Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, was charged with first- and second-degree murder by a grand jury in New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Tuesday.
Bragg said at a press conference that Mangione stands charged with one count of “murder in the first degree as a killing in furtherance of terrorism” and “two counts of murder in the second degree,” one of which accuses Mangione of killing Thompson in an act of terrorism. Mangione was also hit with multiple weapons charges and a charge of criminal possession of a forged instrument. The first-degree murder charge has a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.
Mangione — who was arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s on December 9 — has been fighting his extradition to New York. The suspected assassin was nabbed…
