Since then, the 26-year-old Towson native and 2016 Gilman valedictorian accused of killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, has been the silent center of a much-watched case, an outlaw hero to some who share his apparent rage at the health insurance industry.

Police subsequently arrested Mangione days after the shooting at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., and alleged that he was found with a “ghost gun,” fake IDs and a letter addressed to “the feds” claiming “parasites” in the health insurance industry “had it coming.”