Luigi Mangione admitted on Friday to tracking down and shooting Brian Thompson in a court hearing where he pleaded guilty to stalking charges in connection with the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing.
Mangione reversed his previous not-guilty plea while Thompson’s family members looked on from the front row of the downtown Manhattan courthouse. Thompson’s widow, Paulette Thompson, wiped tears from her eyes with a tissue during the plea hearing.
After answering a series of questions from US District Judge Margaret Garnett to assure her he understood the consequences of pleading guilty to federal stalking charges, Mangione read from a statement…
