An apparent Luigi Mangione copycat who turned up at United Healthcare’s Minnesota headquarters ‘with a gun’ has been unmasked in his police mugshot.
Pawn shop worker Ian Stanley Wagner, 26, was arrested on Monday after he arrived at the facility in Minnetonka – just four months after Mangione, 26, allegedly gunned down the health insurance giant’s CEO in New York City.
The FBI Minneapolis Field Office told DailyMail.com Wagner contacted them at around 10.47am and ‘issued threats of violence directed at the United Healthcare facility if specific demands were not met’.
‘Within minutes of receiving the call, the FBI initiated a coordinated response with our partners,’ an FBI spokesperson said.
‘A trained FBI crisis negotiator established contact with the individual by phone from within the FBI building and Minnetonka Police was on scene, along with two FBI Task Force Officers.’
Wagner surrendered after around 45 minutes, and Minnetonka Police took him into custody. He appeared dazed while wearing a prison-issue orange jumpsuit in his police booking photograph.
The FBI added that the investigation is in its ‘early stages’, but ‘there is currently no indication that the individual had specific grievances against United Healthcare’.
However, Wagner’s mother told ABC affiliate 5 Eyewitness News that her son called her from outside the United Healthcare HQ and told her he was going to shoot into it.
Ian Stanley Wagner, an apparent Luigi Mangione copycat who turned up at United Healthcare’s Minnesota headquarters ‘with a gun’ has been unmasked in his police mugshot, shown above
Police rushed to United Healthcare’s Minnesota HQ (pictured) – just four months after Luigi Mangione allegedly murdered the insurance giant’s CEO in New York City
Luigi Mangione has attracted a substantial fanbase of mainly female supporters, and a cult-like following – sparking fears about the possibility of copycat killings
Sources also told the outlet that a gun was found in the front seat of Wagner’s car. It appears that barriers in the parking lot stopped his vehicle from entering the facility.
His mother said he is on spectrum and has been suffering with mental health issues.
According to his social media profiles, Wagner lives in Hopkins, Minnesota, where he works as the lead pawnbroker at EZCORP.
UnitedHealthcare is America’s biggest health insurer, covering more than 49 million people. It is headquartered at 9700 Health Care Lane on the outskirts of Minneapolis.
Police records obtained by KSTP show that Minnetonka Police stationed an officer at the site as they heightened security in the days after Mangione, 26, allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson in Manhattan on December 4.
Mangione has attracted a substantial fanbase of mainly female supporters and a cult-like following – sparking fears about the possibility of copycat killings.
Health industry heavyweights, executives and politicians across the country from New York to California have been on high alert since Thompson’s murder.
Luxury security firm Fortified Estates previously told DailyMail.com they’ve seen in a boom in demand for security fittings including infrared robotic cameras, bulletproof glass and secret doors to safe rooms.
Ian Stanley Wagner, 26, was arrested on Monday after he arrived at the facility in Minnetonka – just four months after Mangione, 26, allegedly gunned down the health insurance giant’s CEO
Wagner lives in Hopkins, Minnesota, where he works as the lead pawnbroker at EZCORP. His mother said he is on the spectrum and suffering with mental health issues
Meanwhile, Mangione has been imprisoned at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 9.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced earlier this month that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against the Ivy League graduate
It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions after they were halted under the previous administration.
‘Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,’ Bondi said in a statement.
She described Thompson’s killing as ‘an act of political violence.’
Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said that in seeking the death penalty ‘the Justice Department has moved from the dysfunctional to the barbaric.’
Mangione ‘is caught in a high-stakes game of tug-of-war between state and federal prosecutors, except the trophy is a young man’s life,’ Friedman Agnifilo said in a statement, vowing to fight all charges against him.
His federal charges include murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty.
Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson (pictured) outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York City on December 4, 2024
Mangione, 26, is facing state and federal murder charges for allegedly gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside of the Midtown Hilton hotel in Manhattan
The state charges carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to a state indictment and has not yet been required to enter a plea on the federal charges.
Prosecutors have said the two cases will proceed on parallel tracks, with the state case expected to go to trial first. It wasn’t immediately clear if Bondi’s announcement will change the order.
Mangione was arrested December 9 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles west of New York City and whisked to Manhattan by plane and helicopter.
Police said Mangione had a 9mm handgun that matched the one used in the shooting and other items including a notebook in which they say he expressed hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.
Among the entries, prosecutors said, was one from August 2024 that said ‘the target is insurance’ because ‘it checks every box’ and one from October that describes an intent to ‘wack’ an insurance company CEO.
UnitedHealthcare has said Mangione has never been a client of theirs.
