Healthcare CEO Killing Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail After Court Appearance – Update
deadline.comUPDATED: Luigi Mangione, arrested earlier Monday on a gun charge in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was ordered held without bail and did not enter a plea in his first court appearance this afternoon in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
He faces several charges, including one felony count of forgery and one felony count of carrying a firearm without a license, according to media reports.
Police arrested the 26-year-old Mangione this morning after a tip that he was spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, PA. PREVIOUS: Just five days after United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead on the early morning streets of New York City, a “strong person of interest” has been detained on gun charges in Pennsylvania.
The individual was identified by law enforcement as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. The individual sought by police across the nation and long suspected to be outside NYC, Mangione was picked up Monday at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, PA.
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