Image Credit: Getty Images Luigi Mangione has been charged in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was gunned down outside a Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, 2024, in what authorities described as a targeted attack. Mangione, 27, was arrested five days later in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following a nationwide manhunt, and he has since pleaded not guilty to both state and federal charges. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny announced Mangione's arrest on December 9, 2024. "A man was taken into custody in Altoona, Pennsylvania this morning.