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By Sophie Clark
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Luigi Mangione, the man currently charged with the death of Brian Thompson, worked as an intern on the popular computer game Civilization VI while studying for his Ivy League computer science degree.
Civilization VI, or 'Civ IV,' is a world-building and strategy game where players can build empires and cultures, and according to a copy of Mangione's resume, the alleged gunman worked as a UI Programming intern on the game between May 2016 and August 2017.
Per Mangione's Linkedin, while at Civ VI Mangione "fixed over 300 UI bugs (25% of UI bug count) using Lua language, Jira software, and Perforce version-control system."
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2K Games, the company that distributes Civ VI, told Newsweek: "As a practice, we do not comment on former employees."
Mangione's resume, which was published by journalist Ken Klipperstein, shows an impressive range of computer science roles and skills, as the Ivy League graduate gained his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Donald Trump's Alma Mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
He also worked as a teaching assistant on Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University's pre-collegiate studies program in 2019.
The 26 year-old boasted skills in several programming languages, including Java, Python, and C, as well as other software development tools like NumPy, GitHub, and SolidWorks.
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Prior to university, Mangione graduated as the valedictorian of his prestigious private boys' school in Philadelphia.
The work experience section of Mangione's resume obtained by Klipperstein cuts off in 2019, but per Mangione's Linkedin, he was working as a Data Engineer at TrueCar for the past four years.
Mangione's last known address was at the Surfbreak co-living community in Honolulu, Hawai'i, where he lived until 2022. He returned there briefly in 2023, before leaving again.
According to people who knew him in Hawai'i, Mangione was plagued by severe back pain, which prevented him from doing physical activities on the island.
Mangione's GitHub account is still active, with 1.4 thousand followers, although he has not engaged with it since 2021.
On this account he posted his research on games and machine programming, for example, he published a paper on his site about how he trained machine learning bots to play the resource management game Halite III which he entered into Two Sigma's annual AI competition.
Mangione is being charged with murder following the deadly shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4.
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The 26 year-old was apprehended at a Pennsylvania McDonald's. Per Newsweek reporting, police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, said that when they arrested Mangione, he was in possession of a "ghost gun," fake identification and a manifesto.
The manifesto was a handwritten note which, per the NYPD, expressed "ill will toward corporate America."
According to the New York Times, the manifesto also mentioned United Healthcare by name, noting the size and profits of the company.
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Update 12/12/2024 7:06am ET: This story has been updated to include comment from 2K Games.
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