NEW YORK ¨C In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime.
In New York, ¡°Wanted¡± posters with the faces of CEOs have appeared on walls. Websites are selling Mangione merchandise, including hats with ¡°CEO Hunter¡± printed across a bullseye. And some social media users have swooned over his smile and six-pack abs.
Mangione has been charged with murder for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a father of two, in a brazen shooting on Dec. 4 outside a Manhattan hotel before an industry conference, setting off a five-day manhunt for the masked assailant.
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