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New York prosecutors have formally charged 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a native of Towson, Maryland, with the fatal shooting of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson.
The incident occurred outside the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning, Dec. 4.
Mangione holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mangione was apprehended on Monday morning, Dec. 9, after a worker at a McDonald's in western Pennsylvania after an employee called 911 to report his sighting.
"We should never underestimate the power of the public to be our eyes and our ears in these investigations," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
The sighting in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 280 miles from New York City and 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, came after the NYPD released multiple photos of a "person of interest" in the murder of the 50-year-old Thompson.
Mangione, who has now been charged with second-degree murder, three gun charges, and forgery, is facing extradition to New York. He is being held at a state prison in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, after being denied bail at a preliminary hearing.
Mangione was the valedictorian at the elite private Gilman School in Baltimore, where he played soccer.
His wealthy family built a successful business empire, and his cousin, Nino, is a Republican Maryland House of Delegates member.
On behalf of the Mangione family, he 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."
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