HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO is being returned to New York to face murder charges after agreeing to be extradited Thursday during a court appearance in Pennsylvania where he was arrested last week after five days on the run.

Luigi Mangione waived his right to an extradition hearing and was immediately turned over to at least a dozen NYPD officers in the courtroom.

Mangione was immediately removed from the courthouse as he was surrounded by police. He looked from side to side but calmly got into a black SUV, contrasting with his last court appearance when he fought with deputies and yelled at reporters.

The SUV drove away, surrounded by law enforcement vehicles, beginning Mangione’s journey back to New York.

Blair County Prosecutor Pete Weeks said he wants to turn Mangione over to authorities in New York as soon as possible.

Mangione, 26, was charged in New York with murder as an act of terrorism and could be sentenced to life in prison without parole if convicted. He could appear in New York state court for arraignment Thursday afternoon or Friday.

The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate is accused of ambush and shooting Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, outside a Manhattan hotel, where the head of the largest U.S. health insurer was heading to an investors conference. The shooting was captured on security video, but the suspect eluded police before Mangione was captured about 277 miles west of New York.

Weeks said he was willing to stay charges in Pennsylvania while authorities in New York pursued Mangione.

Mangione was arrested on December 9 when police were called to a McDonald’s restaurant in a shopping area of ​​Altoona, Pennsylvania, after it was reported that he matched the description of Thompson’s killer.

Authorities say Mangione was carrying the gun used to kill Thompson, a passport, a fake ID and approximately 10,000 U.S. and foreign dollars. His attorney, Dickey, questioned the evidence for the forgery charge and the legal basis for a gun charge. He previously indicated that Mangione would fight extradition in New York while he was being held in a Pennsylvania state prison.

Mangione, a computer science graduate from a prominent Maryland family, carried a handwritten letter calling health insurance companies “parasites” and complaining about corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by the ‘Associated Press last week.

By MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL R. SISAK with The Associated Press | Sisak reported from New York.

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