The 26-year-old man accused in the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson reportedly has waived extradition from Pennsylvania and will be returned to New York as early as Thursday.
Luigi Mangione has been incarcerated since he was arrested Dec. 9 at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a five-day manhunt and charged in the shooting death of Thompson, 50, outside a midtown Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. He also is facing several charges in Pennsylvania to which he has pleaded not guilty.
A judge in Pennsylvania must accept the waiver or go forward with a scheduled hearing Thursday morning immediately following a separate hearing on the local charges Mangione faces, ABC News reported Wednesday.
If the extradition paperwork is in order, New York City police would transport Mangione from Pennsylvania to New York. Mangione could be arraigned in New York as soon as Thursday.
"I’m ready to bring him back here and make sure justice is served," Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, according to ABC News.
A Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday indicted Mangione on one count of first-degree murder in the furtherance of terrorism, two counts of second-degree murder, which includes a count of killing as an act of terrorism; two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon; four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon; one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon; and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.
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