Luigi Mangione fights extradition to face charge of murdering CEO

The antheral accused of shooting dormant healthcare security CEO Brian Thompson successful New York jostled with constabulary and shouted astatine reporters arsenic helium was led into tribunal connected Tuesday, arsenic much details emerged astir a imaginable motive successful the killing.

Luigi Mangione appeared astatine an extradition proceeding successful Pennsylvania wherever his lawyer, Thomas Dickey, said the 26-year-old would contention being moved to New York to look execution charges. "I haven't seen immoderate grounds that he's the shooter," helium said.

Wearing an orangish jumpsuit, Mr Mangione tried to code reporters arsenic helium arrived for the hearing. He was heard shouting "completely unjust" and "insult to the quality of the American people" earlier helium was bundled into tribunal by officers.

He was arrested connected Monday aft helium was spotted astatine a Pennsylvania McDonald's pursuing a days-long manhunt spanning respective states. He was allegedly recovered with a weapon akin to the execution weapon, a silencer and a fake ID.

Mr Mangione was denied bail for a 2nd clip connected Tuesday aft prosecutors said helium was excessively unsafe to release. The justice past gave prosecutors 30 days to question a warrant from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to unafraid his extradition to the state.

Hochul aboriginal said she would supply one. "I americium co-ordinating with the District Attorney's Office and volition motion a petition for a governor's warrant to guarantee this idiosyncratic is tried and held accountable," she said.

Mr Mangione looked astir astatine the rows of reporters successful tribunal and seemed to number the fig of radical successful the room, according to the BBC's US spouse CBS News. At times helium smiled and astatine 1 constituent interrupted his ain lawyer who rapidly quieted him.

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Following the proceeding connected Tuesday afternoon, that lawyer, Mr Dickey, spoke to reporters extracurricular the Blair County court. "You can't unreserved to judgement successful this lawsuit oregon immoderate case," helium said. "He's presumed innocent. Let's not hide that."

Mr Mangione has been charged with respective offences successful Pennsylvania, including providing fraudulent recognition to constabulary and possessing an unlicensed firearm. He is being held astatine a Pennsylvania authorities situation and volition plead not guilty.

In New York, helium faces abstracted charges including execution for Mr Thompson's sidesplitting connected 4 December. The UnitedHealthcare CEO was gunned down by a masked antheral extracurricular a Manhattan edifice successful what constabulary person described arsenic a targeted attack.

Mr Thompson was named main enforcement of the company, which is the largest backstage insurer successful the US, successful April 2021.

He had received threats earlier his decease relating to aesculapian coverage, according to his widow, Paulette Thompson, but a motive for his sidesplitting has not been suggested by prosecutors.

On Tuesday, however, arsenic constabulary poured done grounds and worked to portion unneurotic Mr Mangione's movements aft the shooting, much details emerged astir his alleged grievances with the wellness security industry.

New York Police Department's Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Good Morning America that helium had work a three-page handwritten enactment allegedly recovered connected the fishy erstwhile helium was arrested.

"He does marque immoderate denotation that he's frustrated with the healthcare strategy successful the United States," helium said. "He was penning a batch astir his disdain for firm America and successful peculiar the healthcare industry."

The note, which has been seen by respective US media outlets, reportedly refers to "parasites" that "had it coming". He besides allegedly writes that helium acted alone.

Former friends who spoke to the BBC said Mr Mangione had suffered from a backmost injury. They said helium had near a surfing assemblage successful Hawaii implicit the summertime of 2023 to acquisition spinal surgery.

RJ Martin, a erstwhile roommate of the fishy who knew him successful Hawaii, said the wounded "prohibited him, astatine times, from conscionable doing galore mean things".

Various details of Mr Mangione's inheritance person surfaced since his arrest. He was calved successful Maryland to a wealthy, well-known family, and constabulary accidental helium has ties to San Francisco, California. His last-known code was successful Honolulu, Hawaii.

He attended the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League college, wherever helium earned a bachelor's and a master's grade successful bundle engineering.

Local media reported that Mr Mangione's parent had reported him missing past month, telling authorities successful San Francisco that she had not heard from her lad since July.

"Our household is shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest," Mr Mangione's household said successful a connection posted connected societal media by his cousin. "We connection our prayers to the household of Brian Thompson and we inquire radical to commune for each involved."