It’s been practically every week since Maryland-born Luigi Mangione was arrested Dec. 9 in an Altoona McDonald’s in reference to the assassination of United Well being Group CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 5.
Mangione, a member of a outstanding Baltimore household and a College of Pennsylvania graduate, is at present being held in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Right here’s what it’s worthwhile to know as we enter this week.
He’s lawyered up
Mangione has retained Karen Friedman Agnifilo, a high-profile former prosecutor, as his protection lawyer, rather than a public defender.
Friedman-Agnifilo, a former prime prosecutor within the Manhattan District Legal professional’s workplace, is understood for her in depth expertise in dealing with high-profile circumstances. She just lately joined her husband, Marc Agnifilo, in personal follow. Notably, Marc Agnifilo is at present representing Sean “Diddy” Combs in separate authorized issues. Sure, that Sean “Diddy” Combs …
Final week, it appeared that Mangione would contest his extradition to New York. He appeared in court docket in Pennsylvania final week and was not cooperative with being transferred to New York, the place he faces second-degree homicide costs. He’s at present held with out bail in Pennsylvania on costs associated to a 3D-printed firearm and counterfeit ID.
However the change in illustration would possibly imply a change in techniques. In different information, New York would possibly quickly transfer to cost him with first-degree homicide.
It’s additionally price noting that Mangione’s household might need performed an element in his identification. His mom filed a lacking individuals report in San Francisco on November 18, about 16 days earlier than the capturing. She later knowledgeable the FBI that her son is perhaps the suspect within the surveillance photos, a day earlier than his arrest.
The place was Luigi?
Mangione fled New York quickly after the capturing. Police initially thought he had left through bus, however later stated it appeared he had accomplished so by practice, probably to Philadelphia.
He was arrested Dec. 9 in Altoona, after stepping off a Greyhound bus touring from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. It begs the query: Was Mangione laying low in Philly for 4 days? And if that’s the case, with whom? To which we will solely say, if you recognize something, attain out.
Luigi enters the zitgeist
The dialog about Mangione’s actions has gone from the reactions of those that felt his actions have been justified by an unjust healthcare system to a persistent subject of the opener and host Chris Rock’s monologue on NBC’s “Saturday Night time Reside”. The opening thought-about whether or not being “scorching” (the time period was BDE, apparently) was a mitigating issue and Rock, whereas providing condolences to his household, requested if Thompson’s place, as the top of a healthcare firm that made life-and-death selections, invited violence, as solely Rock may do.
Donations pouring in
An internet marketing campaign supporting Mangione’s authorized bills has collected over $100,000.
Proof particulars
Police revealed that Mangione’s fingerprints match these discovered on a water bottle and protein bar close to the homicide scene. The shell casings on the crime scene additionally match the ghost gun present in Mangione’s possession.
Mangione’s subsequent court docket look in Pennsylvania will not be scheduled till the tip of the month. Nonetheless, his change in illustration may change that schedule. Hold checking in with Billy Penn to know what’s taking place subsequent.