Luigi Mangione charged with murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione faces a second-degree murder charge in New York in connection with the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to an online court filing filed Monday.
The 26-year-old man was also charged with possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument and criminal possession of a weapon, records show.
This undated photo provided by UnitedHealth Group shows Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare.
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The counterfeit instrument is the fake New Jersey driver’s license he allegedly used to check into the Upper West Side hostel.
Mangione remains in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections pending extradition to New York.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office confirmed the charges. Court records explaining them will not be unsealed until Mangione appears in New York court at a later date.
The charges in New York came hours after Mangione’s arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
He had been identified by a McDonald’s employee, based on photographs released by police of his person of interest in what was called a “brazen and targeted” attack in Midtown Manhattan on December 4.
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections released Mangione’s photo Monday evening.
Booking photo of Luigi Mangione after his arrest by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania on December 9, 2024.
PA Department of Corrections
He had been charged earlier in the day with five felonies, including carrying a firearm without a license, forgery, false identification to authorities and possession of “instruments of crime,” according to the criminal complaint filed in Pennsylvania.
The charging document alleged that Mangione lied to police about his identity and carried the ghost gun without a license.
The gun and suppressor were “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said after Mangione’s arrest Monday.
This is an image of the ghost gun recovered from Luigi Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
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While searching Mangione’s backpack during his arrest, officers allegedly found a black 3D-printed pistol and a black silencer, also 3D-printed, according to the criminal complaint.
“The pistol contained a Glock magazine loaded with six all-metal nine-millimeter rounds. There was also one nine-millimeter hollow point round,” the complaint alleges.
NYPD Chief Detective Joe Kenny described the gun allegedly found on Mangione as a “ghost gun,” meaning it had no serial number and was untraceable.
Several handwritten pages were also found in Mangione’s home at the time of his arrest.
Kenny said the document contained writings that expressed “some ill will toward American businesses.”
The writings mention UnitedHealthcare by name, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Luigi Mangione is seen inside the Altoona, Pennsylvania police station on December 9, 2024.
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The sources described the handwriting as sloppy and included these quotes: “These parasites had it planned” and “I apologize for any conflict and trauma, but it had to be done.”
Police are now looking into Mangione’s travel to various locations in the United States and out of the county over the past year, the sources said.
This story has been updated.
