Mangione Pleaded Guilty to Stalking. He's Still on the Hook for Murder.

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, admitting that he shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of Manhattan on December 4, 2024. The murder was astonishingly brazen. In case anyone has forgotten, Mangione followed Thompson, shot him from behind at point-blank range, then fled the scene, only to be caught in a Pennsylvania McDonald's five days later.

Technically, while Mangione admitted stalking resulting in the death of Thompson, he did not plead guilty to killing him, because that was not the charge he faced in federal court. (There were murder charges in the original federal indictment, but those charges were dismissed on technical grounds back in January.) Instead, Mangione pleaded guilty to "stalking" Thompson with the intent of killing him.