What to Know About Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione's Family — and Why He's Estranged From Them

Mar. 15, 2025

Booking photo of Luigi Mangione.Photo:PA Department of Corrections

PA Department of Corrections

Luigi Mangione, the alleged shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompson, was raised in an affluent Maryland family.

The University of Pennsylvania graduate is the primary suspect in the Dec. 4 murder of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, where amasked gunman fired at least three shots. Five days after the shooting, Mangione wasapprehended while at a McDonald’sin Altoona, Pa., and wascharged with murderthat night.

Mangione grew up in Maryland and comes from a long line of successful relatives, including his cousin, Nino Mangione, an elected member of the Maryland House of Delegates, according toThe New York Times. Per the outlet, he hadnot been in communicationwith most of his friends or family following a 2023 back surgery that caused him to go “dark.”

On the night Mangione was detained, his cousin Nino put out a statement from the family onXin which he shared that they “cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione.”

Mangione haspleaded not guilty to the state chargesin New York but has not entered a plea on the federal charges. Hisfirst court hearingtook place on Feb. 21, where he was seen handcuffed and wearing a bulletproof vest.

Here’s everything to know about alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione’s family.

His family raised him in Maryland

Luigi Mangione, suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomspon.Luigi Mangione/Facebook via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstoc

Luigi Mangione/Facebook via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstoc

Mangione grew up in the Baltimore area, where his family has a storied past.

He graduated as valedictorian from an all-boys institution, Gilman School, in 2016. According toThe New York Times, he thanked parents in a graduation speech for sending him and his classmates to the prestigious school, calling it “far from a small financial investment.”

He has two sisters

Luigi Mangione.Luigi Mangione/Facebook

Luigi Mangione/Facebook

Mangione has two sisters, MariaSanta and Luciana, according toUSA Today. MariaSanta is a physician at the University of Texas Southwestern, per her Vanderbilt School of Medicine profile, while Luciana is a visual artist, according toVoyage Baltimore.

“In my experience, life’s pinnacle moments of joy have come in the moments shared with those whom I love,” she said.

According toUSA Today, Luciana posted a since-deleted Instagram photo with her brother on the day he was detained and wrote, “Praying for you.”

His cousin is a Maryland Republican delegate

Luigi Mangione’s cousin, Nino Mangione.Nino Mangione/ X

Nino Mangione/ X

Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family, as his cousin, Nino, represents part of Baltimore County as the Maryland Republican delegate, perCBS News.

His late grandfather was a real estate developer

Luigi Mangione, suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomspon.Luigi Mangione/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Luigi Mangione/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

According toThe Baltimore Banner, Mangione’s late grandfather, Nicholas Mangione Sr., was a self-made multimillionaire real estate developer who died in 2008.

Per the outlet, Nicholas toldThe Baltimore Sunin 1995 that he had a response at the ready when someone asked how he was able to afford a high-profile country club he purchased in the 1970s.

“They asked me what family I belonged to. I told them, ‘I belong to the Mangione family. The Mangione family of Baltimore County,’ ” he reportedly said.

Meanwhile, Mangione’s grandmother Mary died in 2023 from complications from Parkinson’s disease. According to CBS News, she was described in an obituary as a hospital benefactor and a music patron.

Fox Newsreported that when Mary died, she left $30 million or more to her family on the condition that any grandchild “charged, indicted, convicted of orpleads guilty to a felony" would not receive an inheritance.

His relatives own several country clubs in the Baltimore area

According toThe New York Times, Mangione’s grandparents bought the Turf Valley Country Club in Ellicott City, Md., during the 1970s and developed the golf course community.

Beyond country clubs, the Mangione family owned the conservative-leaning radio station WCBM, perThe New York Times.Additionally, Mangione’s father, Louis, became an owner of the nursing home company Lorien Health Services, where the suspect volunteered in high school, according toThe Baltimore Banner.

Louis is also the point person for the Mangione Family Enterprises, per the outlet.

He stopped communicating with his friends and family after a back surgery

Luigi Mangione in a holding cell after being taken into custody on December 9, 2024 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.Altoona Police Department via Getty

Altoona Police Department via Getty

Aaron Cranston, a former Gilman School classmate of Mangione’s, shared withThe New York Timesthat he and other friends had received a forwarded message earlier this year asking if they knew Mangione’s whereabouts as his family was trying to contact him.

He added thatthey hadn’t heard from him in “several months” after sporadic communication following a back surgery he allegedly received in the summer of 2023.

R.J. Martin, the founder of Surfbreak, a co-living space that Mangione lived in for six months in Honolulu, told the outlet that Mangione’s “spine was kind of misaligned.”

“He said his lower vertebrae were almost like a half-inch off, and I think it pinched a nerve,” Martin said, adding that he also stopped hearing from Mangione regularly shortly after his back surgery but received a text from him in April asking to catch up. However, they never did, and Mangione did not reply to Martin’s May and June follow-up text messages.

source: people.com