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The news coming before he's expected to make an appearance in federal court in lower Manhattan
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tomorrow. The four count, five page indictment charges Mangione with murder through the use
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of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. Foxy Sharon Crowley is here now with the very latest. Sharon
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Yeah, Natasha and Steve, you guys remember this, right? This is a national, this case grabbing national headlines, I should say. A shocking murder in midtown Manhattan
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followed by a week long manhunt. The accused killer, Luigi Mangione, generating a cult
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like following and now he could be facing the death penalty. A federal grand jury in Manhattan
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handing down the indictment that includes a charge of murder through the use of a firearm
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Surveillance video capturing the crime. You saw a man in a dark hoodie pull out a weapon and gun
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down. 50-year-old CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson. Thompson was walking outside that
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Midtown Manhattan hotel last December when this happened. Now, 26-year-old Mangione is the lone
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suspect in the case He was arrested on the run in Pennsylvania five days later In addition to the New York charges related to the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Luigi Mangione has now been indicted on
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federal charges related to the murder of the CEO. And that stems from the fact that in committing
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this murder, he crossed state lines. He used an interstate bus line to travel across state lines
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to commit this murder. It was planned. It was premeditated. While investigators think Mangione may have been angry at health insurance companies
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he's become a hero for some who are frustrated with hefty medical bills and denials of medical
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claims. He is expected, as we said, in federal court in Manhattan for an arraignment sometime
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tomorrow. Now, his defense lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifolo, has filed a motion with the court saying
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quote, that the United States government intends to kill Mr. Mangione as a political stunt
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She wants prosecutors to be blocked from seeking the death penalty. But we saw that's not the case
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in the indictment today. All right, we're all. Thanks, Sharon
