WASHINGTON ¨C The man who admitted to shooting dead a U.S. health insurance executive used a charged courtroom appearance to blame a back injury for his crimes that he said sought to make ¡°health care work better for everyone.¡±
Luigi Mangione, 28, was thrust into the spotlight in 2024 after gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a father of two, in broad daylight in Manhattan.
The case laid bare deep frustration and anger with America¡¯s privatized medical system that Mangione said failed him after a back injury.
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