When National News Comes to Your Neighborhood

On Monday morning, Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a 26-year-old who is a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was arrested and charged with murder after a McDonald employee at the Plank Road located in Altoona recognized him from a surveillance photo and police officers found a gun, mask and writings linking him to the ambush, according to the Associated Press.

While this news happened outside of the Cove, this occurred right in my neighborhood, which is Garden Heights in Altoona.

I’ve spent almost my whole life living in that quiet area of the city, and going to that McDonald’s often.

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