McDonald’s restaurants in Altoona, Iowa are receiving threats following the arrest of the insurance executive’s murder suspect

Altoona police would like to remind everyone that the man charged with murder in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania – not Iowa.

In a Facebook post from Altoona, Iowa, police praised the first whistleblower who discovered suspect Luigi Mangione at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and the Altoona, Pennsylvania, officers who took him into custody.

They then reminded everyone to be careful about which department they message and tag on social media.

“So this is the Altoona IOWA Police Department,” the post reads. “We like to read the tags and comments intended for PA (some of them not so nice to Iowa), but they go unread by the APD – PA, just us Midwesterners. We still appreciate your support.”

“And please don’t question our snow regulations. It’s December. In Iowa. If you don’t see snow in PENNSYLVANIA, switch sides.”

“Thank you again to our brothers and sisters at the Altoona Police Department in Pennsylvania for your help in apprehending a suspected murderer. If you’re ever in Altoona, IOWA, we’ll treat you to a McDonald’s ice cream cone. Ope if the machine works.

Altoona, Iowa, police Lt. Alyssa Wilson said her department has been tagged and mentioned in hundreds of social media posts. Even the governor of Pennsylvania mistakenly mentioned the department of Iowa.

More serious examples of confusion include local police reporting that both McDonald’s restaurants in Altoona, Iowa, received threats following Mangione’s arrest. The authorities considered the threats to be unreliable.

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