New York: Internet hero Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killing

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Pic/X@Luigi_Archives

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Saturday to federal stalking charges in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting that he trailed the executive to an investor conference and gunned him down on a New York City street in 2024.

Mangione, 28, said he made a gun with the aid of a 3D printer, travelled to New York and used a ruse - posing as an investor at a multibillion-dollar firm - to contact the company for details on the event. "On the morning of December 4, 2024, I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan, and he died," Mangione told the Manhattan federal court.

Prosecutors plan to seek a life prison term at Mangione's sentencing, set for December 18. In a statement, Thompson's family called the plea "an important step toward justice" and noted that Mangione still faces other cases, including a New York state murder prosecution.

Federal prosecutors did not give Mangione any deal or incentive to plead guilty, they and his lawyers said. Nor did Mangione plead guilty to avoid a potential death sentence.

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