The Altoona Police Department has stated that they’ve been receiving threats following the arrest of Luigi Mangione at a local McDonald’s on Monday. In an impromptu news conference on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Derek Swope said that they are currently investigating threats made against police officers and local people involved in Mangione’s arrest. “This is clearly a very polarized case. We have received some threats against our officers and building here,” Swope shared, referring to the police’s department building. “We’ve started investigating some threats here against some citizens in our community. We’re taking all those threats seriously and doing all the follow-up we can with those.” Shortly after Mangione’s arrest on Monday, the McDonald’s at which police discovered the 26-year-old was review-bombed by seeming supporters who were upset that one of its workers “snitched” on him. The suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, Mangione is currently in police custody and is contesting extradition to New York where he’s charged with murder.
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