Investing.com -- Luigi Mangione has been officially indicted in New York on charges of first-degree murder in connection to the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, an executive at UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH), Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
The severity of the charges was escalated to first-degree murder as prosecutors stated that Thompson's killing was carried out "in furtherance of an act of terrorism," the report said.
This information was disclosed in an indictment that was released on Tuesday in New York.
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