# Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

https://mins.news/en/video/22635

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-14 23:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cz7rNlX-Vc

> Luigi Mangione, who had consistently denied wrongdoing, pleaded guilty in federal court in Lower Manhattan to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He said years of pain from a back injury and anger at the US healthcare industry led him to wait outside a company convention and shoot Thompson, despite knowing it was illegal.

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