Luigi Mangione faces federal murder, stalking, and firearm charges alongside state terrorism and murder charges for the killing of Brian Thompson.
The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson is being charged with federal murder and stalking crimes, according to a court document filed on Friday (AEDT), alongside state murder and terrorism charges previously announced by New York prosecutors. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are charging Luigi Mangione, 26, with the federal crime of murder using a firearm, two charges of stalking and a charge of using an illegal gun silencer, according to a criminal complaint.
The complaint accused Mangione of spending months planning an attack driven by his contempt for the health insurance industry and wealthy corporate executives. Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police on arrival in New York.Mangione was transferred into the custody of New York City police after he waived his right to extradition proceedings at a court hearing in Pennsylvania, the state where he was arrested following a five-day manhunt. According to the federal complaint, a notebook Altoona police found in Mangione’s possession contained several handwritten pages that “express hostility towards the health insurance industry and wealthy executives in particular.” A notebook entry dated October 22 described an intent to “wack” the chief executive of an insurance company at its investor conference. “This investor conference is a true windfall,” one entry found in the notebook said, according to the complaint. “Most importantly – the message becomes self evident.” Police also found a letter in the suspect’s possession addressed “To the Feds” that stated: “I wasn’t working with anyone,” according to the complaint. “This was fairly trivial: Some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience,” the letter said, using an abbreviation for computer-aided desig
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