Extremely Ironic Among Us Killer

'Extremely ironic': Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls A man who attended college with Luigi Mangione and was a member of the same Discord group said he was shocked when news broke on social media that Mangione had been taken into police custody. Luigi Mangione, who was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, once belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins, a member of the group told NBC News. In the game, called “Among Us,” some players are "I just found it extremely ironic that, you know, we were in this game and there could actually be a true killer among us," he said.

A screenshot of a news article reports that Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, once played the social-deduction game “Among Us” with a group of Ivy League gamers. The joke is the extremely ironic coincidence that someone later accused of murder had played as a killer in a game about identifying killers among the players. EN: A screenshot of a news article reports that Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, once played the social-deduction game “Among Us” with a group of Ivy League gamers. The joke is the extremely ironic coincidence that someone later accused of murder had played as a killer in a game about identifying killers among the players.

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