Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Friday that murder indictment Luigi Mangione could be extradited from Pennsylvania to New York City as early as Tuesday to face murder charges in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. It was announced that there is a possibility that
Mr. Bragg announced that Mr. Mangione, who is challenging an extradition order to return to the Big Apple, may abandon the fight during court proceedings scheduled for Tuesday in Pennsylvania.
“It suggests that the defendant may waive his rights, but that waiver is not complete until the trial begins,” Bragg said. Said at a public safety press conference In Times Square.
“Until then, we're going to continue to move forward in parallel and we're going to be ready to see if he waives extradition or whether he contests extradition.”
Mangione, a 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate, was spotted by Thompson on Dec. 4 as the 50-year-old CEO walked into the Sixth Avenue Hilton Hotel, where UnitedHealthcare's parent company was holding its annual investor conference. He is accused of shooting and killing Mr. .
The assassination suspect led police on a five-day manhunt that ended on Monday when he was taken into custody at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania after an employee spotted him and called police.
He was found to be in possession of a manifesto-like document that referenced United Healthcare and accused the health insurance company of corporate greed.
Mr. Mangione faces murder charges and is being held without bail at the State Correctional Facility in Huntington, Pennsylvania, on gun and forgery charges, to which he maintains his innocence.
Gov. Cathy Hochul said Thursday that the suspected shooter will be indicted on cold-blooded murder charges “now” and that an extradition warrant will be issued once he is indicted.
