Manhattan

The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has added a prominent defense lawyer to his legal team as Manhattan prosecutors work to return him from Pennsylvania to face a murder charge. Luigi Mangione will be represented by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who was a high-ranking deputy in the Manhattan district attorney’s office for years before entering private practice. Friedman Agnifilo’s...

Morning routines for many on Manhattan’s Upper West Side were thrown into chaos after a beloved bagel shop unexpectedly closed for good — despite having long lines extending out the front door daily.

A beloved bagel shop on the Upper West Side suddenly closed after more than three decades in business. Absolute Bagels had drawn lines of customers for years, but its doors are now closed after a failed health inspection that included a slew of violations including rat droppings and roaches. NBC New York’s Brittany Miller reports.

New details are emerging about the suspect, the evidence and his alleged movements in connection to the shocking midtown shooting of an insurance CEO. The NYPD said video from the hostel where Mangione stayed shows him at times carrying an e-bike battery, suggesting in the days before the shooting he was using a bike or scooter to travel around Manhattan....

As police continue to scour the history of the suspected shooter who gunned down an insurance CEO on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk, the NYPD said there is “no indication” he ever was a client of UnitedHealthcare.

More than 400 tips were called into the New York Police Department’s Crime Stoppers tip line during the five-day search for a masked gunman who ambushed and fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week. NYPD officials said about 30 of those tips were useful as information about the gunman’s movements before and after the Dec. 4 shooting began to take shape. But...

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine officialized his run for NYC Comptroller early Thursday, declaring in a post on X that he would use the office to “address our city’s historic crisis of affordability and livability, and to restore broken confidence in government.” Levine was a two-term New York City Council and a public school teacher, becoming Borough President in 2022….

Police officials says the suspect’s writings speak to wanting to use a gun rather than a potential explosive device, like a bomb, to kill the healthcare CEO. Officials also said the forensic evidence gathered so far is a direct match to the suspect and the alleged murder weapon. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The 26-year-old Ivy League grad accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street was carrying a notebook that may lend further insight into his mindset and alleged motivation, two sources familiar with the investigation said Wednesday.

The 26-year-old appeared at a hearing in Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon, where he refused to waive his right to extradition.

Marc Santia and Checkey Beckford with an update for NBC New York. 

The 26-year-old appeared at a hearing in Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities arrested a suspect and charged him with murder in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking individual at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s spotted a man who officers found with a gun, mask and writings linking him to the deadly shooting.

After the man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was caught at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s nearly 300 miles from the scene of the crime, Manhattan prosecutors filed murder charges against suspected killer Luigi Mangione. NBC New York’s Marc Santia and Chris Jose report.

A 26-year-old Ivy League graduate was arrested Monday and later charged with murder in the brazen Manhattan killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare after a quick-thinking person at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s spotted a man who officers later found to be in possession of a gun, mask and writings linking him to the deadly shooting.

Law enforcement officials released photos of the gun and fake ID allegedly found on Luigi Mangione, the “strong person of interest” being questioned in connection with the deadly shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO in Manhattan.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified the person of interest as Luigi Mangione. The commissioner said he had a manifesto on his person that speaks to his possible alleged “motivation and mindset” in the killing. He has not been charged in the killing at this time.

A man in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area is being questioned Monday in connection with last week’s UnitedHealthcare CEO killing in Manhattan, in part because he was found with a gun similar to the one used in the shooting, according to two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

A man in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area is being questioned Monday in connection with last week’s UnitedHealthcare CEO killing in Manhattan, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in Manhattan last week, and authorities have yet to apprehend his killer.