NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny announced on Thursday that there are no records of Mangione being insured by UnitedHealth Group, the country’s largest health insurance company. 

“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth-largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America,” Kenny said during an interview with NBC News. 

“So that’s possibly why he targeted that company,” the NYPD detective added. 

Police arrested Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Dec. 9, charging him with the murder of Thompson. 

The UnitedHealthcare CEO was gunned down outside a New York hotel last week. Video surveillance footage before and after the shooting indicate Mangione was in the area, and investigators said this week that his fingerprints matched the forensic evidence at the crime scene. 

Mangione has pleaded not guilty on all charges and suggested he is being framed, while his lawyer has complained over a lack of evidence in the case against his client. 

Authorities have not yet established a clear motive for the crime, although they have floated ideas that Mangione harbored deep resentment toward the health insurance industry and corporate America.

The suspect suffered from severe health problems related to his back and underwent an invasive spinal operation last year. 

At the time of his arrest, Mangione was found with a handwritten document saying that “these parasites simply had it coming.” 

“A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the … largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart. It has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these … have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allwed them to get away with it,” the document continues. 

Thompson’s death sparked controversial takes from the Left, with top Democratic senators coming under fire for their comments on anger toward the health industry and “corporate greed.” 

“You can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands,” “Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said in comments that attracted criticism. 

A slew of “wanted” posters for Wall Street and healthcare executives that directly encourage violence toward corporate leaders and healthcare executives have also popped up in New York since Thompson was shot dead in the New York borough of Manhattan. 

“Health care CEOs should not feel safe,” one poster read. Others have pictures of Thompson with a red X slashed over his image, and “Free Luigi” posters have also been seen.

Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, who arrested Mangione earlier this week at a McDonald’s franchise, said they received threats “against our officers” after they captured the suspect. 

“We have received some threats against our officers and building here. We’ve started investigating some threats against some citizens in our community,”  Deputy Altoona Police Chief Derek Swope said Tuesday. “We’re taking all those threats seriously and doing all the follow-up we can with those.”