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Luigi Mangione headed back to NYC to face murder charges in CEO killing
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Published Dec 19, 2024
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Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel earlier this month, is being extradited to New York from Pennsylvania to face murder charges.
Mangione’s Pennsylvania lawyer, Thomas Dickey, said in court that Mangione would not fight extradition since the 26-year-old has a lawyer in New York to defend him.
NYPD detectives are waiting at the Pennsylvania courthouse to bring Mangione back to New York to face murder charges, police confirmed. CNN reported that Mangione will be brought to New York immediately, by plane.
Mangione did not enter a plea on his Pennsylvania gun and forgery charges, postponing a hearing on those until February.
In New York, Mangione faces charges in Manhattan of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. According to an indictment announced on Tuesday, Mangione arrived in the city in late November with a plan to kill Thompson. Prosecutors say Mangione, a resident of Hawaii who police said was motivated by anger at the health care industry, waited for Thompson outside the Hilton Midtown hotel on Dec. 4, then shot him from behind with an untraceable ghost gun.
Thompson’s killing has stoked a nationwide debate about the U.S. health care industry, and the dayslong search for him before he was captured made headlines around the globe. The day after the shooting, police confirmed they had recovered shell casings at the scene with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” written on them, which resembled the title of a 2010 book by Jay M. Feinman, “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.”
Roughly a half-dozen protesters gathered outside the courthouse to show support for Mangione. Anger at the health insurance industry is so strong that some people on social media praised the shooter’s actions.
Reporter Sydney Roach of WPSU in Pennsylvania contributed reporting. This is a developing story and has been updated.
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