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Luigi Mangione struggled with police and yelled about “insulting the American people” as officers forcibly led him into Pennsylvania courtroom for an extradition hearing Tuesday afternoon.
The 26-year-old, who has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with last week’s slaying of a UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, he was denied bail at the hearing and is fighting extradition back to New York.
He appeared this afternoon at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidayburg in handcuffs and in an orange prison jumpsuit.
“It is completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!” Gluttony he shouted after getting out of the police car.
He was accompanied by several policemen who pushed him towards the door.
Mangione was introduced Altoona attorney Thomas M. Dickey, states New York Times, who declined to comment when he entered the courtroom to join his client.
During the hearing, which lasted about 45 minutes, Dickey said that his client “disputes” the extradition, the newspaper writes.
Mangione will be held at the Huntingdon State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania pending extradition proceedings.
Prosecutors have 30 days to obtain a governor’s order that would allow New York authorities to return him to New York to face murder charges.
Mangione was arrested on Monday after being recognized at McDonald’s from the pictures circulated by NYPD after last week’s murder.
Cops found ghost gunsuppressor, “multiple fake IDs” and handwritten 262 words manifesto who allegedly shook up the health care system on his property when he was arrested, authorities said.
A A McDonald’s customer thought his friend was joking after they noticed Gluttony in Pennsylvania fast food joint. The McDonald’s regular, identified only as Larry, was at the Altoona branch with a group of friends on Monday when the suspect entered through the door.
“One of my friends, and I thought he was joking, when the shooter – I guess he was the one they arrested – walked in. [My friend] commented – ‘That looks like the New York shooter,’ said Larry Fox Digital.
“A bunch of us thought it was more of a joke, and we joked about it,” Larry continued. “But as it turned out, it was him.”
Altoona Police Department Deputy Chief Derek Swope told reporters Tuesday that the department received threats after Mangione’s arrest.
“We received some threats against our officers and the building here, we started investigating some threats against some citizens in our community. We take all of these threats seriously and do whatever we can to deal with them,” Swope said.