Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led away from the Blair County Courthouse following his extradition hearing on Dec. 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Federal prosecutors are exploring whether to bring charges against Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Wednesday.
If federal charges are filed, new york state murder Sources say the game against Mangione will have priority.
glutton, 26, indicted on tuesday UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson charged with first-degree murder, other charges, authorities say shot from behind On December 4, he walked on the sidewalk in Manhattan.
New York police said Mangione was targeting Thompson. maybe because The size of the private health insurance company he leads. United Healthcare is the largest private health insurance company in the United States.
Mangione is charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, as well as second-degree murder and Other counts.
In New York, a first degree murder charge Special circumstances are required that transcend intent, such as killing a witness, killing for hire, killing a police officer, or killing someone in furtherance of terrorism.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo, one of Mangione’s attorneys in the New York charges, said Wednesday night that they are “prepared to fight these charges in any court.”
“The federal government’s reported decision to ramp up action on an already overcharged first-degree murder and state terror case is highly unusual and raises serious constitutional and statutory double jeopardy concerns,” she said.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said on Tuesday that the ambush of Thompson was “designed to cause shock, concern and intimidation.”
Bragg said Mangione, who was wearing a hooded jacket and a mask, waited near a hotel for nearly an hour for Thompson’s arrival before firing a 9 mm handgun with a silencer around 6:45 a.m. Shoot him from behind.
Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 9 after he was identified in security photos released by New York police and the FBI.
He is currently being held in Pennsylvania and is fighting extradition to New York. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
Spokespeople for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan declined to comment.
Representatives for the FBI and NYPD also declined to comment.
If Mangione is convicted of first-degree murder or second-degree murder as an act of terrorism, he could face life in prison without the possibility of parole, Bragg said. Bragg said if he were convicted of second-degree murder, the maximum sentence would be 25 years to life in prison.
