UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione

Luigi Mangione Charged in Pennsylvania, Will Soon Be Extradited to New York to Face Charges There Too

(The Epoch Times)—The person of interest in the New York City slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been charged with a variety of offenses in the state where he was apprehended.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania police criminal complaint alleges 26-year-old Luigi Mangione committed forgery, carried a firearm without a license, tampered with records or identification, possessed instruments of crime, and falsely identified himself to law enforcement.

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Thompson was shot and killed by a masked gunman on the streets of Manhattan on Dec. 4 in what law enforcement believes was an assassination. Mangione will eventually be extradited to New York, though the timeline for that remains unclear.

Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after law enforcement received a tip from an employee.

According to the complaint, Mangione was looking at a silver laptop while wearing a blue medical mask. A backpack sat on the floor nearby.

He first identified himself as Mark Rosario, providing an ID with that name.

The complaint states that Mangione “became quiet and started to shake” when asked if he had recently been in New York. He then provided identification bearing his name.

The complaint states that he had a backpack that contained a 3D-printed black pistol along with a black silencer, also 3D-printed. A Glock magazine with six rounds was inside the pistol.

Magnione is the grandson of the late Nick Mangione, Sr., who rose from a poor background to making millions in real estate. The Mangione family owns a local talk radio station, WCBM AM, as well as the Hayfields Country Club and the Turf Valley Resort, both in Maryland.

Mangione attended the private Gilman School, where he was valedictorian in 2016. He went on to earn an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s and master’s degree. He has ties to San Francisco, with a resume indicating he was an artificial intelligence research assistant at Stanford University.

His last known address was in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.