Thomas Dickey, an Altoona-based defense attorney, has been retained.
Thomas Dickey, attorney for suspected shooter Luigi Mangione speaks to press in front of the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing Dec. 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in front of a New York City hotel last week, has retained a private defense attorney in his Pennsylvania gun charges case.
Thomas Dickey, attorney for suspected shooter Luigi Mangione speaks to press in front of the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing Dec. 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.The Altoona-based attorney has been making the press rounds since he was retained to represent Mangione, including ABC News' "Good Morning America" and CNN.
When asked how Mangione was feeling, the attorney brusquely said you can "use your common sense on that." He later said that Mangione is "taking it as well as he can." Asked whether he would accept donations from members of the public seeking to fund his defense, Dickey said, "I don't know.""I just don't feel comfortable about that," he said. "It just doesn't sit right with me, really."
"As we learn more about motives and other things like that ... there may be additional charges," Bragg told ABC News on Wednesday.
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