Luigi Mangione agrees to extradition, returns to New York

NEW YORK (AP) -- The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO returned to New York to face murder charges after agreeing to be extradited Thursday during a court appearance in Pennsylvania where he was arrested last week after five days on the run.

Luigi Mangione waived a preliminary hearing on the Pennsylvania charges in exchange for the prosecutor giving him a 20-page investigative report from the Altoona Police Department.

Mangione also waived extradition to New York.

In court in Pennsylvania, Mangione and his lawyer, Tom Dickey, pored over documents, with Mangione occasionally nodding. He was immediately ushered out of the courtroom at the conclusion of the hearings.

Mangione was taken out of the courthouse by a group of NYPD officers and put into a waiting SUV. He appeared to glance at a TV camera but did not say anything.

Mangione is facing murder charges in New York City that come with a maximum sentence of life without parole, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

He is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in front of a Midtown Hilton on Dec. 4 in what officials are calling a "well-planned targeted murder."

He was arrested and charged with an unrelated gun charge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he was held without bail. He had previously contested his extradition.