The Japan Times·Japan·Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 08:18 AM

‘Normal guy’ turned killer over U.S. insurance industry grievances

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Luigi Mangione attends a pre-trial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York on Aug. 11. | REUTERS

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Aug 16, 2026

WASHINGTON – 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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