Feds Indict Luigi Mangione In CEO Killing

NEW YORK CITY — Luigi Mangione has been indicted on four federal charges in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December.

Mangione has been charged with two counts of stalking, firearms offense and murder through the use of a firearm, a charge that which is death penalty eligible.

The 26-year-old Maryland native is accused of murdering Thompson in Midtown this past December and then leading police on a five-day manhunt, Patch previously reported.

Mangione also faces state charges in connection with Thompson's killing, and has pleaded not guilty to charges in that case.

Last month, Attorney General Pamela Bondi told prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Mangione, Patch previously reported.

Bondi said that she gave prosecutors that directive as part of "President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again," NBC News reported.

"Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America," Bondi said in a statement.

In addition to the two New York cases, Mangione has a case in Pennsylvania for possessing an illegal gun and giving a fake ID to the police.

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