Ian Collins, the man who allegedly threatened violence near UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters in Minnesota, flew into an outburst in a court on Wednesday, shouting, “Power, money, and corruption.”
The judge therefore ordered for the 26-year-old to become put in prison without relationship, citing” threat to public security”. It was not soon clear what led to the explosion and what he meant by those words.
Collins attended the hearing in a flak suit designed to prevent him from “harming” himself. According to Cheryl Wagner, Ian’s family, her child suffers from mental condition.
” It’s terrible. I feel vulnerable. He’s obviously not going to get the support that he needs in there”, she said outside the courtroom, accompanied by her father, Levi.
The Wagners attended Ian’s second court looks, hoping he could get the requisite mental health treatment.
‘Made multiple attempts to arrest Ian Collins’
On Wednesday, Hennepin County authorities stated they made “multiple attempts” to assault Wagner since he violated his parole in a distinct event, on April 3, an season during which he also violated the terms of his electric home monitoring device.
The authorities said the tracking device was not equipped with GPS, and notifies government only if he’s out of a certain variety.
On Monday, also, the officers attempted to arrest Collins for the infraction. However, the search” spooked” Ian, who fled to his relatives ‘ house, retrieved a weapon, and travelled to the gate of the healthcare giant in the Minnetonka, a district of Minneapolis.
A 911 call informed authorities about his presence at the UnitedHealthcare headquarters.
In December last year, the company’s chief executive officer, Brian Thompson, was shot dead outside a hotel in New York City. The suspect, Luigi Mangione, was eventually arrested from a McDonald’s outlet in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
