Luigi Mangione was indicted on Tuesday (native time) for the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan earlier this month, CNN reported.
Mangione faces an 11-count indictment, together with one depend of homicide within the first diploma and two counts of homicide within the second diploma in reference to the deadly taking pictures of Thompson on December 4, together with different weapon and forgery fees.
In response to the indictment, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Mangione of second-degree homicide as against the law of terrorism.
“This was a daunting, well-planned, focused homicide that was meant to trigger shock and a spotlight and intimidation,” Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg stated in a information convention.
He additional famous the taking pictures occurred “in one of the vital bustling components of our metropolis, threatening the protection of native residents and vacationers alike, and commuters and enterprise individuals simply beginning out on their day.”
Mangione, 26, isn’t going to struggle extradition to New York, his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo instructed CNN. He’s set to seem in a Pennsylvania court docket for an extradition listening to on Thursday throughout which a choose will rule on the following steps for him to return to New York to face the indictment.
Mangione faces a sentence of life in jail with out the opportunity of parole if convicted, based on Bragg’s workplace.
“This was a killing that was meant to evoke terror and we have seen that response,” stated Bragg. “This was not an strange killing. To not recommend that any killing is strange, however this was extraordinary.”
“The unsealing of immediately’s indictment brings us one step nearer to securing justice for Brian Thompson and his household and affirming the primacy of the rule of legislation within the metropolis of New York,” CNN quoted NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch as saying.
