Luigi Mangione is due in a New York court on Monday to face state charges for the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
CBS reported that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stated on Friday that they are collaborating with federal authorities, who also have a criminal case against Mangione, aged 26. At the state level, Mangione faces charges including first-degree murder related to terrorism, second-degree murder as an act of terrorism, and criminal possession of a weapon.
Mangione agreed to be extradited to New York from Pennsylvania on Thursday where he is confronted with firearm charges. Shortly after, he showed up in a New York federal court and was accused of murder involving the use of a firearm, stalking, and a firearms violation.
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The hearing on Thursday was brief, lasting 15 minutes, and concluded with U.S. Marshals escorting him to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He is currently held in custody without the option of posting bail.
Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after Thompson was shot near a Hilton hotel in Manhattan. Thompson, who is from Minnesota, was attending his company’s annual investor meeting when he was killed.
Authorities said fingerprints recovered from the water bottle and a KIND snack bar matched Mangione’s prints.
In addition to allegedly having a gun with a silencer and fake IDs, Mangione reportedly also had a 262 word “manifesto” that decried the healthcare industry as “parasites.” Shortly after Mangione’s arrest, New York officials held a press coverage in which they hinted at the motive in Thompson’s murder. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione, a data engineer with a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, “has some ill will towards corporate America.”
Meanwhile, a source told the New York Daily News that Mangione is being “low key” and has no notable cellmates on his floor. Sean “Diddy” Combs is housed at the same federal facility as he awaits trial for sex trafficking.
[Feature Photo: AP Photo/Pamela Smith]
