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Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson charged

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UPDATE (1:56 PM): The suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shouted and was disruptive as he arrived for his extradition hearing Tuesday afternoon.

Luigi Mangione emerged from a sheriff's office car outside the Blair County Courthouse yelling and moving his shoulders as officers tried to hold him still.

He was handcuffed and dressed in orange prison garb.

Mangione looked back at reporters and shouted: "It's completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!"

He was quickly ushered into the building.

The Blair County Courthouse is the same courthouse where he was arraigned Monday night.

During Tuesday's hearing, Mangione refused to waive extradition and bail was denied.

Mangione faces murder charges in New York City.

(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - 26-year-old Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in connection with the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Mangione was arrested Monday morning in a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee noticed him.

Police say they found a firearm, believed to have been 3D-printed, and a handwritten document on Mangione "that speaks to both his motivation and mindset." He was also carrying fake identification and a passport.

In New York, Mangione was charged with murder, possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument and criminal possession of a weapon.

Authorities in Pennsylvania charged him with carrying firearms without a license, forgery, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of crime and providing false identification to police.

In a statement on social media, a member of the Mangione family said they are "shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest."

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