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Luigi Mangioni, who was arrested earlier this week and charged in last week's killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could soon be facing additional counts, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Mangioni, 26, is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on gun and forgery charges after being arrested at a McDonald's restaurant on Monday morning. He is fighting extradition to New York, where Bragg's office has filed second-degree murder, criminal possession of a forged instrument and several gun charges against him.
Bragg predicted during an interview with ABC News on Wednesday that Mangione's extradition would be successful and suggested that prosecutors working to "bring him to justice" might file new charges when a potential motive in the killing of Thompson is established.
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"We will get the defendant here and bring him to justice through our court proceeding," Bragg said. "As we learn more about motives and other things like that ... there may be additional charges ... We intend to learn more, and we have a lot of things to do. As things go forward, there may be additional charges to bring."
Newsweek reached out for comment to the office of Mangione's lawyer Thomas Dickey via email on Wednesday night.
Dickey has indicated that Mangione will be pleading not guilty to all charges in Pennsylvania and that he expects not guilty pleas will be entered for the counts in New York. He also said that he had not seen "any evidence" linking his client to Thompson's death.
The New York City Police Department on Wednesday said that shell casings found at the scene of the deadly gunfire were forensically matched to a "ghost gun" carried by Mangione at the time of his arrest, adding that the suspect's fingerprints had been found on items left near the crime scene.
In his ABC interview, Bragg expressed confidence that Mangione was the right suspect, telling the outlet: "We would not charge the person if we didn't think it was the person, and we're prepared to go forward and we're on the path to accountability and justice."
Bragg went on to denounce "abhorrent" celebrations of Thompson's death, while suggesting that significant support for Mangione, which appears tied to a deep disdain for the health insurance industry, was "beyond comprehension."
"I ... have spent time with families of homicide victims, with survivors of violent crime," Bragg said. "That's the centerpiece of our work, and to think that there are others celebrating this conduct is beyond comprehension to me."
"Celebrating murder is abhorrent," he added. "I sit across the table from families who've had a loved one killed. And to think of people celebrating that ... is beyond comprehension to me," Bragg repeated.
Update 12/11/24, 9:46 p.m.: This article was updated with further information and context.
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