At a Wednesday news conference where he joined other local leaders to discuss Preakness 2025, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore spoke briefly about the case of Luigi Mangione, the Maryland man who has been charged in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“I was 3 years old when my dad died in front of me because he didn’t get the health care he needed. And so the brokenness of the healthcare system is something I’ve lived with. It still very much sits with me to this day. Working to fix it is something I still make a core part of my why and my ethos,” said Moore, whose father died from a rare, but treatable virus.
“I also know that the way we solve things is not by killing people in cold blood. The way we solve things is not killing people because we don’t like the industry they’re in or the company they represent. And I’m glad that the wheels of justice are now moving.
“We need to have justice for what happened to Brian Thompson. I would just ask people to remember that because of the actions of this person, there are two teenagers right now in Minnesota who are growing up like I did. Fatherless. And we can never forget that.”
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