A New York state judge dismissed on Tuesday two criminal counts against Luigi Mangione over the December 2024 killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson , though the 27-year-old remains charged with murder in the second degree.

Justice Gregory Carro in Manhattan announced the decision shortly after Mangione was led into the lower Manhattan courtroom handcuffed and with shackles on his feet, wearing tan prison garb.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges of killing Thompson, the former chief executive of UnitedHealth Group’s insurance unit, UnitedHealthcare.

Thompson was shot and killed on December 4 outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel, where the company was gathering for an investor conference.

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