Luigi Mangione.Photo:PA Department of Corrections / Handout/Anadolu via Getty; Pennsylvania State Police
PA Department of Corrections / Handout/Anadolu via Getty; Pennsylvania State Police
But police say the employee is indeed eligible for the reward — but it could take some time.
To claim the FBI’s $50,000 reward, a federal agency must nominate a tipster to an interagency board, which can present a recommendation for the U.S. Secretary of State to then sign off on,according toTheWashingtonPost.
Both rewards will also be taxed, so the full amounts won’t manifest in the tipster’s bank account. And the Crime Stoppers reward could be divided among dozens of tips that the police say were helpful in the investigation.
Speculation had abounded earlier this week that the McDonald’s employee who called the police on Mangione would not get the reward, because the person phoned 911 instead of the Crime Stoppers tip line. The Police Foundation, however, confirmed toThe Washington Postthat the McDonald’s tipster is still eligible for the reward.
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Mangione is the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompsonin Midtown Manhattan last week.
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He was apprehended at the McDonald’s on Monday, Dec. 9, after a five-day manhunt when an eagle-eyed customer believed they spotted the suspect inside the restaurant. The customer alerted a McDonald’s staff member who then called 911. (Still photos from surveillance footage has since been released showing Mangione in the restaurant.)
Police said that Mangionestarted to shakewhen they questioned him, particularly on whether he’d been in New York City recently. Police allege they would ultimately discover on him a ghost gun, suppressor, fake IDs and amanifestodescribing people in the health insurance industry as “parasites.”
source: people.com
