Luigi Mangione is due in a New York court on Monday to face state charges for the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
According to CBS, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said on Friday that they are coordinating with federal authorities, who also have a criminal case against Mangione, 26. On the state level, Mangione is charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, second-degree murder as an act of terrorism, and criminal possession of a weapon.
On Thursday, Mangione waived his extradition to New York from Pennsylvania, where he is facing firearm charges. Hours later, he appeared in a New York federal court — where he was charged with murder through the use of a firearm, stalking, and a firearms offense.
READ: Luigi Mangione in New York Court to Face Federal Murder Charges in UHC CEO’s Slaying
Thursday’s hearing lasted 15 minutes and ended with U.S. Marshals transporting him to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He remains jailed without bond.
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]
