The 26 -year -old suspect in the New York City Death o CEO from UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson He has been accused of federal charges.
Luigi Mangione was accused Thursday by a Federal Grand Jury for a murder position with a firearm, another crime of firearms and two charges of harassment. If it is convicted as accused, it would be eligible for the death penalty.
“Mangione traveled through state lines through an interstatal bus line with the purpose of stalking and killing Brian Thompson,” says the accusation.
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi They had instructed federal prosecutors To see the death penalty against Mangione, who already faces positions of state murder in the case. The lawyers of Mangione, who have presented motions asking that the death penalty option be eliminated, rejected the comments on the accusation when contacted with CBS News.
Thompson, 50, was shot fatally outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, 2024. After an extensive national checker, Mangione It was attaching In an McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 9.
Mangione has declared innocent At 11 charges Presented against him by the district prosecutor of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, and four positions he faces in Pennsylvania.
Authorities They have alleged That mangion meticulously planned the murder of Thompson, who was killed outside a hotel where he was scheduled to attend an investor meeting that day. Before the shooting, Mangione, who is from A prominent Maryland familyHe arrived in New York City at the end of November, where he stayed in a shelter under a false New Jersey identification card.
After the shooting, the authorities say that Mangione fled to Central Park on a bicycle and then touched a taxi to the George Washington Bridge bus station in Alto Manhattan.
The words “delay”, “deny” and possible “depend” They were found written in Sharpie In caps in the murder scene. But while looking for a reason, the researchers have said that Mangane was never a client from Unitedhealthcare.
TO 3D -printed ghost gun With a suppressor, he believed he was the murderer, he was found in his person when he was arrested in Pennsylvania, said New York Police.
Mark Prussin, Emily Mae Czachor, Alex Sundby and Anna Schecter contributed to this report.