Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge eligible for death penalty in connection with the December killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The federal grand jury indictment, filed in Manhattan, also charges the 26-year-old Mangione with two counts of stalking and one firearms offense. These charges come as part of a broader case that has captured national attention and stirred deep political and public tensions around healthcare, corporate power, and justice.
Mangione, a graduate of an Ivy League university and member of a well-known Maryland real estate family, also faces separate state-level murder charges for the same crime. Authorities allege that he fatally shot Thompson, 50, in the back outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, just as the CEO was arriving for UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor conference.
Federal prosecutors have not yet announced when Mangione will be arraigned. A spokesperson for his legal team has not publicly responded to the new indictment.
Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to seek the death penalty, following President Donald Trump’s renewed push for capital punishment.
It marks the first federal death penalty case pursued under the Trump