with his alleged murder of Thompson. The DA argued that the killing of Thompson on December 4 “was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation.” Some legal experts expressed skepticism over the prosecution’s chances to convict Mangione on the terrorism charges. In an interview with CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper, former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth suggested that “by including” the terrorism charges, “the district attorney is setting up the conditions for a plea to a lesser charge where he has the possibility of, at some point, getting out of prison.”
This article has been updated with additional information.

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Luigi Mangione Waives Extradition, Taken Into NYPD Custody

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A notebook found on 26-year-old Luigi Mangione after his arrest earlier this week describes the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, law enforcement officials told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/nyregion/luigi-mangione-assassination-plan-notebook.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
The spiral notebook authorities say belongs to Mangione includes a passage where the writer mentions taking out &#8220;the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.&#8221; Thompson was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on December 4 while he was on his way to the UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s Investor&#8217;s Conference.
&#8220;It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents,” Mangione allegedly wrote in the notebook. The suspect considered using a bomb but wrote in his notebook that it “could kill innocents,” CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-wednesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. According to authorities, Mangione was also in possession of a 262-word manifesto where he allegedly called out &#8220;United&#8221; and wrote, &#8220;To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone.&#8221;
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Wednesday that a water bottle and Kind snack bar wrapper recovered by police near the crime scene contained fingerprints that match those of Mangione. Tisch also noted that three shell casings recovered at the scene of the crime matched the homemade gun found on Mangione when he was arrested. The 9mm shell casings from the scene of Thompson&#8217;s assassination had the words &#8220;delay,&#8221; &#8220;deny,&#8221; and &#8220;depose&#8221; written on them, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. It was initially reported that the words on the shell casings were &#8220;defend,&#8221; &#8220;deny,&#8221; and &#8220;depose&#8221; before police clarified.
Mangione is being held on firearm and forgery charges in Pennsylvania and fighting his extradition to New York, where he is charged with second-degree murder. The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate had to be restrained by deputies on his way to his extradition hearing on Tuesday as he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/luigi-mangione-restrained-by-deputies-as-he-shouts-at-crowd-before-extradition-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">yelled</a> at the reporters gathered outside the courthouse.
Mangione&#8217;s lawyer, Thomas Dickey, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/luigi-mangione-lawyer-thomas-dickey-says-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-murder-suspect-was-irritated-during-court-outburst/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN on Wednesday that his client is &#8220;irritated&#8221; and &#8220;agitated about what’s happening to him and what he’s being accused of.&#8221; Dickey questioned the NYPD&#8217;s fingerprint and ballistic evidence, saying, &#8220;Those two sciences, in and of themselves, have come under some criticism in the past, relative to their credibility, their truthfulness, their accuracy, however you want to do it.&#8221;
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The assassin waited near the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan before approaching Thompson from behind and shooting him multiple times, surveillance video shows. Police found a homemade gun and suppressor on Mangione when he was arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald&#8217;s last week.
Police connected the suspect, who was masked when he allegedly assassinated Thompson, to surveillance footage of a man seen smiling in a Manhattan hostel. The suspect reportedly showed a fake New Jersey ID at the hostel when he booked a room there in November. When Mangione was questioned by Altoona police last week, he allegedly showed them the same fake New Jersey ID.

Notebook Found On Luigi Mangione Describes Assassination Of UnitedHealthcare CEO: Reports

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Fingerprints collected by detectives at the scene of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson&#8217;s assassination match the fingerprints taken of suspected killer Luigi Mangione, two law enforcement officials told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-wednesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> on Wednesday.
The fingerprint match is the first forensic evidence reported that directly ties Mangione to the crime scene in Midtown Manhattan, CNN reported. Mangione was arrested on Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was spotted by a person at McDonald&#8217;s who recognized him from photos circulated by the NYPD. When he was questioned by local police, Mangione allegedly showed them a fake New Jersey ID that matched the fake ID presented by a person of interest at a Manhattan hostel last month.
Mangione was charged with firearm and forgery crimes in Pennsylvania and then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassination-charged-with-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slapped</a> with a second-degree murder charge, along with more firearm charges, in New York. On Tuesday, his lawyer, Thomas Dickey, told a judge that Mangione is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassin-fights-extradition-to-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fighting his extradition</a> to New York, starting a process that could last weeks as the suspect is entitled to an evidentiary hearing. Dickey requested the judge set bail, but the judge refused, and Mangione will be held behind bars in Pennsylvania during his extradition process.
Mangione will plead not guilty to his charges in Pennsylvania, Dickey <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-pleading-not-guilty-pennsylvania-1998853" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Tuesday. The defense lawyer said he expects Mangione to plead not guilty to charges in New York and added that he would potentially represent the suspect there.
&#8220;I haven’t seen any evidence that they have the right guy,&#8221; Dickey said Tuesday evening during an appearance on CNN.
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Altoona police reportedly found that Mangione was in possession of a homemade firearm and suppressor. Both the gun and the suppressor were 3D printed, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/nyregion/uhc-killing-ghost-gun-3d-printing.html?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to authorities. Surveillance video of the assassination appeared to show the killer using a handgun with a suppressor. Mangione was also in possession of a 262-page manifesto that raged against health insurance companies and specifically called out &#8220;United.&#8221; Mangione allegedly wrote in the manifesto, &#8220;To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone.&#8221;
New York reserves the first-degree murder charge for killing for hire, killing a person in law enforcement, killing a witness, killing while serving a long sentence, and killing with torture, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/10/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione/3ce7a176-c8c7-50e0-bc0b-af2ce58995e5?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. First- and second-degree murder convictions in New York can result in life in prison, but the minimum sentence differs from 15 years under second-degree murder to 20 years under first-degree murder.
Mangione had to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/luigi-mangione-restrained-by-deputies-as-he-shouts-at-crowd-before-extradition-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restrained</a> by sheriff&#8217;s deputies as he yelled at reporters as he was escorted to his extradition hearing on Tuesday. Some outlets reported that the suspect shouted, “It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people. It’s lived experience.” Other outlets reported that he yelled, &#8220;It&#8217;s completely an injustice &#8230;&#8221;

Fingerprints Found At Scene Of UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassination Match Luigi Mangione: Report

Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murder in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is fighting extradition to New York, setting off a process that could last weeks, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/10/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione/06cf9a03-f28b-5ebf-a60f-6ea6cde367d6?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Mangione&#8217;s lawyer, Thomas Dickey, told the judge in a hearing on Tuesday afternoon that his client &#8220;is contesting&#8221; the extradition. The suspected assassin was arrested on gun and forgery charges in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday before he was charged with second-degree murder in New York.
Now that Mangione has decided to fight the extradition, he is entitled to an evidentiary hearing, which will require the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office to put up a witness. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will also have to submit a &#8220;governor&#8217;s warrant&#8221; to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, requesting the extradition, according to the Times.
The lawyer told the judge that Mangione was wearing a mask during his arrest because of his fear of COVID. Mangione reportedly began to say, &#8220;I bought the mask —&#8221; before his lawyer shushed him and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/10/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione/ac407d65-eb50-52ab-b268-43c31012af42?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;No, no. Don&#8217;t say a word.&#8221;
The assassin was masked when he gunned down Thompson, a shooting that was caught on surveillance footage. The NYPD later circulated photos showing a person of interest lowering his mask in the lobby of a Manhattan hostel. NYPD authorities credited those photos as the key to Mangione&#8217;s arrest. A person at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald&#8217;s — where the suspect stopped for lunch after getting off a Greyhound bus — recognized Mangione from the photos circulated by the NYPD.
The suspect&#8217;s lawyer requested the judge to set bail, but the judge refused, and Mangione will be held behind bars in Pennsylvania during his extradition process.
While many states consider a premeditated killing first-degree murder, New York reserves the first-degree murder charge for killing for hire, killing a person in law enforcement, killing a witness, killing while serving a long sentence, and killing with torture, according to the Times. First- and second-degree murder convictions in New York can result in life in prison, but the minimum sentence differs from 15 years under second-degree murder and 20 years under first-degree murder.
On his way into the courthouse, Mangione was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/luigi-mangione-restrained-by-deputies-as-he-shouts-at-crowd-before-extradition-hearing?topStoryPosition=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restrained</a> by sheriff&#8217;s deputies as he shouted at reporters gathered outside the building.
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“It’s completely [inaudible] and an insult to the intelligence of the American people,” he shouted. NewsNation Senior National Correspondent Brian Entin reported that Mangione said, “It’s completely an injustice,” but it’s difficult to decipher the exact quote. The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/10/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione/9a3f3a21-16e7-5ff8-9302-8810150c7620?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that he yelled, &#8220;That&#8217;s completely out of touch &#8230;&#8221;
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Suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassin Fights Extradition To New York

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had to be restrained by multiple law enforcement officers as he tried to speak to reporters on his way to his extradition hearing on Tuesday.
As Mangione was being escorted into the building for his extradition hearing at Blair County Courthouse in Pennsylvania, Mangione shouted, &#8220;It&#8217;s completely [inaudible] and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.&#8221; NewsNation Senior National Correspondent Brian Entin reported that Mangiono said, &#8220;It&#8217;s completely an injustice,&#8221; but it&#8217;s difficult to decipher the exact quote.
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Mangione was charged with second-degree murder after being nabbed at a McDonald&#8217;s by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday. The suspect is set to be extradited to New York pending his hearing. He faces the second-degree murder charge, along with charges of possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument, and criminal possession of a weapon.
A law enforcement source told CNN that the suspect was found with a manifesto in which he raged against healthcare companies and specifically called out &#8220;United. &#8221; A senior law enforcement official told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news?smid=url-share#4fdeebf4-3a8c-5e3d-9aaf-ee420c56001b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> that Mangione accuses UnitedHealthcare of prioritizing profit over patients.
The suspect attended the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school where he received a degree in computer science. After college, Mangione spent a short time as a head counselor at a pre-college program at Stanford University and then moved to Hawaii in 2022.
In Hawaii, he worked remotely and lived at a co-working and co-living space in Honolulu, his former roommate R.J. Martin told CNN. According to Martin, Mangione had a surfing accident which put him &#8220;in bed for about a week.&#8221; Martin added that Mangione said he had a misaligned spine.
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The suspected killer communicated frequently with family and friends until around six months ago when people close to him stopped hearing from him, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/united-healthcare-ceo-shooting-luigi-mangione.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. It appears that none of Mangione&#8217;s relatives knew of his whereabouts until he was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday and charged with murder.

Luigi Mangione Restrained By Deputies As He Shouts At Crowd Before Extradition Hearing

Luigi Mangione Restrained By Cops As He Shouts At Crowd Before Extradition Hearing

The man suspected of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is set to be extradited to New York where he was charged with second-degree murder on Monday after being arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald&#8217;s fast food restaurant on firearms charges.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/authorities-identify-man-arrested-in-connection-with-ceo-assassination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Luigi Mangione</a>, 26, was nabbed by Altoona police on Monday afternoon after a McDonald&#8217;s employee tipped off law enforcement while the suspect was eating. Mangione was charged with possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument, and criminal possession of a weapon, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-latest-net-closing-suspect-new/story?id=116591169" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The suspect remains in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. When Altoona police asked him if he had been to New York City recently, Mangione started shaking, according to the charging document. Mangione&#8217;s mug shot was released by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on Monday night.
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According to law enforcement sources, Mangione was traveling through Altoona on a Greyhound bus when he went to eat at McDonald&#8217;s, ABC News reported. A customer who recognized Mangione from photos circulated by the NYPD alerted an employee at the fast food chain, who then reported Mangione to the police. When Altoona police arrived to question Mangione, they found multiple fake IDs on him and what appeared to be a homemade firearm and suppressor, according to authorities.
Mangione also had a written manifesto on him that mentioned &#8220;United,&#8221; a law enforcement source told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare-death-investigation-12-9-24#cm4hseo6h000a3b6ql61r5nh3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. A senior law enforcement official told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news/4fdeebf4-3a8c-5e3d-9aaf-ee420c56001b?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> that Mangione accuses UnitedHealthcare of prioritizing profit over patients.
“To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone,” Mangione allegedly wrote.
Mangione also faces multiple charges in Pennsylvania, including carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to authorities, and possessing &#8220;instruments of crime.&#8221; The 26-year-old suspect is originally from Maryland and earned a degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. Authorities believe Mangione has ties to San Francisco and most recently lived in Honolulu.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/family-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-says-shocked-sons-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Mangione&#8217;s family released a statement on Monday, saying, &#8220;We only know what we have read in the media. Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news.&#8221; The statement was released by Mangione&#8217;s cousin, Nino Mangione, a Maryland state delegate.
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Thompson, 50, was gunned down on a Midtown Manhattan street last Wednesday morning as he was making his way to the Hilton hotel for his company&#8217;s Investor&#8217;s Conference. The CEO was approached from behind by a masked assassin dressed in black who shot Thompson in the back, causing him to stumble to the ground, before firing more shots at him. The assassin used what appeared to be a handgun with a suppressor. Thompson was declared dead a short time later at the hospital. The CEO is <a href="https://people.com/brian-thompson-healthcare-ceo-dedicated-father-family-says-8756058" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survived</a> by his wife, Paulette, and their two children.

Suspect In UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassination Charged With Murder

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny identified the man arrested in connection with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione.
Mangione was arrested at a McDonald&#8217;s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after an employee at the fast-food chain tipped off local police. Mangione is from Maryland and has ties to San Francisco, Kenny said at a press conference. Police believe he attended college in Pennsylvania and most recently lived in Honolulu.
The person of interest presented fake IDs to police and was found in possession of what appeared to be a homemade firearm and a suppressor, according to authorities. According to Kenny, the gun found on the person of interest was capable of shooting a 9mm round and could have been made with a 3-D printer. Mangione is facing a firearm charge in Pennsylvania.
A manifesto was also found on Mangione&#8217;s person after his arrest. Kenny did not go into detail on what was written in the manifesto, but he said, “It does seem he has some ill will toward corporate America.&#8221; Mangione has no criminal record in New York, according to authorities.
Mangione reportedly showed police officers the same fake New Jersey ID used by a person of interest in the case who checked into a Manhattan hostel on November 24 — just 10 days before Thompson was gunned down.
An X account under the name Luigi Mangione indicates that he received an Ivy League degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. The X account has skyrocketed in followers since Mangione was identified, going from 131 followers to nearly 40,000 within hours.
Mangione attended the Gilman School, an upscale prep school in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was valedictorian of his 2016 graduating class, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-news/person-of-interest-in-fatal-shooting-of-unitedhealthcare-boss-brian-thompson-idd-as-luigi-mangione-an-ex-ivy-league-student/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. On his Goodreads account, Mangione reportedly liked quotes from &#8220;Unabomber&#8221; Ted Kaczynski. The Post reported that law enforcement sources said Mangione has subscribed to anti-capitalist and climate change causes.
Law enforcement sources told The New York Times that Mangione&#8217;s manifesto rages against health insurance companies. Thompson&#8217;s company, UnitedHealthcare, is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurance company in the world. Thompson, 50, was gunned down by an assassin last Wednesday as he was making his way to the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan for an Investor&#8217;s Conference.
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Responding to Mangione&#8217;s arrest, a UnitedHealthcare spokesman said in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news/b2a83507-1bd6-536b-a641-b82f639f4667?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, “Our hope is that today’s apprehension brings some relief to Brian’s family, friends, colleagues and the many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy. We thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation. We ask that everyone respect the family’s privacy as they mourn.”

Authorities Identify Man Arrested In Connection With CEO Assassination

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