Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges over killing of health insurance CEO

In a dramatic development in one of America's most high profile murder trials, 28-year-old Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges over the killing of a US health insurance CEO, admitting in court: “I shot Mr Thompson and he died”.

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a UnitedHealthcare executive, pled guilty to federal stalking charges ahead of a high-profile state murder trial in New York set to begin next month.

In a crime that gripped the country, Mangione is alleged to have shot dead chief executive of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson, 50, on December 2024, to protest the U.S. insurance system

Luigi Mangione is separately charged in New York state court with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.