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, wa

Luigi Mangione entered a guilty plea in his federal case at a court appearance in Manhattan Friday morning.

"I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died," the 28-year-old said after pleading guilty to charges of stalking resulting in death.

When the judge asked Luigi Mangione whether he understood that he could spend the rest of his life in prison, he answered, "Yes".

Luigi Mangione admits to the 2024 shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleading guilty to stalking charges in a case that divided public opinio

Mangione entered the plea at a hastily scheduled hearing in Manhattan federal court, resolving one of two cases against him in connection with Thompson’s death.

'On the morning of December 4, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died,' Mangione told a federal judge as he pleaded guilty to stalking his victim. His lawyers moved to have separate state murder charges dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.

'On the morning of December 4, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died,' Mangione told a federal judge as he pleaded guilty to stalking his victim. His lawyers moved to have separate state murder charges dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.

The Democrats' favorite Glamour Boy, Luigi Mangione, pleaded guilty Friday to two federal charges and admitted he shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione told the federal judge he traveled to New York with intent to shoot Brian Thompson, raising questions about a double jeopardy defense.

Defense team file motion to dismiss state murder case on double jeopardy rules after Mangione tells Manhattan court ‘I shot Mr Thompson and he died’ Full report: Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges at the courthouse in Manhattan Mangione’s legal team is helmed by Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Marc Agnif

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting he shot him. His sentencing is on December 18, 2026.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson  GB News

Luigi Mangione, 28, entered the plea at a hastily scheduled hearing in Manhattan federal court, resolving one of two cases against him.

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to two federal stalking counts in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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

The plea resolve the remaining federal charges tied to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and could affect a separate New York state case,

Luigi Mangione in an earlier appearance in state court, ahead of a scheduled murder trial. The Ivy League graduate pleaded guilty to separate stalking charges in federal court. David Dee Delgado-Pool/Getty Images Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to stalking charges in federal court in a striking reversal of a previous no

Luigi Mangione was charged with ambushing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel as he walked to an annual investor conference

Accused healthcare executive killer Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal charges in a deal that will spare the 28-year-old the death penalty in the 2024 assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

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 Manhattan prosecutors’ separate murder case against him. Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down health insurance executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk in 2024, intends to plead guilty in his federal criminal case, court was told on Friday.