THE man accused of assassinating the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare has boarded a plane en route to New York City, where he will be arraigned on murder charges.
Luigi Mangione , 26, glared at news cameras as he was escorted out of a Pennsylvania courthouse by New York detectives and shoved into a black SUV.
Immediately after his court appearance, Mangione was transported to Altoona Blair County Airport by NYPD detectives and Pennsylvania State Troops, where he boarded a small plane to New York City.
“We relinquished him to the custody of the New York City Police Department, and they’ll be taking him back to New York City in a safe and secure manner,” Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks told reporters.
Mangione is expected to appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom Thursday afternoon, according to CNN .