Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in the case involving Luigi Mangione, who is charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Bondi said on Tuesday that Thompson’s murder was “a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”

“Following thorough deliberation, I have directed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in this matter as we implement President Trump’s plan to halt violent crime and Make America Safe Again,” she stated.

Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky will seek the death penalty in the case.

Thompson, a 50-year-old husband and father of two, was attending an investor conference at the New York City hotel when he was shot from behind on the sidewalk.

Luigi Mangione shouts while officers restrain him as he arrives for his extradition hearing at Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)

Fox News Digital reached out to Mangione’s attorneys.