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Martin said that a single lesson left him 'in bed for a week', saying: 'It was really traumatic and difficult.'

He said Mangione and other residents of the co-living space would talk about medical issues and capitalism.

Martin insisted the suspected murderer never gave off the impression of being angry or radicalized.

He also said that Mangione did not complain about his back pain and did not appear to be taking any kind of painkillers.

Spondylolisthesis sees a bone in the spine, known as a vertebra, slip out.

I am overwhelmed,” she wrote, echoing the feelings of many who knew Mangione personally.

Meanwhile, according to a friend from Honolulu, Luigi dealt with persistent back pain and underwent spinal surgery in 2023. The customer tipped off the police, and Officer Tyler Frye from the Altoona Police Department showed up. Some have even mistaken (jokingly or otherwise) his sister for his girlfriend.

He was an Ivy League grad who loved comic books, Pokémon, and weightlifting. Ironically, even though the NYPD had been keeping tabs on him, it was this quick-thinking civilian that sealed the deal.

When investigators caught up with Mangione, they found fake IDs, a gun, and a handwritten manifesto that hinted at a planned attack targeting the healthcare industry.

'He knew that dating and being physically intimate with his back condition wasn't possible.

'His spine was kind of misaligned. The arrest happened just hours after the NYPD’s intense search hit its peak, wrapping up a five-day manhunt.

Despite throwing everything at the case—drones, canine units, and tons of forensic work—the NYPD couldn’t figure out who Mangione was.

Some folks on Twitter even joked about his sexuality.

A Reddit poster believed to be Mangione spoke of how he had lived with a back condition called spondylolisthesis since childhood.

Spondylolisthesis sees a bone in the spine, known as a vertebra, slip out. The shooting, right in the middle of the busy Rockefeller Center holiday season, was a shocking and brazen act.

One user joked, “Yoo they found Luigi Mangione Tinder profile😭😭😭,” while another lamented, “luigi mangione is an ivy league italian frat boy who’s huge bookworm loves reading comic and pokémon also does weightlifting that man is literally handmade for me and they just put him behind the bars.”

Even with the serious charges against him, Luigi Mangione’s life still fascinates and confuses everyone.

Mangione is from a wealthy family, with his grandfather a self-made multimillionaire who owned a luxury holiday resort, nursing homes and a radio station.

He attended the $40,000 a year Gilman prep school in Baltimore and graduated valedictorian in 2016.

A clip widely-shared online after Mangione's arrest shows him speaking confidently and eloquently on-stage, with former classmate Aaron Cranston describing him as exceptionally-intelligent.

He is set to be extradited back to New York for his crimes.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that when Mangione was taken in by cops, he was carrying a gun like the one used to kill Thompson.

He was also said to be in possession of a fake ID that the alleged shooter had used to check into a New York hostel, along with a passport and several fake IDs. 

Authorities also confirmed that he had a handwritten manifesto on him in which he blasted UnitedHealthcare.