Luigi Mangione is due in a Pennsylvania courtroom this morning, where he is expected to waive extradition and appear as early as this afternoon in New York on murder and terrorism charges for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The 26-year-old Maryland man faces an 11-count indictment in Manhattan that was handed up Tuesday, including charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, an additional murder count, multiple firearm charges and forgery.
If convicted on the top counts, he faces life in prison without parole.
In Pennsylvania, Mangione is accused of carrying a firearm without a license, forgery, and giving cops a fake ID after he was identified at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., on Dec. 9. He’s not expected to be tried on those charges before his New York case concludes.
The University of Pennsylvania graduate is accused of gunning down Thompson, 50, on W. 54th St. near Sixth Ave. as the CEO arrived for an annual investor conference at the Midtown Hilton early on Dec. 4 and then fled the state.
Authorities say Mangione’s mother reported him missing to the San Francisco police department in November and that an officer handling the missing person case recognized him in widely-circulated surveillance images after the shooting and contacted the FBI.
NYPD officials on Tuesday said they made contact with Mangione’s mother on Dec. 7, who said she didn’t know if it was him in the pictures but that the shooting “might be something that she could see him doing.”
Within 48 hours, the McDonald’s patron recognized him more than 200 miles from the scene, prompting a worker to call 911, according to police.
This developing story will be updated.
