Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, was charged Thursday in a Manhattan courtroom with murder and stalking.
He also faces state-level murder and terrorism charges previously announced by New York prosecutors.
According to the criminal indictment, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged the 26-year-old with murder with a firearm, two counts of stalking and one count of using a silenced weapon.
Likewise, Luigi Mangione is accused of planning the murder for months out of hatred for the health insurance industry and wealthy corporate executives.
Luigi Mangione was taken to New York City police custody earlier Thursday from Pennsylvania, the state where he was arrested after a five-day manhunt.
He descended from a helicopter accompanied by a large group of policemen. The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, was also present, who called Mr. Thompson's murder "cruelty".
According to the federal indictment, police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, have found a notebook allegedly in the possession of Luigi Mangione, which contains several handwritten pages "expressing anger at the health insurance industry and its wealthy executives, in particular."
The police also found the suspect a letter addressed to "federal agents" that said: "I have not worked with anyone", according to the indictment.
Earlier this week, a New York grand jury indicted the 26-year-old on 11 counts of violating state law, including first-degree murder and murder as an act of terrorism, which carry a maximum prison sentence. eternal.
Luigi Mangione has been in custody since his arrest and has not pleaded guilty or not guilty.
His New York defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, has said authorities have charged him with more serious crimes than the facts indicate and that he will contest the case in court.
Luigi Mangione was arrested in Altona on Dec. 9, five days after Mr. Thompson was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel before a company conference. Law enforcement officials have called the act a premeditated assassination.
While Mr. Thompson's killing has been widely condemned, Luigi Mangione has been hailed as a folk hero by some Americans who decry high health care costs and the power insurance companies have to deny payment for some medical treatments.
Federal prosecutors may seek the death penalty on the federal charge of murder, a penalty that has been waived in New York state for decades.
Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione traveled by bus from Atlanta to New York before Mr. Thompson's murder and also used a cell phone and the Internet to plan and carry out his attack, so they have jurisdiction over the case.
His lawyer told the court the suspect would not seek bail and Judge Katharine Parker ordered he remain in custody. He will be asked to plead guilty or not guilty at a future hearing.
Ms. Friedman Agnifilo said during a statement before Thursday's hearing that her client risks being tried twice on the same charges, noting that he has been charged with more serious crimes than the facts show. "We are ready to oppose them in any court that they will rise," she said.
In Pennsylvania, police said Luigi Mangione had a self-assembled handgun in his backpack and a homemade silencer at the time of his arrest at a McDonald's restaurant. The gun authorities said resembled the gun used to kill Mr. Thompson.
Luigi Mangione, from Maryland who had been living in Hawaii, also had multiple forged identification documents, including a faxed New Jersey one, which was used to sleep in a Manhattan hotel days before Mr. Thompson's murder. .
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has charged Luigi Mangione with terrorism under New York law because the killing of Mr. Thompson, the authorities say, was intended to intimidate civilians or "influence the policies of a unit of government." . (A2 Televizion)
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