Luigi Mangione Admits to Killing Health Insurance Executive

Luigi Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court to stalking charges connected to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, making his first public admission about the December 2024 shooting. In a federal courtroom in Manhattan, the judge heard that Mangione researched and tracked Thompson, then shot him and left him on a sidewalk as he fled. Prosecutors had described evidence of a manifesto at the time of his arrest. Mangione faces potential life in prison on the federal counts and remains scheduled for a state trial in a separate case that includes second-degree murder, carrying 25 years to life. Within an hour of the plea, his lawyers asked Manhattan prosecutors to dismiss the state murder case, citing double jeopardy protections.