Prosecutors on the Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace have begun presenting proof to a grand jury as they work to safe an indictment in opposition to Luigi Mangione for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, sources informed ABC Information.
The DA’s workplace declined to remark as a result of secrecy surrounding grand jury issues.
An indictment might strengthen the case for extradition, which Mangione is combating.
The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate stays in custody at a Pennsylvania state jail after a choose denied bail on Tuesday.
“He has constitutional rights and that is what he is doing” in difficult the interstate switch, protection lawyer Thomas Dickey informed reporters on Tuesday.
Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition listening to Dec. 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Mangione was apprehended in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after almost one week on the run following the Dec. 4 slaying.
Three shell casings recovered outdoors the Midtown Manhattan resort the place Thompson was fatally shot match the gun allegedly discovered on Mangione when he was arrested, police introduced Wednesday.
Fingerprints recovered from a water bottle and a Form bar close to the crime scene have additionally been matched to Mangione, police mentioned.
A member of the New York Metropolis police division’s Crime Scene Unit on the scene the place UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in in New York, Dec. 4, 2024.
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In Pennsylvania, Mangione faces expenses together with allegedly possessing an untraceable ghost gun.
In New York, he faces expenses together with second-degree homicide.
