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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case

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Luigi Mangione said Friday he is pleading guilty to both counts of federal stalking charges connected to the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a major development that could complicate New York prosecutors' separate murder case against him.

Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to two stalking charges resulting in Thompson's death. Each count carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

"I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan," Mangione told the court on Friday. "I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death or bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal."

Prosecutors said they intend to seek life imprisonment, while Garnett will make the ultimate sentencing decision.

A conviction in the federal case does not automatically end the state prosecution.