Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO as an act of terrorism
The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO is charged with murder as an act of terrorism
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Published - Dec 17, 2024, 05:15 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 17, 2024, 05:15 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail.
Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is new.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Thompson's death on a midtown Manhattan street “was a killing that was intended to evoke terror. And we’ve seen that reaction."
Mangione’s New York lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, declined to comment.
