(NewsNation) — The GiveGoSend fundraiser for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO, has raised over $1 million.
Mangione’s fundraiser received many donations before his birthday on Tuesday. As of Tuesday morning, the fundraiser had reached $1,035,526 and was still growing.
Luigi Mangione supporters leave messages on fundraiser
Over 28,000 people have shown their support by donating to Mangione’s fundraiser. Many donors also left messages with their donations.
One anonymous donor’s message read, “Happy Birthday to the man, the myth, and the legend Mr. Luigi Nicholas Mangione. I hope you know how loved and supported you are…” This donor gave $27 to his defense fund, presumably because Mangione is turning 27 years old.
Demonstrators across from Manhattan Criminal Court during the arraignment of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of a UnitedHealth Group Inc. chief executive officer Brian Thompson, in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. Mangione pleaded not guilty to New York state murder charges Monday over the shooting of a top UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive, kicking off a high-profile case that will likely be the first to go to trial. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: A protestor holds a sign outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. Luigi Mangione appeared for his arraignment on state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: A protestor holds a sign outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. Luigi Mangione appeared for his arraignment on state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) 
Demonstrators across from Manhattan Criminal Court during the arraignment of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of a UnitedHealth Group Inc. chief executive officer Brian Thompson, in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. Mangione pleaded not guilty to New York state murder charges Monday over the shooting of a top UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive, kicking off a high-profile case that will likely be the first to go to trial. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images 
“Luigi the Musical” will debut with five-sold out shows in San Francisco’s Taylor Street Theatre. The production willstar actor and comic Jonny Stein as Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year. (Pool/Getty Images) 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: A protestor holds a sign outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. Luigi Mangione appeared for his arraignment on state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) 
FILE – Luigi Mangione , accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, appears in court for a hearing, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File) 
NEW YORK, US – FEBRUARY 21: Luigi Mangione’s supporters gathered outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday as he appeared in the court for his hearing on New York state murder and terrorism charges. New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images) 
A demonstrator holds up a sign while waiting for the arrival of Luigi Mangione for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) 
Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Another donor wrote, “Happy birthday, dearest Luigi. I will keep being a voice. I will keep fighting. So many around the world are! I pray this is your only birthday spent there. $27.00 for your birthday + $36.00 I won by betting on my favorite horse trainer last week – pony was wearing green, by the way!”
Many other donors called Mangione a hero and thanked him. Back in February, the fund had only raised about $300,000. At the time, D4 Legal Committee spokesperson Sam Beard said in a release:
“We’re thrilled that Luigi is accepting these funds so that he can mount the strongest defense possible. The American private health insurance industry has ruined countless lives by denying people access to basic care and burying families in medical debt.”
Pam Bondi asks for death penalty in Luigi Mangione case
At the beginning of April, Attorney General Pam Bondi told prosecutors to seek the death penalty in Mangione’s case. She released a statement that said, in part:
“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America. After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”
Bondi also called the case “an act of political violence.”
Luigi Mangione accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO
Mangione is accused of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, outside a Manhattan hotel in December 2024. If convicted, Mangione could face life in prison, unless the death penalty is put into place.
Mangione, now 27, graduated from an Ivy League school and is facing separate federal and state murder charges in Thompson’s killing.
A federal grand jury indicted Mangione in Manhattan in April on four counts of stalking, the use of interstate facilities, murder through the use of a firearm and firearms offense. Mangione is currently in a federal jail in Brooklyn.