Luigi Mangione faces terrorism, murder charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO case – National [Video]

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead UnitedHealth Group UNH.N executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street this month, was indicted for murder on Tuesday, New York prosecutors said.

Mangione was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism.

The indictment accused Mangione of murdering Thompson with the intent to “influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion.”

“This type of premeditated, targeted gun violence cannot and will not be tolerated,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement announcing the indictment.

Mangione’s defense lawyer in New York, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ivy League-educated Mangione was charged with murder on Dec. 9 for the killing of Thompson outside …