- Luigi Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in a Manhattan court on Friday for the December 2024 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson.
- Mangione told the court how he had reached out to UnitedHealthcare via email and posed as an investor with $50 million to learn the location of the conference that Thompson would attend.
- He said he researched the event online and, after learning UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual conference, emailed the company with the intent to shoot Brian Thompson, receiving a response within an hour.
- Mangione admitted in court that he used a 3-D printed gun to shoot Thompson outside a New York City hotel, citing years of severe back pain and frustration with the U.S. insurance system as his motivation.
- Scheduled for federal sentencing on December 18, Mangione faces a maximum penalty of life in prison, while his defense team moves to dismiss separate state murder charges under double jeopardy protections.
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