Mangione's admission in court
Mangione then told the court in his own words what he did.
He told the court that he had for years endured severe pain for a broken back and had navigated the health insurance system. He told the court he learned about the UnitedHealthcare annual investor conference in New York even though it wasn't publicized, and traveled to it. He told the court he posed as an investor to find out more information about the conference.
He told the court he used a 3D printer to make parts of the gun, and traveled to New York with the gun, silencer, and magazine with "the intent to shoot Brian Thompson."
"On the morning of December 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died," Mangione said. "When I did so, I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death or serious bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal."
He said he shot Thompson in Manhattan knowing it would place him in fear of death or serious bodily injury.
Prosecutors then spoke in court, reviewing the evidence against Mangione. They pointed to video capturing the shooting, as well as Mangione fleeing the scene on the bicycle, his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the recovered pistol and shell casings, as well as DNA found at the crime scene. Prosecutors said entries in Mangione's notebook expressed his desire to kill a healthcare executive.
"Mr. Mangione, how do you now plead to counts one and two of the indictment?" the judge asked.
"Guilty," Mangione said.
"I will accept your guilty plea," the judge
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