UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Suspect Luigi Mangione Charged With First Degree Murder as Terrorism
A grand jury has indicted Luigi Mangione with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,” said Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
Mangione faces life in prison without parole.
Other charges: “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.”
“This was a killing to invoke terror,” continued Bragg. “This was not an ordinary killing, not to suggest that any killing is ordinary, but this was extraordinary and the New York State Legislature has set out both the paths, both the murder one and murder two, and this, we allege, is squarely within those statutes which talk about intending to do exactly what we saw happen here.”
Mangione allegedly murdered Thompson outside of a Manhattan hotel on December 4 for an investors’ conference.
Mangione fled.
In Pennsylvania, McDonald’s employees recognized him from the wanted posters.
The police found fake IDs, “a 9 mm handgun with a 3D-printed receiver, a homemade silencer, two ammunition magazines and live cartridges.”
Mangione is still in Pennsylvania, where he should appear in court on Thursday.
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