Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO – ThePrint – ANIFeed

Washington DC (USA), Dec 24 (ANI): Luigi Mangione, accused in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan, appeared in a New York courtroom on Monday and pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and terrorism, according to a report from CNN.

The hearing was Mangione’s first response to the charges brought by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Mangione, 26, is charged with 11 counts, including first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and additional weapons and forgery charges.

Mangione’s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, raised concerns during the hearing about her client’s ability to receive a fair trial, citing in particular the presence of Mayor Eric Adams last week among dozens of heavily armed law enforcement officers when he was extradited to Lower Manhattan from Pennsylvania. This is reported by CNN.

“He is a young man and is being treated like a human ping pong ball by two warring jurisdictions. They treat him like a human spectacle,” she said.

Judge Gregory Carro assured Anyifilo that her client’s trial would be fair and said the jury would be carefully selected.

The next court session is scheduled for February 21.

On Dec. 11, Mangione appeared at an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania’s Blair County District Court after New York prosecutors charged him with murder, among other counts.

New York prosecutors charged Mangione, who was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania on December 9, with one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document, and one count of possession with a weapon of a crime of the third degree.

Court documents show Mangione was found with “a black 3D printed handgun and a black silencer,” according to the complaint. As CNN reported, Detective Youssef Demes of the Midtown North Detective Division presented evidence that Mangione is the person shown on surveillance video who fatally shot Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan. (ANI)

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