A Manhattan judge on Tuesday dismissed key counts — first-degree murder and terrorism offenses — against Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, f inding the Manhattan district attorney’s office put forth “legally insufficient” evidence before a grand jury.

The ruling is a significant win for Mangione, who still faces a second-degree murder count but no longer faces life without the possibility of parole on the state charges. State Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro announced his ruling from the bench, moments after Mangione, 27, was brought into the courtroom.

Around two dozen people, most of them women, packed the back rows of Carro’s 13th-floor courtroom at 100 Centre St., with more supporters camped outside bearing signs expressing solidarit

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