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NEW YORK (TNND) — The suspect in the killing of former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has hired a prominent Manhattan defense lawyer as prosecutors work to return him to New York after being arrested in Pennsylvania.
Luigi Mangione, 26, will be represented by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, according to a statement The Associated Press obtained from her law firm, Agnifilo Intrater LLP. The firm said she will not be commenting on the case at this time.
Mangione was arrested Monday after a customer recognized him eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
When police arrested Mangione at the restaurant they said he was found carrying a firearm and suppressor which were “consistent with the weapon used in the murder” and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching the ID the suspect used to check into his New York City hostel before the shooting incident.
He was arrested on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. A New York criminal complaint lists him as being charged with five counts, including second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument.
He remains jailed without bail at State Correctional Institute Huntingdon in Pennsylvania.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Friday that there were indications Mangione may now give up fighting extradition.
“We going to continue to press forward on parallel paths, and we’ll be ready whether he is going to waive extradition or whether he is going to contest extradition,” Bragg said at an unrelated press conference in Times Square.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has said she’s prepared to ask her Pennsylvania counterpart, Gov. Josh Shapiro, to intervene and issue a governor’s warrant requiring Mangione’s extradition if he does not agree to be moved voluntarily.
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Editor’s note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.
