Luigi Mangione Heading to New York to Face Murder Charges (2)

December 19, 2024, 4:44 PM UTC

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal midtown Manhattan shooting of a top UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive, is on his way to New York to face murder charges after he agreed in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday to drop his opposition to the move.

New York Police Deparment officers whisked Mangione away from the courthouse in Blair County, Pennsylvania, after a judge ordered his extradition to face first-degree murder over the shooting of Brian Thompson. Mangione, 26, rode in a caravan of police vehicles and is being flown to New York for his arraignment in lower Manhattan as early as ...

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