The suspect in the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, is set to be arraigned on Monday in Manhattan facing murder and terrorism charges. The state case will run alongside federal charges that could lead to the death penalty. Prosecutors allege the shooting was a planned attack intended to evoke terror and shock.
His initial appearance in New York State Supreme Court was preempted by federal prosecutors bringing their own charges over the shootingThe man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is expected to be arraigned in a Manhattan court Monday on murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to hisThe federal charges could carry the possibility of the death penalty, while the maximum sentence for the state charges are life in prison without parole.
“In its most basic terms, this was a killing that was intended to evoke terror,” he added. “And we’ve seen that reaction.”Karen Friedman Agnifilo, an attorney for Mangione, has accused federal and state prosecutors of advancing conflicting legal theories. In federal court last week, she called their approach “very confusing” and “highly unusual.”
He was extradited from Pennsylvania on Thursday and quickly rushed to New York City, where he was seen wearing an orange jumpsuit as he was led away from a helicopter by heavily armed police officers and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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