New York City prosecutors late Monday night charged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione with murder, according to online court records.
A 26-year-old man was also charged. Criminal possession of a weapon (loaded firearm)possession of a counterfeit instrument and criminal possession of a weapon (firearm silencer) in the Dec. 4 shooting death of Brian Thompson.
Thompson, 50, was shot in the back on the sidewalk outside New York's Hilton Hotel before a shareholder meeting. He was appointed CEO of the company in April 2021.
Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after a five-day nationwide manhunt for Thompson's killer.
United Healthcare CEO murder suspect arrested at Pennsylvania McDonald's
A still image from the video shows Luigi Mangione, 26, being taken into court in Pennsylvania on Monday night for questioning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Fox News)
Altoona Police Officer Tyler Fry, a rookie police officer in Altoona, took Mangione into custody after employees and customers at a McDonald's there thought he looked like the suspect on a wanted poster and called authorities.
A police officer approached Mangione, who was wearing a mask and beanie and was using a laptop in the back of the restaurant, and asked him to remove his mask, confirming that he was the suspect wanted in Thompson's murder. It turned out that.
At the time, he allegedly provided false identification, gave a false name, and “began to go silent and tremble” when asked if he had recently been to New York.
He is also said to have in his possession documents criticizing the medical industry and a ghost gun similar to the one believed to have been used to kill Thompson.
Luigi Mangione was charged late Monday night in New York City with multiple charges, including first-degree murder, in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Altoona police initially detained Mangione on charges unrelated to Thompson's murder, including possession of a firearm without a permit, providing false identification to police and forgery.
Who is Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO?
Mr. Mangione graduated at the top of his class from the elite Gilman School in Baltimore and also gave the commencement speech at the 2016 commencement ceremony, according to a video of the ceremony.
“He seemed like a smart kid and always seemed to do the right thing,” a former classmate shocked by the arrest told Fox News Digital on Monday. “I wasn't crazy.”
He then graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering and was a member of the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society for Electrical and Computer Engineering.
A photo obtained by Fox News Digital shows Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
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Mangione is expected to be extradited to New York as early as Tuesday.
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz and Brooke Curto contributed to this report.
