Luigi Mangione, a murderer accused of the CEO of Insurance of the United States.
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The Luigi Mangione Legión Fund, accused of fatally shooting the CEO of Unitedhealthcare, Brian Thompson, in December, exceeded the $ 1 million mark in donations on Tuesday, the organizers said.
The fundraising effort, which is carried out through the Givendgo online platform, has exceeded $ 1.03 million in donations, which the organizers say that “it represents a step forward in the search for justice for Mr. Mangione” and donors who show “their complaints with our lethal health system for profit and the economic and political order that has imposed us.”
“This milestone was reached due to the continuous resonance of Mr. Mangione,” said Sam Beard, spokesman for the legal committee of December 4, in a statement.
The organizers said they hope that fund collection, which has received more than 28,000 individual contributions with an average contribution of $ 20, reaches the $ 1.5 million mark.
The funds will cover the expenses associated with the three pending criminal cases against Mangione in New York and Pennsylvania.
Mangione, who turned 27 on Tuesday, faces state and federal positions in New York in relation to the murder of December 4 of Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel.
Thompson was aimed at talking at the Unitedhealth Group investors conference at New York Hilton's Midtown when he was shot from behind, authorities said.
After a five -day human hunt, Mangione was arrested in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He faces state positions in Pennsylvania for allegedly carrying a firearm without a license, falsification and providing false identification.
If it is declared guilty of federal charges, Mangione could be sentenced to death.
The murder of Thompson immediately launched an indecorous support wave for his murderer, days before Mangione was captured in Pennsylvania.
The representatives of the Office of the District Prosecutor of Manhattan and the United States prosecutor for the Southern District of New York could not immediately comment on Tuesday.
