Health · UnitedHealthcare CEO killedLuigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Killing UnitedHealthcare CEOAired August 15, 2026 at 8:37 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in0:02Manhattan Federal Court to stalking and0:04killing United Healthcare Chief0:05Executive Brian Thompson, admitting in0:08open court, "I shot [music] Mr. Thompson0:10and he died." and detailing how he0:12hunted him down on December 4th, [music]0:142024 on a Manhattan street. The federal0:16case centers on stalking and murder and0:18the [music] admission removes the0:19question of who pulled the trigger,0:21shifting the legal fight to punishment0:23and overlapping jurisdiction. Thompson0:24[music] was killed December 4th, 2024.0:27Nearly 20 months later, Mangione stood0:30in the same federal jurisdiction [music]0:31and gave a detailed account of hunting0:33him down before entering the guilty0:35plea. "Those were his exact words in0:36court [music] paired with a narrative of0:38how he tracked Thompson." and that0:40direct admission is now the strongest0:42evidence [music] in the federal record.0:44A federal sentencing is set for0:45December, while a pending state murder0:47trial must now confront a double0:49jeopardy fight that will decide [music]0:50whether and how the state case moves0:52forward. The admission brings a formal0:54federal acknowledgement of0:55responsibility [music]0:56for a chief executive's killing that0:57shook a national healthcare company, its0:59employees and patients, but the justice1:01process is unfinished with plea terms,1:03[music] motive, and the full state1:05prosecution still to be decided.1:07Like and follow for more stories that1:09matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗