The alleged killer of a US health insurance boss has tussled with police officers as they were escorting him to court.
Luigi Mangione, in handcuffs, shouted to reporters outside the Pennsylvania courthouse: “It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience.”
He has been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, who was shot dead in Manhattan last week.
Dressed in an orange prison uniform, Mangione was seen struggling with officers, who pushed him against a wall.
He was then led inside the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition proceeding.
Mangione was arrested on Monday after a McDonald’s worker in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer, who was found with a gun, mask and writings linking him to the ambush.
CCTV showed Luigi Mangione eating at a McDonald’s before his arrest. Pic: Pennsylvania State Police
He had been charged earlier in Altoona with weapons, forgery and other charges, and will now be extradited to New York City.
Mr Thompson, 50, was killed last Wednesday as he walked alone to a hotel, where UnitedHealthcare’s parent company, UnitedHealth Group, was holding its annual investor conference.
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