Luigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in a New York City courtroom on Friday afternoon, where a judge is expected to set a murder trial date for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. And the night before Mangione's court date,

Mangione is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Manhattan last year.

Hundreds of supporters rallied as the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson arrived at Manhattan Criminal Court

A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally searched during his arrest and she would seek to exclude that evidence from his trial on state murder and terrorism charges.

Mangione stands charged in Manhattan Supreme Court and Manhattan Federal Court in the Dec. 4, 2024 killing of health care executive Brian Thompson outside the Midtown Hilton Hotel.

Luigi Mangione appeared in a Manhattan court on state charges in connection with the December killing of healthcare executive Brian Thompson

The infamous accused Midtown assassin Luigi Mangione, who allegedly fatally gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year, appeared in Manhattan court Friday for the first time since his arraignment.

The hearing unfolded in front of a courthouse gallery overwhelmingly filled with female supporters of Mangione, and loud cheers for the accused killer were audible in the courtroom.

Shackled and donning a bulletproof vest, Mangione didn't speak as he was paraded into a New York State court on Friday in front of dozens of news reporters as protesters demanded his release outside.

UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson, was murdered while he was entering a building in Manhattan. The man accused of killing him, Luigi Mangione, is being charged

Before his death, Thompson was a well-liked Midwesterner who came from humble beginnings. An Iowa native, Thompson was South Hampton High School’s valedictorian in 1993 before attending the University of Iowa, where he graduated at the top of his class.