Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits he killed US insurance CEO

Luigi Mangione admitted in court on Friday to fatally shooting US health insurance executive Brian Thompson and pleaded guilty to two federal charges of stalking the executive with the intent to kill him.

“I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and ‌he died,” Mangione said.

The guilty plea will avert a federal trial in the closely watched case over the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, a brazen crime that was condemned by public officials but became emblematic of Americans’ frustration with health...