<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/luigi-mangione" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Luigi Mangione</a>, 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.</p>
<p>Bragg said at a press conference that Mangione stands charged with one count of &#8220;murder in the first degree as a killing in furtherance of terrorism&#8221; and &#8220;two counts of murder in the second degree,&#8221; 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.</p>
<p>Mangione — who was arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald&#8217;s on December 9 — has been fighting his extradition to New York. The suspected assassin was nabbed by police after the NYPD circulated a photo of him smiling at a Manhattan hostel before Thompson was gunned down on the street on December 4. Surveillance video showed a masked man shooting Thompson from behind while the CEO was on his way the the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan for his company&#8217;s Investor&#8217;s Conference.</p>
<p>&#8220;This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,&#8221; Bragg said. &#8220;It occurred at one of the most bustling parts of our city, threatening the safety of local residents and tourists alike.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the district attorney, Mangione arrived in New York City on a bus on November 24 with the goal &#8220;to murder Brian Thompson.&#8221; Mangione checked into the Manhattan hostel using a fake New Jersey ID under the name Mark Rosario. Mangione is accused of standing outside the Hilton hotel in wait for Thompson. After the shooting, Mangione allegedly fled on a bike and got on a bus leaving the city.</p>
<p>When he was arrested in Pennsylvania — around 275 miles from NYC — police said they found a 9mm handgun, a suppressor, two ammunition magazines, and the same fake New Jersey ID on him. Authorities said the gun found on Mangione was homemade and likely built using a 3D printer.</p>
<p>Mangione&#8217;s mother filed a missing persons report with San Francisco police just weeks before Thompson was killed in New York City, the San Francisco Standard <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/12/09/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-sfpd-missing-person-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Mangione worked in San Francisco for a short time before moving to Honolulu, Hawaii.</p>
<p>According to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, police were already closing in on Mangione before he was arrested in Pennsylvania. Kenny said that when Mangione&#8217;s mother was questioned by authorities on December 7, shortly before her son&#8217;s arrest, she &#8220;didn&#8217;t indicate that it was her son in the photograph,&#8221; but told detectives that &#8220;it might be something that she could see [Mangione] doing.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Mangione&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassin-fights-extradition-to-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">extradition</a> could take weeks to complete if he continues to fight it. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to submit a “governor’s warrant” to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, requesting the extradition.</p>
<p>At the press conference, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch blasted those who have made a hero out of Mangione and have celebrated the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let me say this plainly, there is no heroism in what Mangione did. This was a senseless act of violence. It was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put New Yorkers at risk,&#8221; Tisch said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t celebrate murders and we don&#8217;t lionize the killing of anyone. And any attempt to rationalize this is vile, wreckless, and offensive to our deeply held principles of justice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Both Tisch and Bragg also vowed to crack down on so-called ghost guns, a term often used by the Left to describe firearms that are untraceable by state and federal authorities.</p>
<p>A notebook was also allegedly found on Mangione that includes a passage where the writer mentions taking out “the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.”</p>
<p>“It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents,” Mangione allegedly wrote in the notebook.</p>

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