A fellow student at the University of Pennsylvania told NBC News that Mangione was part of a group that played games together, and one of the games they played was Among Us.

Among Us is reminiscent of the iconic party game Mafia, and John Carpenter’s legendary sci-fi horror film, The Thing. It’s won several awards since its debut, including Best Mobile Game and ...

It's that last bit of information that's the most intriguing, thanks to an NBC News piece calling Mangione's Among Us connection "extremely ironic," given the game's premise. As the article ...

Even apart from the digital space, Among Us follows the same basic format as numerous card games: Partygoers since the 1980s have played Mafia, in which some players are deemed "civilians" and ...

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, also played Among Us. That didn’t make him a killer.

“I just found it extremely ironic that, you know, we were in this game and there could actually be a true killer among us,” Romero told NBC News. 6.