The 26-year-old man accused of gunning down UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in Manhattan intends to fight his extradition to New York to face murder charges from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, his defense lawyer told a judge at a hearing on Tuesday December 10.
The suspect, Luigi Mangione, was also denied bail for the second time, a day after he was taken into custody at a fast food restaurant after a sprawling five-day manhunt.
He faces gun and forgery charges in Pennsylvania and was arraigned in Altoona on Monday. An arrest warrant for Mangione filed on Tuesday in Manhattan criminal court listed one count of second-degree murder, three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument.
While the gunman's motive remains unclear, police have said Thompson, the CEO of one of the nation's largest health insurers, was deliberately targeted.
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