Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League tech hotshot accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, was into 3D printing while studying at the University of Pennsylvania, his former pal told The Post Tuesday.
“It’s funny, I recall him being into 3D printing in sophomore year,” said Matthew Levy, who lived next door to Mangione’s dorm room during their freshman year in 2016.
“I mean, he was making much more innocent things then.”
Luigi Mangione’s hobby while studying at the University of Pennsylvania was 3D printing, his former pal told The Post. APMangione, 26, allegedly used what appeared to be a 3D-printed ghost gun in last week’s fatal shooting of Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, cops have said.
The gun, face masks and rambling writings linking Mangione to the ambush were allegedly found in his possession when he was captured at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday following a five-day manhunt, authorities said.
Levy, who said he was friends with Mangione for three years in college, was among those shocked by his arrest.
“He’s one of the last people I would have expected,” he told The Post.
Matthew Levy, who lived right next door to Mangione’s dorm room in their freshman year in 2016 said, “It’s funny, I recall him being into 3D printing in sophomore year.” Fox News Digital“He wasn’t particularly ideological. He never stood out as extreme.”
About nine months ago, “something happened,” possibly linked to Mangione’s back injury “and he just cut everyone off, nobody could reach him,” Levy said.
“I think that’s when his extremist views developed. He was a nice guy. He must have been radicalized at some point.”
Mangione, 26, allegedly used a 3D-printed ghost gun in last week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. REUTERSDetails of Mangione’s 3D printing hobby and past life emerged as investigators continued to piece together a possible motive for the cold-blooded killing – including whether he was allegedly fueled by a vendetta against the medical industry after suffering from chronic back pain.
At the time of his arrest, Mangione was allegedly carrying a handwritten document expressing anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed and power.
He wrote that the US has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to a law enforcement bulletin.
In social media posts, Mangione also called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary,” the bulletin stated.
Mangione was being held in a Pennsylvania lockup while fighting extradition to New York, where he is facing murder charges in Manhattan over Thompson’s slaying.
