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CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione charged with murder in NYC, Manhattan DA says
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Brittany Kriegstein
Published Dec 10, 2024
Modified Dec 10, 2024
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Manhattan prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione, 26, with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown last week, according to the district attorney’s office.
The charges come less than a day after Mangione was spotted by an employee while eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles west of New York City. Local police took him in for questioning and found a black 3-D printed pistol, a black 3-D printed silencer and multiple fake IDs, according to a criminal complaint filed in Pennsylvania court. The NYPD said the gun was like the one used to shoot Thompson.
When officers asked Mangione if he’d been to New York recently, he “became quiet and started to shake,” the complaint states.
Mangione was arrested in Altoona on unlicensed gun possession and forgery charges, and a judge ordered him held without bail on Monday night.
The charges Mangione faces in New York are on top of the charges he faces in Pennsylvania.
At a hearing on his Pennsylvania charges on Tuesday, Mangione did not agree to extradition, so the judge in the case issued an order outlining the process, which in part said Pennsylvania would have 30 days to obtain a governor's warrant to extradite Mangione. Judge David Consiglio denied him bail.
Manhattan prosecutors have also charged Mangione with three counts of illegal gun possession and one count of possession of a forged instrument, a spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. The murder charge is for murder in the second degree, which means the defendant allegedly had the intent to kill.
Court documents released by Bragg's office on Tuesday described the evidence prosecutors say link Mangione to the shooting, including surveillance video from an Upper West Side hostel where he apparently stayed and from outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown where Thompson was shot. The documents also cited Mangione's “distinctive clothing,” a silencer he allegedly used on the gun and the suspected timeline of his arrival at the crime scene.
The documents also allege Mangione used a fake ID with the name Mark Rosario to check into the hostel, which prosecutors said was the same ID that police in Pennsylvania found with him when he was arrested.
An attorney for Mangione could not immediately be reached.
The spokesperson for Bragg's office said prosecutors would seek a warrant from Gov. Kathy Hochul to "secure an extradition to Manhattan" for Mangione.
Hochul said in a statement that she was coordinating with the DA and "will sign a request for a governor's warrant to ensure this individual is tried and held accountable."
Mangione expressed an “ill will toward corporate America” in a purported manifesto police said detailed his alleged motives in the fatal shooting. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020, the school confirmed, and he reportedly attended an all-boys private high school in Baltimore before then.
Maryland state Delegate Nino Mangione, who said he is a cousin of Luigi Mangione, released a statement on Monday from the "Mangione family," saying the family was "shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest."
"Unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione," the statement said. "We only know what we have read in the media."
NYPD officials said Mangione had ties to San Francisco and recently lived in Honolulu. They said he had no prior arrest history in New York.
Police are continuing to investigate the case.
This is a developing story and has been updated with additional information. Giulia Heyward and Jon Campbell contributed reporting.
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Brittany Kriegstein covers all breaking news around New York City, with a focus on crime and gun violence. Got a tip? Email Brittany at [email protected].
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