Suspect in UnitedHealth CEO’s killing faces terrorism charges in New York

Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of fatally gunning down UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, is due to be arraigned on Monday on state murder charges that brand him a terrorist.

At the hearing in New York state court in Manhattan, Mangione is expected to be asked to enter a plea to the 11-count indictment, which includes three murder charges, including murder as an act of terrorism. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Mangione’s lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo declined to comment.
It will be the second court appearance in New York for Mangione, 26, since he was arrested at a fast food restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after the brazen, pre-dawn Dec. 4 killing of Thompson outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan where his company was gathering for an investor conference.

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