Luigi Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, the CEO of the country's largest private health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, on December 4 in New York. The engineering graduate, a brilliant former student from a wealthy family in Baltimore (east), appeared calm during this brief hearing, wearing a burgundy sweater and a white shirt.
Last week, he already appeared for the same facts but as part of a separate procedure before the federal courts, which also initiated proceedings. In New York State justice, Luigi Mangione was indicted by a grand jury – a panel of citizens with investigative powers – on 11 counts, including murder as a “terrorist” act. “.
Poor a kit
As of December 4, the images of the killer, captured by video surveillance, coldly holding his silenced weapon and shooting the 50-year-old boss on a sidewalk in the Manhattan business district had gone around the world. The suspect managed to flee and leave New York.
Five days later, Luigi Mangione was recognized and arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, a small rural town about 300 miles west of New York, Pennsylvania. Many elements implicate him in the murder: his fingerprints were found near the crime scene, as were cartridge cases corresponding to the weapon kit, including certain elements made using a 3D printer, found on him.
