The suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could be arraigned in N.Y. as soon as Thursday, Dec. 19
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/luigi-mangione-perp-walk-tout-3-121824-ead8dc5b3b884ae689bb42932b4cedc7.jpg "Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Mangione has been arraigned on weapons and false identification charges related to the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. Mangione is incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania awaiting extradition to New York.")
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Luigi Mangione.Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is expected to waive his right to an extradition hearing and could be arraigned in New York as soon as Thursday.
Attorneys for Mangione told ABC and CBS that their client intended to drop his challenge to efforts by New York prosecutors to extradite him.
Mangione's New York lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, and his Pennsylvania lawyer, Thomas Dickey, did not immediately return PEOPLE's request for comment.
Mangione is charged with first-degree murder in New York State, which could land him in prison for life without the possibility of parole if convicted. An indictment returned by a grand jury alleges the accused killer intended to commit an act of terrorism.
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By waiving extradition, Mangione could immediately be transported to New York to be arraigned in front of a judge.
The defendant was arrested last week in Altoona, Pa., and is being held in Pennsylvania on separate weapons and forgery charges, related to a ghost gun and fake IDs he was allegedly caught with at a McDonald's when he was apprehended.
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Mangione is expected to appear before a Blair County judge early Thursday morning, where he will appear for a preliminary hearing on the Pennsylvania charges before an extradition hearing, which he is now reportedly expected to waive.
However, a waiver had not yet been received at the Blair County Courthouse as of Wednesday afternoon, a Pennsylvania courts spokesperson tells PEOPLE.
• Elizabeth Rosner contributed reporting
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