Mangione was charged with multiple crimes, including second-degree murder, in New York City late Monday night.
Prosecutors in New York City charged accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione with murder late Monday night, according to online court records.
The 26-year-old was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon (loaded firearm), possession of a forged instrument, and criminal possession of a weapon (firearm silencer) in the brazen Dec. 4 shooting death of Brian Thompson.
Thompson, 50, was shot from behind on the sidewalk outside a NYC Hilton hotel before a shareholder conference. He was appointed the CEO of the company in April 2021.
Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after a five-day nationwide manhunt for Thompson's killer. He could be extradited to New York as early as Tuesday.
Rookie Altoona police officer Tyler Frye took Mangione into custody after an employee and a customer at a McDonald's in the town thought he looked like the suspect on a wanted poster and called authorities.
When officers approached Mangione, who was wearing a mask and a beanie and working on a laptop in the back of the restaurant, and asked him to remove his face covering, they recognized him as the suspect wanted for questioning in Thompson's murder.
A surveillance image released by the NYPD shows the suspect, believed to be 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024. (NYPD Crimestoppers)
During that encounter, he allegedly handed over a fake ID, gave a phony name, and "became quiet and started to shake" when asked if he'd recently been to New York.
He was also allegedly in possession of writings criticizing the healthcare industry and a ghost gun similar to the one believed to have been used to kill Thompson.
Altoona police initially took Mangione into custody on charges unrelated to Thompson's murder – possession of an unlicensed firearm, providing false identification to police, and forgery.
Mangione's family said in a statement Monday night that they are "shocked and devastated" by his arrest.
Mangione's cousin, Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione, said he would not be commenting on the matter. His family also said they would not comment on news reports of his arrest and the allegations against him.
"We only know what we have read in the media," the statement said. "Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news."
Luigi Mangione, the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's and master's degree in engineering and was part of the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society for Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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