Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, faces federal charges including murder, stalking, and firearms offenses. Authorities say Mangione could face the death penalty if convicted.
Luigi Mangione , suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, was whisked back to New York on a plane and by helicopter Thursday to face new federal charges of stalking and murder, which could bring the death penalty if he's convicted. Mangione agreed to return to New York after a morning court appearance in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week five days after the shooting of Brian Thompson .
Mangione appeared in a Manhattan federal court for an afternoon hearing where a magistrate ordered he be detained. After his Pennsylvania court hearing, Mangione was immediately turned over to at least a dozen New York Police Department officers who were in the courtroom and led him to a plane bound for Long Island. He then was flown to a Manhattan heliport, where he was walked slowly up a pier by a throng of officers with assault rifles. The federal complaint unsealed Thursday charges him with two counts of stalking and one count each of murder through use of a firearm and a firearms offense. Murder by firearm carries the possibility of the death penalty, though federal prosecutors have not said whether they will pursue that punishment.In federal court Thursday, Mangione shifted his head but otherwise did not react when the magistrate read the part of the complaint accusing him of killing Thompson.His attorney said dealing with both the state and federal cases puts the defense in a highly unusual situation. “Frankly I’ve never seen anything like what is happening here,” said Karen Friedman Agnifilo. The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate is accused of ambushing and shooting Thompson on Dec. 4 outside a Manhattan hotel where the head of the United States’ largest medical insurance company was walking to an investor conferenc
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