Luigi Mangione allegedly considered bombing Manhattan but decided against it because it “could kill innocents,” choosing a targeted shooting instead.

The 26-year-old shooter appeared in court on Tuesday, fighting against extradition to New York where he is charged with second-degreee murder.

This came after he shot Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, last Wednesday, before being on the run until his capture on Monday.

He was detained at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where police found him carrying a 3D-printed pistol and black silencer as well as an eerie manifesto condemning the American healthcare system.

Mangione was arrested on Monday

CNN reported that Mangione also had a notebook in which he had written a “to-do list” ahead of the murder.

In it, he allegedly wrote about using a bomb to kill the CEO, but decided against it because it could kill innocent people.

He ultimately determined a shooting would be more targeted, and wrote that it couldn’t get any better than “to kill the CEO at his own bean-counting conference,” as Thompson was about to disclose the financial gains the company made this year.

It has been reported that law enforcement and investigators will view that sentence as a confession.