Luigi Mangione effect: String of suspects invoke alleged CEO assassin amid growing wave of violence

The antheral who was arrested connected charges of mounting the deadly Palisades Fire aboriginal past twelvemonth was allegedly an admirer of Luigi Mangione, the infamous suspected slayer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Jonathan Rinderknecht's evident admiration of Mangione adds to a increasing database of accused convulsive criminals who person reportedly invoked his name, arsenic experts pass of the emergence of assassination civilization successful the United States.

Jonathan Rinderknecht — Palisades Fire

Rinderknecht, 30, a erstwhile Uber driver, was arrested successful October 2025 and charged with demolition of spot by means of occurrence successful narration to the Palisades Fire successful California, which kicked disconnected connected New Year's Day 2025. Estimates accidental the occurrence caused betwixt $35 cardinal and $45 cardinal successful damage, arsenic it burned 23,448 acres and 6,833 structures implicit much than a month. Twelve radical died successful the fire.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was charged Wednesday with igniting the occurrence that became the Palisades Fire successful Los Angeles. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

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Last week, prosecutors filed a memo successful tribunal outlining Rinderknecht's solidarity with Mangione.

"In the months starring up to the fire, helium had go progressively aggravated with his beingness and nine astatine large," prosecutors wrote. "For example, successful the weeks and hours starring up to the fire, suspect fixated connected Luigi Mangione, who allegedly murdered the UnitedHealthcare CEO successful New York City connected December 4, 2024."

Rinderknecht searched the presumption "free LuigiMangione," "lets instrumentality down each the billionaires" and "reddit lets termination each the billionaires," national prosecutors said, adding that helium harbored "resentment for the rich."

"Many of defendant’s Uber passengers connected Dec. 31, 2024 and Jan. 1, 2025, described suspect arsenic angry, intense, driving erratically, and ranting astir being 'pissed disconnected astatine the world' and Luigi Mangione, capitalism, and vigilantism," prosecutors wrote successful a tribunal filing.

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"When investigators asked suspect wherefore idiosyncratic mightiness perpetrate arson successful the Pacific Palisades, helium responded that it would beryllium retired of resentment of the affluent enjoying their wealth arsenic 'we’re fundamentally being enslaved by them' and compared specified an enactment of 'desperation' to the execution for which Mangione was charged," prosecutors wrote.

Daniel Moreno-Gama — Sam Altman and OpenAI attack

In mid-April, 20-year-old Moreno-Gama allegedly traveled from Texas to San Francisco successful a planned onslaught to termination OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, according to authorities.

He threw a Molotov cocktail astatine Altman's home, mounting an exterior gross ablaze, according to investigators. He past allegedly went to OpenAI's office and was caught connected surveillance camera throwing a seat astatine a acceptable of solid doors. He is accused of threatening to pain the gathering to the crushed and termination everyone inside.

Daniel Moreno-Gama appears successful tribunal with nationalist defender Diamond Ward successful San Francisco connected April 14, 2026. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

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In January, Moreno-Gama suggested "Luigi’ing immoderate tech CEOs" successful an online speech with producers of "The Last Invention" podcast, the Wall Street Journal reported.

He aboriginal walked backmost the comments.

Chamel Abdulkarim — Warehouse arson suspect

Abdulkarim, 20, of Highland, California, stands accused of mounting ablaze a monolithic warehouse wherever helium worked connected April 7. He allegedly filmed himself sparking the inferno, which destroyed the 1.2 million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark organisation center, a insubstantial merchandise hub, and caused $500 cardinal successful damage.

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In that video, helium complained astir his wages.

"If you’re not going to wage america capable to [expletive] live… astatine slightest wage america capable not to bash this," helium said, according to the Department of Justice affidavit.

Chamel Abdulkarim charged successful warehouse arson (KTTV; Frederick M. Brown)

Prosecutors allege that helium bragged astir mounting the occurrence successful consequent texts and telephone calls, 1 of which referenced Mangione and suggested that radical would recognize his actions.

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"Luigi popped that mutherf-----," Abdulkarim said, according to the national complaint, adding "a batch of radical are going to understand."

He's facing charges of arson of a gathering utilized successful interstate and overseas commerce and faces aggregate authorities felony counts that could importantly summation his situation exposure.

Ryan English — Alleged crippled to termination Trump allies

English, who went by "Riley Jane English" and utilized she/her pronouns, allegedly walked up to a U.S. Capitol Police serviceman connected Jan. 27, 2025 and said, "I’d similar to crook myself in."

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English claimed to person 2 Molotov cocktails and 2 knives and expressed the tendency "to termination [Treasury Secretary] Scott Bessent," tribunal documents said.

English reportedly near location successful Massachusetts and traveled to Washington, D.C., with the intent of sidesplitting War Secretary Pete Hegseth, too, whom the fishy referred to arsenic a "Nazi," on with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. English besides allegedly expressed a tendency to pain down the Heritage Foundation, a blimpish deliberation vessel "two blocks from the White House." 

Ryan Michael English, 24, was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police connected Jan. 27 successful Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

English cited a terminal unwellness arsenic 1 origin successful the planned attack, and prosecutors utilized that arsenic justification to clasp English without bond.

Prosecutors besides said English referenced Mangione.

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"As different example, the Defendant specifically mentioned being influenced by Luigi Mangione, the idiosyncratic accused successful the caller execution of United Health Group CEO Brian Thompson," the tribunal documents said. "The Defendant referred to her telephone to unit arsenic ‘fate’ oregon ‘destiny.’ Those statements, coupled with Defendant’s statements that she has lone a fewer months to live, show that the Defendant is simply a hazard to the assemblage if released." 

English pleaded blameworthy successful March.

Shane Tamura — NFL office attack

Last July, Shane Tamura committed an onslaught connected the NFL's office successful New York City, which killed 4 people.

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Prosecutors compared his actions to Mangione's.

Shane Tamura, the NYC shooter, was detained successful Las Vegas by section police. (Las Vegas Police Department)

"On July 28, 2025, Shane Tamura brought an battle firearm to a Manhattan bureau building, a abbreviated region distant from wherever Mangione had killed Thompson," prosecutors wrote. "Tamura changeable and killed 4 people, including an off-duty constabulary officer, an enforcement of a fiscal services firm, and a information guard, and helium injured others, including an worker of the National Football League ("NFL"). Like Mangione, Tamura near down a portion of grounds for investigators to find, blaming the NFL and shot for causing chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Almost immediately, members of the nationalist sympathetic to the suspect touted Tamura’s actions arsenic a laudable continuation of the defendant’s philosophy."

This representation from surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press shows Shane Tamura extracurricular a Manhattan bureau gathering connected Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP)

Mangione's lawyer did not instrumentality a Wednesday remark request, but has said antecedently that her lawsuit does not enactment governmental violence.

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"As we person stated earlier successful aggregate nationalist tribunal filings, Mr. Mangione does not support convulsive actions and does not condone past oregon aboriginal governmental violence," Karen Friedman Agnifino told Fox News Digital successful a caller statement. "These repeated attempts to link him to unrelated acts oregon to insinuate that helium condones oregon supports these acts are irresponsible, unsafe and prejudicial."

Fox News Digital's Adam Sabes, Stepheny Price, Michael Dorgan, Danielle Wallace and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.