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Luigi Mangione has been charged with first-degree murder in New York for the alleged killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the Manhattan District Attorney announced Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, who was arrested by local police last week in Altoona, Pennsylvania, has been formally charged, Alvin Bragg said. One count of murder First-degree “promotion of terrorism,” and two counts of second-degree murder, one of which was charged with “murder as an act of terrorism.” He also faces several less serious charges, including criminal possession of a weapon.
“This was a chilling, well-planned and targeted murder that was intended to shock… . . .,” Bragg told reporters on Tuesday.
The most serious charge is first-degree murder, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Mangione is being held without bail in Pennsylvania and is scheduled to have a bond hearing in that state Thursday morning.
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