Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson

“I shot Mr. Thompson, and he died,” the 28-year-old said News Editor Published August 14, 2026 2:28PM (EDT) Luigi Mangione appears for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) Nearly two years ago, Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in New York City. A massive manhunt followed, resulting in the arrest of Luigi Mangione, who quickly became a sort of folk hero for people fed up with the state of healthcare in the U.S., even if they may not support the use of violence in fixing or protesting the system. On Friday, Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in Thompson’s death. “I shot Mr. Thompson and he died,” he told the court. “I knew what I was doing was illegal.” Mangione als