Mangione faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and is also set to face trial on a murder charge next month in New York state court.
— Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in Manhattan federal court to stalking charges that led to the 2024 death of UnitedHealthcare head Brian Thompson, telling the court that he was spurred to shoot the CEO “after years of enduring severe pain from a broken back” and “navigating the obstacles of the healthcare system.”
Mangione, 28, who was in tan
prison garb with close-cropped facial hair, admitted to the high-profile killing that resulted in a multi-state manhunt.
He told U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett that after learning the health care company would hold an investor conference in New York City in December 2024, he emailed the company posing as an investor. He said he received an “immediate
response within an hour,” implying the company disclosed the precise location of the conference.
He said he then used a 3D printer to make part of a gun and equipped it with a silencer.
“In the morning of December 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan in his back,” Mangione told the judge, speaking calmly. “I understood my actions would place him continue reading …
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