UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione indicted as prosecutors push for death penalty

Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a required step as prosecutors work to make good on the Trump administrations order to seek the death penalty for what it called a premeditated, coldblooded assassination that shocked America.

Mangiones indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Manhattan, includes a charge of murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. The indictment, which mirrors a criminal complaint brought after Mangiones arrest last December, also charges him with stalking and a gun offense.

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Source: WTHR

Published on April 18, 2025