On December 19, 2024, Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, was extradited from Pennsylvania and arrived at a helicopter base in New York, USA.
Eduardo Munoz | Reuters
Federal prosecutors in New York have charged Luigi Mangione with murder, stalking and firearms offenses in the December 4 slaying of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Federal criminal charges were unsealed Thursday when Mangione, 26, agreed to be extradited to New York to face murder charges in state court in Manhattan for Thompson’s death.
Mangione is scheduled to appear later Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on the federal charges.
Mangione agreed to be taken to New York by authorities during a hearing Thursday morning in a Pennsylvania court.
He was then put on a plane to New York in Altoona.
The new federal complaint centers on two counts of stalking, alleging that Mangione traveled to New York on Nov. 24 and used electronic communication devices to monitor and ultimately kill Thompson. Both stalking charges note that the travel and equipment involved so-called interstate commerce, criminal charges that might otherwise be handled exclusively by local or state prosecutors. The charges are often used as a basis for federal prosecutors to file charges.
The third and fourth federal counts of murder with a firearm and firearms offenses accuse Mr. Mangione of using and possessing a handgun in connection with the stalking incident.
Mr. Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Mr. Thompson as Mr. Thompson was on his way to the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan to attend an investor day for his parent company, UnitedHealth Group.
He was arrested five days later in Altoona after someone reported a suspicious person inside a McDonald’s.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, appears for approximately 10 to 15 minutes during two hearings at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on December 19, 2024. It is shown from multiple perspectives in the courtroom sketch.
Emily Goff | Reuters
The University of Pennsylvania graduate was arraigned Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder for promoting terrorism, including one count of murder as an act of terrorism.
He was also charged with multiple weapons possession charges.
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