Luigi Mangione, the person accused of taking pictures lifeless UnitedHealth Group government Brian Thompson on a Manhattan avenue this month, was indicted for homicide on Tuesday, New York prosecutors mentioned.
Mangione was indicted on 11 counts, together with first-degree homicide and homicide as a criminal offense of terrorism.
The indictment accused Mangione of murdering Thompson with the intent to “affect the coverage of a unit of presidency by intimidation or coercion.”
“This was a daunting, well-planned, focused homicide that was supposed to trigger shock and a spotlight and intimidation,” Bragg informed reporters.
Mangione’s protection lawyer in New York, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, declined to remark.
Ivy League-educated Mangione was charged with homicide on Dec. 9 for the killing of Thompson outdoors a Manhattan lodge earlier than an organization convention, following a five-day manhunt.
Mangione is presently being held on gun expenses in Pennsylvania, the place he was arrested final week. Bragg mentioned he had indications that Mangione might waive his proper to contest his extradition to New York. A listening to over Mangione’s extradition is scheduled for Thursday in Pennsylvania.
Mangione suffered from continual again ache that affected his each day life, in response to pals and social media posts, although it’s unclear whether or not his private well being performed a task within the taking pictures.
UnitedHealth Group mentioned final week Mangione was not a buyer of the well being insurer.
The phrases “deny,” “defend” and “depose” have been carved into shell casings discovered on the Thompson homicide scene, a number of information shops reported, evoking the title of a e book important of the insurance coverage business revealed in 2010 titled “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.”
Mangione has been celebrated in some circles, and greater than a thousand donations have poured into an internet fundraiser for his authorized protection.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned any try to rationalize Mangione’s alleged actions was “vile.”
“There is not any heroism in what Mangione did,” Tisch informed reporters. “We do not have fun murders and we do not lionize the killing of anybody.”