Luigi Mangione admits to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO and pleads guilty to stalking charges
'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.
Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old man accused of murdering a health insurance company executive in the back two years ago, has pleaded guilty in the federal trial brought by the US Department of Justice. “I shot Mr. Thompson and he died,” Mangione said in court. “I understood that my actions would cause him to fear for his life or to suffer bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal,” he added during the hearing.
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