Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Friday that the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson might reverse course and waive extradition from Pennsylvania to New York City.

Luigi Mangione has been held at the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon County since being arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on several charges to which he has pleaded not guilty, ending a nationwide manhunt following Thompson’s brazen slaying Dec. 4 outside a midtown Manhattan hotel.

Mangione is facing several charges in New York related to Thompson’s killing, including one count of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He has since been fighting extradition from Pennsylvania.

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