A possible motive that we are also looking into is that he suffered an accident that caused him to visit an emergency room back on July 4 of 2023,” an NYPD official said Wednesday.

Mangione, 26, is expected to be turned over to the NYPD by federal agents in the morning and brought into state court for his arraignment on murder charges.

Luigi Mangione is now expected to face federal chargers in connection with the killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in addition to state charges in New York and Pennsylvania, a Justice Department source confirms.

The NYPD does not disseminate arrest photos unless we are attempting to locate an individual,” the department told VERIFY. Inconsistencies in the image point to AI.

A grinning Luigi Mangione appeared to yuk it up in a Manhattan courtroom Monday as he entered a plea in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione arrived via helicopter in New York City on Thursday after being extradited from Pennsylvania. Prosecutors have charged Mangione with murder, terrorism, and stalking in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The charges carry the possibility of the death penalty. His extradition to NYC was quite the spectacle.

"The target is insurance because 'it checks every box,'" read a passage from a notebook, which was dated Aug. 15, that authorities found with Luigi Mangione, according to the court papers.

The city's police department earlier this month said crime was down year-over-year, including on the city's transit system.

Mangione, 26, stands accused of first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, second-degree murder as a crime of terrorism, and nine other offenses linked to the high-profile hit on Dec. 4

A grand jury in New York has indicted Luigi Mangione on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as an act of terrorism. Mangione has been in jail since his arrest.

Luigi Mangione will be escorted from Pennsylvania to face murder charges in New York for the death of CEO Brian Thompson.