Tonight, the strong person of interest under arrest in the manhunt for the killer of United Health Care CEO.

The individual identified his 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, arrested on gun charges after he was spotted out of McDonald's in Pennsylvania.

Police say he was found with a ghost gun, possibly made with a 3D printer and suppressor like those used to kill

CEO Brian Thompson in New York.

Also found fake IDs and a handwritten manifesto.

The clue is about a possible motive.

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tonight the manhunt may have come to an end for the person of interest sought for the

ambush murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. A man who police say

matches those widely disseminated police photos was tracked down in Altoona, Pennsylvania,

where local police brought him in for questioning earlier today after he was spotted in a McDonald's.

New York's mayor Eric Adams calling that man, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, a strong person of interest in Thompson's killing.

Police say among his belongings at the time of his apprehension, a gun similar to the murder

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