Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is expected to appear on state murder and terrorism charges in Manhattan on Monday — after being separately charged with federal death penalty-eligible offenses following his climactic return to New York City. A spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Friday said state authorities were coordinating with the feds. He’s slated to be arraigned before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro at lower Manhattan’s 100 Centre St.
After waiving his extradition from Pennsylvania to New York Thursday — and being perp-walked in dramatic fashion by a cavalcade of armed law enforcement and Mayor Adams on a downtown helipad near Wall Street — Mangione was unexpectedly hauled to federal court in lower Manhattan. He was charged in a four-count complaint with murder with the use of a firearm, discharging a firearm with the use of a silencer, and two stalking offenses. The top charge carries a maximum sentence of death.
However, it’s unclear whether prosecutors, who has yet to secure an indictment, would pursue that punishment requiring signoff from the U.S. attorney general.
Following his brief court appearance, Mangione was transported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which also houses high-profile inmate Sean “Diddy” Combs. A source told the Daily News Friday that Mangione has no cell mates of note on his floor, which they described as “very low key.” Wh.
