Luigi Mangione indicted on federal charges in CEO's killing
The 26-year-old suspect in the New York City shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been indicted on federal charges.
Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on one count of murder with a firearm, another firearms offense and two counts of stalking. If convicted as charged, he would be eligible for the death penalty.
"Mangione traveled across state lines via an interstate bus line for the purpose of stalking and killing Brian Thompson," the indictment reads.
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi had instructed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Mangione, who is already facing state murder charges in the case. Mangione's attorneys, who have filed motions asking for the death penalty option to be removed, declined comment on the indictment when reached by CBS News.
The 50-year-old Thompson was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024. Following an extensive nationwide manhunt, Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 9.
Mangione has pleaded not guilty to the 11 charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and four charges he faces in Pennsylvania.
Authorities have alleged that Mangione meticulously planned the slaying of Thompson, who was killed outside a hotel where he was slated to attend an investor meeting that day. Ahead of the shooting, Mangione, who is from a prominent Maryland family, came to New York City in late November, where he stayed in a hostel under a fake New Jersey identification card.
After the shooting, authorities say Mangione fled into Central Park on a bike and then took a cab to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in upper Manhattan.
The words "delay," "deny" and possibly "depose" were found written in Sharpie on shell casings at the scene of killing. But as they search for a motive, investigators have said that Mangione was never a UnitedHealthcare customer.
A 3D-printed ghost gun with a suppressor, believed to be the murder weapon, was found on his person when he was arrested in Pennsylvania, the NYPD said.
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