Luigi Mangione at Manhattan Criminal Court on Feb. 21 in New York City. Photo: Curtis Means – Pool/Getty Images
Luigi Mangione was indicted by a New York grand jury Thursday on four federal charges, including murder through the use of a firearm, which could make him eligible for the death penalty.
The big picture: Mangione is facing both federal and state charges in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year. Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier this month directed the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in the case.
Driving the news: Mangione is charged in the federal indictment with two counts of stalking, one count of murder through use of a firearm and one count of a firearms offense.
- A federal complaint against Mangione was unsealed in December but he had not been indicted on those charges until Thursday.
Zoom in: Mangione has pleaded not guilty to murder and terrorism charges in New York.
- He faces the federal charges of murder and stalking, but has yet to enter a plea.
Context: Thompson was shot and killed on the morning of Dec. 4 outside a midtown Manhattan hotel while in the city for a UnitedHealthcare investor meeting.
- Mangione was arrested in December at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on separate charges after a manhunt following Thompson’s killing in New York.
- His attorney is pushing to have those firearms and forgery charges dismissed.
Editor’s note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
