Luigi Mangione charged with murder of healthcare CEO

A 26-year-old man has been charged with homicide over final week’s deadly taking pictures of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.

Luigi Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald’s within the city of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 280 miles (450km) west of New York City on Monday after a buyer on the fast-food outlet recognised him.

He was present in possession of a 3D-printed gun and a handwritten doc that indicated “motivation and mindset”, in response to police.

Mr Mangione then appeared in a Pennsylvania court docket to be arraigned on 5 preliminary counts and was denied bail.

Just hours later, New York investigators charged Mr Mangione with homicide and 4 different counts together with firearms expenses.

Mr Thompson, 50, was fatally shot within the again final Wednesday morning exterior the Hilton lodge in Midtown Manhattan the place UnitedHealthcare, the medical insurance coverage large he led, was holding an buyers’ assembly.

Police say he was focused in a pre-planned killing.

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