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Victoria Bekiempis in New York

‘Only one viable defense’: how might the CEO murder case play out in court?

a man in an orange prison jumpsuit is led to a car
Luigi Mangione is fighting extradition to New York City for second-degree murder and gun charges. Photograph: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

When Luigi Mangione was arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s on 9 December following a tip from a restaurant employee, New York City authorities celebrated his capture.

The suspected shooter of Brian Thompson, the United Healthcare CEO, was finally in custody five days after allegedly gunning down the executive outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel and then fleeing the city by bus.

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