Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been indicted by a grand jury. The indictment carries additional charges, and the US Attorney is seeking the death penalty. The stiff penalty is based on the premeditation and “cold-blooded” murder of an “innocent victim” that shocked the nation a few weeks before Christmas 2024.

Additional Charges

The federal indictment includes several charges, including stalking via interstate commerce, stalking using interstate facilities, murder through the use of a firearm, and a firearm offense, according to the indictment handed up Thursday.  

Accusations

Mangione is accused of the targeted shooting outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel as the CEO was entering the New York Hilton Midtown for a conference on December 4, 2024. The federal charges accuse Mangione of traveling from Georgia to New York to carry out the premeditated murder during an investor conference, according to the complaint. The complaint, filed by the FBI, further states that Mangione left Atlanta on November 24, 2024, arriving in Manhattan to kill Thompson. 

Mangione checked into a hostel on the Upper West Side under a fictitious name and ID with the intention of stalking and eventually killing Thompson. He would go on to conduct surveillance of Thompson and the hotel where the CEO was scheduled to speak, the complaint says. 

Evidence

Security footage from outside the hotel allegedly shows Mangione, wearing a mask and carrying a gray backpack, patrolling the immediate area surrounding the hotel in the early morning hours before the deadly shooting. 

At about 6:45 AM on December 4, Mangione is accused of approaching Thompson as he walked toward the hotel and shooting him multiple times in the leg and back before fleeing the scene, according to the complaint. Surveillance video captured the shooter escaping on an electric bicycle and later fleeing the area via the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal.

Arrest

Mangione was arrested on December 9, 2025, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a fast-food worker recognized him from media reports and called the police. When confronted by police officers, Mangione gave them a fake name. The initial search unveiled a loaded 9mm pistol, equipped with a silencer, along with thousands of dollars in cash, a notebook, and a letter addressed “To the Feds,” according to the complaint.

Mangione’s notebook contained entries that showed his deep hatred toward the health insurance industry, including one dated October 22 describing an intent to target a healthcare CEO at an investor conference. US Attorney Pam Bondi has directed Acting US Attorney Matthew Podolsky to seek the death penalty against Mangione more than four months after Thompson’s murder.

Official Statement by Pam Bondi

Bondi said on April 1, “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson, an innocent man and father of two young children, was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America. After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”