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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson murder case
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to two 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, not only pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to two stalking charges resulting in Thompson's death, but he also admitted to killing him two years ago on Dec. 4, 2024. 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."