Brian Thompson was shot and killed, and Luigi Mangione is now facing murder charges.
- Luigi Mangione, an Ivy League graduate, was indicted by a New York grand jury for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4.
- Gov. Hochul intends to submit documents requesting Mangione's extradition from Pennsylvania, where he has been detained since his arrest at a McDonald's.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office announced on Tuesday that a New York grand jury had indicted Luigi Mangione for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione is accused of one count of first-degree murder in the pursuit of terrorism and two counts of second-degree murder, one of which is classified as a terrorist act.
In addition to being accused in the Manhattan Supreme Court indictment of multiple counts of possessing a weapon and one count of possessing a weapon in the second degree, he is also charged with these offenses.
An individual with an Ivy League education and a family background in Baltimore may receive a sentence of life imprisonment without parole if found guilty.
Kathy Hochul, the Governor of New York, is likely to submit documents requesting the extradition of Mangione from Pennsylvania due to the indictment, according to her spokesperson, as reported by NBC News.
On December 4th, outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan, Mangione, 26, was accused of fatally shooting Thompson, 50, who was attending an investor day event for his company's parent, UnitedHealth Group.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg claimed that Luigi Mangione was responsible for the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Bragg stated that this deliberate, aimed gun violence will not be tolerated and his office has been working tirelessly to bring the perpetrator to justice.
The DA stated that there are signs that Mangione will forgo his right to an extradition hearing on Thursday in Pennsylvania and agree to be transferred to New York to deal with the murder case.
On December 9th, at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Mangione was arrested due to a call about a suspicious person at the restaurant. It is alleged that he presented officers with a fake New Jersey ID, which is believed to be the same one he used to check into a Manhattan hostel in late November.
In his backpack, police discovered a gun, silencer, and ammunition. The weapon matched three shell casings found at the Manhattan shooting scene, and Mangione's fingerprints were found on a water bottle and snack bar near the scene, according to police.
The shell casings and unfired bullet found at the scene had words "deny," "depose," and "delay" written on them, which correspond to tactics used by health insurers and other insurance companies to deny claims to their customers.
Hours after Mangione's arrest, Manhattan prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against him, accusing him of second-degree murder, criminal possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a silencer, and possession of a forged instrument.
The grand jury indictment handed up Tuesday supersedes that complaint.
Mangione, who is being held in a Pennsylvania prison without bail on gun and forgery charges, will appear in Blair County Court on Thursday morning for two separate hearings.
The first hearing will be a preliminary hearing on the state criminal charges, while the second hearing, presided over by a different judge, will address extradition proceedings.
On Friday, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione's New York criminal defense lawyer, and her husband and law partner, Marc Agnifilo, visited him in the prison in Huntingdon.
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