• 2025-04-18 13:11:47
• Gun Violence

Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League graduate accused of killing a health care executive in Midtown Manhattan, was indicted in federal court late Thursday.

A grand jury indicted Mangione on charges of stalking, murder with a firearm and another gun offense, according to the

Federal prosecutors charged Mangione in a

The 26-year-old also faces a state court indictment in Manhattan. In that case, he has pleaded not guilty to a host of charges, including murder as an act of terrorism.

A spokesperson for Mangione’s defense attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, which is prosecuting the federal case, declined to comment.

Prosecutors have accused Mangione of taking a bus to New York City, waiting for Thompson outside his hotel, shooting him from behind and fleeing. The insurance executive was in town for an investor conference. The shooting was caught on surveillance footage, and it sparked a dayslong search for a perpetrator.

Law enforcement officials later arrested Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. After his arrest, they found a pistol, a letter addressed “to the Feds” and a notebook that detailed his “hostility” toward the health insurance industry and rich executives, according to charging documents.

The case has garnered international attention — and a devoted Mangione fan club. Many who are frustrated with America’s health care industry have expressed support for Mangione. His face now appears on T-shirts, candles and tote bags.

But prosecutors and members of law enforcement have fiercely condemned Thompson’s killing and support for his accused shooter. Earlier this month, Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors in New York City to

Mangione’s defense attorneys have

The death penalty is no longer pursued in state cases in New York. If convicted in his state case, Mangione faces the possibility of life in prison.