The man accused of gunning down a US insurance executive in Manhattan – a killing that tapped into widespread anger with the American healthcare system – appeared in a New York court yesterday to face federal charges including murder.
Luigi Mangione’s arraignment took place hours after US television networks broadcast the 26-year-old’s dramatic extradition by plane and helicopter from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald’s restaurant last week.
Wearing shackles around his ankles, Mr Mangione appeared before federal judge Katharine Parker, who read out the charges in the 4 December shooting of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson,…