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It’s the new murder ink.
Obsessed Luigi Mangione admirers have started getting tattoos as a permanent tribute to the man accused of executing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
A number of images have started appearing online showing off inkings honoring Mangione, 26, not even two weeks after the Ivy League grad allegedly shot dead the 50-year-old dad of two in Midtown Manhattan.
One even has an image of the hooded gunman inside a love heart in the phrase: “I [heart] my boyfriend.”
Another image shared on Instagram showed an etching of Mangione’s face alongside “delay,” “deny’ and “defend” — the title of a book about insurance companies that is almost identical to the three words Thompson’s killer left on bullets and casings at the scene.
“U kill me,” one person wrote in a sick comment celebrating the Toronto tattooist’s work. “That’s wiiild,” another wrote.
Others got designs with the actual words found on the bullets — “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — including one romanticizing it by putting the words over red roses, sharing it in a TikTok with news clips about the crime.
“There’s plenty of us already,” wrote the tattooed TikTokker when someone noted how quickly it was inked.
Other followers gushed about how “beautiful” it was, with one saying: “Dang that’s about to be my first tat.”
Several other people shared tattoos of the now-infamous photo of the suspect captured at a New York City hostel after he dropped his mask to flash a smile at a flirty front desk staffer, including the deluded one who wrote “I [heart] my boyfriend.”
Another got Mangione tattooed onto their ankle, according to a post on X.
“People are already getting Luigi Mangione tattoos,” the social media user who shared the image wrote.
Tattoo enthusiasts are not the only ones who have been caught celebrating the suspected murderer. Last week, Amazon was forced to remove merchandise sympathetic to the killer, including items emblazoned with the phrases “Deny Defend Depose” and “Free Luigi.”
During online retailers’ busy holiday season, gifts like glasses, tumblers, shirts and hats with “Deny Defend Depose” began popping up on websites like Amazon, TikTok and eBay even before Mangione had been identified as the suspect.
Amazon pulled the merchandise because the products violated their guidelines — but would not say which ones.
Thompson, a dad of two, was executed just steps away from a hotel conference by a masked, hooded gunman seen stepping up behind him several times.
Despite the horrific details of the crime, it soon became celebrated by many because of Thompson’s leading role in the healthcare industry — as well as the apparent good looks of Mangione when he was arrested in a McDonald’s.
Many even accused the fast-food restaurant worker who alerted cops to his whereabouts of being a “snitch” and a “rat.”
GoFundMe has also had to shut down fundraising pages made in support of the alleged gunman.
The Post tried to contact several people posting photos of Mangione tattoos, with none immediately responding.
