Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A New York judge dismissed two of 11 charges against Luigi Mangione in a Manhattan court Tuesday.
Judge Gregory Carro rejected the most severe charge, first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism. Carro said the evidence presented to support the terror charge was insufficient. Mangione still faces a charge of second-degree murder, as well as federal murder charges.
Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside a midtown Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024.
"While the defendant was clearly expressing an animus toward UHC, and the health care industry generally, it does not follow that his goal was to 'intimidate and coerce a civilian population,' and indeed, there was no evidence presented of such a goal," the judge wrote in a decision issued on Tuesday morning.
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