Luigi Mangione, charged with killing insurance CEO, in court today
December 23, 2024
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Luigi Mangione’s unusual journey to New York City
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Along Luigi Mangione’s journey from Pennsylvania to New York City, fans waited to cheer him on as he was escorted by heavily armed officers.
NEW YORK − The man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a busy Manhattan street was scheduled for arraignment Monday on state murder charges just days after a dramatic return to the city to face federal counts in the case.
New York state prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione, 26, with one count of first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, two counts of second-degree murder, including a count of murder in the second degree as an act of terrorism, and several weapons charges related to the Dec. 4 shooting. If convicted of the state charges he could face life in prison without parole.
The federal charges announced Thursday, however, mean Mangione could receive the death sentence if found guilty of murder in federal court. Those charges, unsealed Thursday, include murder using a firearm, two counts of stalking and an additional firearms offense. A preliminary hearing on the federal charges was scheduled for Jan. 18.
Mangione also faces weapons and related charges in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald’s restaurant following a five-day manhunt. Mangione appeared in a Blair County courtroom Thursday, waived his right to an extradition hearing and was immediately swept back to New York via plane, helicopter and SUV for his federal arraignment hours later. He arrived to dozens of heavily armed officers, a swarm of media members and Mayor Eric Adams.
‘The target is insurance’: Shooting suspect Luigi Mangione’s notebook shows plan, feds say
Mangione’s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said the federal charges were an attempt to “pile on top of an already overcharged” state case. She said she thought even state prosecutors were surprised by the move.
“Over three decades of prosecuting and defending criminal cases in New York, frankly, I’ve never seen anything like that what is happening here,” Friedman Agnifilo said in court, also calling it “very confusing, highly unusual.”
Entries in a handwritten notebook seized from Mangione when he was arrested reflected his “hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives in particular,” according to the federal criminal complaint. Mangione methodically planned the killing for months in an attempt to spark debate over insurance industry practices, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
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Mangione has his supporters. Andrea Aye said she traveled from northern Ohio to the Pennsylvania courthouse for his hearing there.
“We feel his anger, his frustration,” said “It has definitely woke people up. We hear him.”
Thompson, 50, was raised on a farm between the small town of Jewell, Iowa, and the smaller town of Stanhope and graduated from South Hamilton High School in 1993. He departed for the University of Iowa and began working for UnitedHealthcare in 2004. He ascended through the ranks to head the Minneapolis-based health insurance company, one of the largest in the nation and was named CEO in April 2021.
“He was one of the smartest kids, if not the smartest, and I would say the smartest person I’ve ever known,” childhood friend Taylor Hill said. “He was probably smarter than half our teachers. And the thing with our teachers is they knew it, too.”
He had multiple leadership positions at UnitedHealthcare over the years, having last held the title of chief executive officer of government programs, including overseeing the company’s Medicare and retirement and community and state businesses.
“Brian was a highly respected colleague and friend to all who worked with him,” UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of United Healthcare, said in a statement.
Contributing: Jeanine Santucci and Judy Ellich
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