COCKEYSVILLE, MD – Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione’s outstanding Maryland household has been shaken to its core over his arrest, however mates and acquaintances of the Mangiones describe them as a “nice” household.

Thomas Maronick Jr., a buddy of the household and radio host in Maryland, mentioned Mangione’s arrest was “beautiful,” including that they’re a “deeply revered household.” The Mangione household owns a number of golf programs and golf equipment throughout the state, in addition to no less than one radio station and different amenities.

“This simply does not look like something related to them,” Maronick, whose radio station was owned by the Mangione household, instructed “Fox & Buddies” on Wednesday. “They personal golf programs, they personal WCBM, they personal a retirement house. They simply could not be extra concerned in charity and revered on the whole.”

Maronick mentioned he doesn’t keep in mind any time he met Mangione in-person, however mentioned he might have run into him “in passing.” He described the household as very “tight-knit,” with the patriarch, Nick Mangione Sr., passing down management of the household to his son, Nick Jr., who’s Luigi’s uncle.

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A normal view of Hayfields Nation Membership in Cockeysville, Maryland on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. Luigi Mangione’s dad and mom dwell on the property. (Derek Shook for Fox Information Digital)

An acquaintance of the household who requested to not be named mentioned he was a longtime neighbor of Nick Jr. greater than a decade in the past. He praised the household in feedback to Fox Information Digital on Tuesday, speaking about Nick Sr. as “the one who began all of it,” and reminiscing about giving popsicles to the household’s youngest members.

“They’re an important household, effectively I assume apart from the one,” the person mentioned.

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Luigi’s father, Louis Mangione, owns Haysfield Nation Membership in Cockeysville, Maryland, and the household lives on the property. The membership, together with a close-by up-scale procuring heart, are the guts of the city.

The household’s affluence allowed Luigi to attend Baltimore’s Gilman Faculty, a non-public Ok-12 faculty with tuition costing round $40,000 per yr. He graduated as valedictorian of his class in 2016.

An indication is seen outdoors of Gilman Faculty in Baltimore, the place Luigi Mangione graduated as valedictorian of his class. (Anders Hagstrom/Fox Information Digital)

Neither the previous neighbor nor Maronick mentioned that they had any information of the Mangione household operating into well being points or being denied insurance coverage claims. Luigi himself, nevertheless, suffered a again damage and ensuing continual ache in recent times. It’s unclear whether or not he or his household struggled with insurance coverage to cowl remedy.

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“I did not hear something about that, however it might actually shock me as a result of the household had a variety of means–or excuse me, has a variety of means,” Maronick mentioned of the insurance coverage problem. “Particularly being concerned in healthcare, proudly owning retirement houses. So that is one thing the place they would not have struggled to pay the payments.”

CEO homicide suspect Luigi Mangione shouts as officers restrain him as he arrives for his extradition listening to in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado for Fox Information Digital)

The Mangione household launched a press release saying they’re “devastated” by Luigi’s arrest. Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione, Luigi’s cousin, echoed that in his personal assertion.

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“Sadly, we can not touch upon information experiences concerning Luigi Mangione,” the Republican lawmaker mentioned in a press release. “We solely know what we’ve got learn within the media. Our household is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We provide our prayers to the household of Brian Thompson and we ask folks to wish for all concerned. We’re devastated by this information.”