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The family of Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shared a statement hours after he was arrested by police at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.

‘Unfortunately we cannot comment on news reports about this Luigi Mangione. We only know what we have read in the media,” the family said in a statement statement on social media. Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and ask people to pray for everyone involved. We are devastated by this news.”

The 26-year-old suspect is currently being held in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after New York prosecutors filed a complaint charge of first-degree murder. He will eventually be extradited to New York to face charges in connection with Thompson’s death.

His current list of charges includes one charge of murder, two charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one charge of second-degree possession of a forged document and one charge of third-degree criminal possession of a firearm.

Mangione’s family issued the statement through their cousin, Nino Mangionea Republican member of the Maryland House of Representatives.

The Mangione family owns Hayfields Country Club in Cockeysville and Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City.

According to The Daily Mailhe is ‘the heir’ to the ‘resort fortune’.

Thompson, 50, does shot and killed outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel Wednesday in what police called a “brazen targeted attack,” and the search for the suspect extended beyond New York City.

A McDonald’s employee recognized Mangione on Monday and contacted police. When police in Pennsylvania asked him if he had been to New York recently, he did not respond and began shaking, according to an arrest affidavit.

Police Chief Jessica Tisch said at a news conference that Mangione had a firearm and that officers found a suppressor, “both consistent with the weapon used in the murder.”

Investigators noted that the weapon was a ghost gun capable of firing a nine-millimeter bullet. A ghost gun can be assembled at home from parts without serial numbers, making them difficult to trace.

NYPD Chief of Police Joseph Kenny added that police had found a three-page document with writings suggesting Mangione had “ill will toward corporate America.”