{"id":108229,"date":"2024-12-18T00:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-latest-luigi-mangione-charged-with-first-degree-murder-as-terrorism-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T00:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:04:06","slug":"unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-latest-luigi-mangione-charged-with-first-degree-murder-as-terrorism-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-latest-luigi-mangione-charged-with-first-degree-murder-as-terrorism-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione charged with first-degree murder as terrorism in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luigi Mangione is seen inside the police station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 2024\/Obtained by ABC News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(NEW YORK) — <\/span>Luigi Mangione<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has been indicted in New York for the murder of\u00a0UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the grand jury has upgraded charges to first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, prosecutors announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mangione, 26, is also charged with: two counts of second-degree murder, one of which is charged as killing as an act of terrorism; two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree; four counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree; one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree; and one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.<\/p>\n

The slaying in the heart of Midtown Manhattan was “intended to evoke terror,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a news conference.<\/p>\n

Mangione is accused of gunning down Thompson outside a hotel on Dec. 4 as the CEO headed to an investors conference.<\/p>\n

“This type of premeditated, targeted gun violence cannot and will not be tolerated,” Bragg said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In Pennsylvania, where Mangione remains in custody, he faces charges including allegedly possessing an\u00a0untraceable ghost gun<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He is expected to waive extradition from Pennsylvania during his next court appearance on Thursday, sources said.<\/p>\n

Mangione has hired Karen Friedman Agnifilo as his lawyer in New York. She was a 25-year veteran of the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office and its second in command for eight years.<\/p>\n

Mangione was arrested<\/span><\/a>\u00a0at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 9 after nearly one week on the run.<\/p>\n

When Mangione was apprehended, he had a 9 mm handgun with a 3D-printed receiver, a homemade silencer, two ammunition magazines and live cartridges, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Thompson’s murder ignited online anger at the health insurance industry. Many people online have celebrated the suspect and some have\u00a0donated to a defense fund for Mangione<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There is no heroism in what Mangione did. This was a senseless act of violence,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at Tuesday’s news conference.<\/p>\n

“Any attempt to rationalize this is vile, reckless and offensive to our deeply held principles of justice,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Just a cold-blooded, horrible killing,” President-elect Donald Trump said at a news conference Monday.<\/p>\n

“It’s really terrible that some people seem to admire him, like him,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

“It seems that there’s a certain appetite for him. I don\u2019t get it,” Trump added.<\/p>\n

Sources said writings police seized from Mangione suggest he was fixated on UnitedHealthcare for months and gradually developed a plan to kill the CEO.<\/p>\n

Among the writings recovered from Mangione was a passage that allegedly said, “What do you do? You whack the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention,” according to law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n

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