Three shell casings recovered outside the Manhattan hotel where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot allegedly match the gun that cannot be found on the suspect. Luigi Mangione He was arrested in Pennsylvania, New York officials said Wednesday.
Fingerprints recovered from a water bottle and a Kind bar near the crime scene have also been matched to Mangione, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday.
A member of the New York Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit at the scene of the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024, in New York City.
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It was Mangione He was apprehended in Altoona, Pennsylvaniaon Monday after being on the run for almost a week.
A Pennsylvania judge ordered Mangione held without bail on Tuesday. In Pennsylvania, he is accused of possessing an allegedly untraceable phantom weapon.
Luigi Mangione has been brought to Blair County Court for an extradition hearing on December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Mangion plans to challenge his extradition New Yorkwhere he faces charges including second degree murder.
“He has constitutional rights and he’s doing that” in the interstate transfer case, defense attorney Thomas Dickey told reporters Tuesday.
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