Luigi Mangione, the alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been indicted on federal murder and related charges that make him eligible for the death penalty.
In an indictment filed in the Southern District of New York, Mangione is charged with stalking and murdering Thompson using interstate travel, electronic communications, and a firearm on Dec. 4, 2024, the date of Thompson’s murder.
The first count charges Mangione with stalking through travel in interstate commerce.
A grand jury found that enough evidence was available to allege that Mangione “traveled across state lines via an interstate bus line for the purpose of stalking and killing Brian Thompson, and while in New York, [Mangione] stalked and then shot and killed Thompson in the vicinity of West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.”…