Members of the NYPD escort Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, off a helicopter at the Wall Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY on December 19, 2024. Earlier in the day Mangione appeared in court in Pennsylvania on charges of forgery and firearms. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
(Brooklyn, NY) – Luigi Mangione arrived in New York this past week to plenty of fanfare and a mayoral escort. This Monday, Mangione is due back in court to face 11 state charges in relation to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson. The 26-year-old ivy league graduate was arrested a week after the Manhattan shooting in Altoona, Pennsylvania. One of the charges he is facing includes murder with a terrorism enhancement. Mangione is being detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where some other notable names including Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried are being held.
Over the weekend, supporters for Mangione gathered in Washington Square Park comparing him to Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela. It comes as a recent Emerson College poll found that 41 percent of voters aged 18-29 support Mangione and deem his actions as “acceptable”. On Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update hosts were shocked after the studio audience erupted into applause for Mangione.
