The Dateline episode 'A Killing in Midtown' investigates the December 2024 assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by accused gunman Luigi Mangione, exploring the crime, the manhunt, and the polarized public reaction that cast Mangione as both a murderer and a folk hero amid
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