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Luigi Mangione, alleged killer of New York health insurance boss, pleads not guilty to “terrorist” murder

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.

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