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Luigi Mangione latest: Ghost gun found on suspect matches casings found at United CEO’s murder, cops say

UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect is fighting extradition to New York where he faces a second-degree murder charge in connection to Brian Thompson’s death

James Liddell,Kelly Rissman
Thursday 12 December 2024 05:51 EST
Luigi Mangione struggles against officers as he’s taken to court

The gun seized during Luigi Mangione’s arrest in Pennsylvania this week matches the shell casings found at the scene of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, police say.

Fingerprints taken from Mangione also match prints on a water bottle and protein bar wrapper found near the scene of the Midtown homicide, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced at a press conference Wednesday.

The lab results mark the first forensic tie between Mangione and the crime scene.

The discoveries come after Mangione’s lawyer, Thomas Dickey, told reporters that he hasn’t “seen any evidence that he’s the shooter.” His client faced an extradition hearing Tuesday in Pennsylvania after New York prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder in connection with last week’s brazen killing in Midtown Manhattan.

“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!” Mangione yelled as he was escorted in handcuffs into the Blair County Courthouse. The 26-year-old was denied bail and will remain in a Pennsylvania jail while he fights extradition to New York.

Authorities are also investigating Mangione’s notebook that laid out his plot to “wack” Thompson at his “parasitic bean-counter convention,” according to The New York Times.

Suspect’s green jacket is in ‘high demand’: report

People are trying to get their hands on a green jacket that closely resembles one worn by the suspected shooter.

Footage captured the suspect — and his jacket — on his journey across Manhattan in the wake of the fatal shooting in Midtown Manhattan on December 4.

Stills of the footage has circulated the internet for days as the manhunt for the suspect was underway.

Now, the green jacket is in “high demand,” according to Complex.

A similar jacket is being sold at Macy’s, where more than 700 jackets were bought in the last 48 hours, Complex reported.

The influx may have stemmed from a popular Reddit post from late last week that linked to a Levi’s Sherpa Lined Two Pocket Hooded Trucker Jacket sold at Macy’s.

Kelly Rissman11 December 2024 17:35

The seven days since United Healthcare CEO’s shocking execution

The events of the last seven days read like something straight out of a TV crime series.

It all began just before dawn last Wednesday on the streets of Midtown Manhattan, where a hooded gunman staked out his victim, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was due to speak at the company’s annual investor conference.

What ensued was a dramatic six-day manhunt for the 26-year-old suspect, Luigi Mangione, an Ivy League grad and member of a prominent Italian family from Baltimore, who was finally caught in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s eating hash browns after police were tipped off by an employee.

Rhian Lubin has the story.

The seven days since United Healthcare CEO’s shocking execution

Rhian Lubin charts an extraordinary week from the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, which culminated in a dramatic arrest in a McDonald’s

James Liddell11 December 2024 17:25

Clerk greeted ‘cagey’ man at hotel front desk – hours later Luigi Mangione was arrested

A Pennsylvania hotel clerk said that Luigi Mangione appeared “cagey” upon attempting to book a room at his lodgings on Monday morning before the shooting suspect’s arrest.

John Kuklis of the Horseshoe Curve Lodge in Altoona greeted a masked Mangione at the front desk, but turned him away due to a lack of clean rooms, he told ABC News.

The hotel is roughly a 17-minute walk from the McDonald’s where Mangione was arrested on Monday.

“He basically just walked in kind of cagey, just looking around, making sure he wasn’t being watched, asked if he could get a room here,” he said. “I told him that he wouldn’t be able to get one right now, that our housekeeper hadn’t cleaned the rooms yet, that he had to come back at one o’clock.”

Kuklis said he told Mangione that he wasn’t allowed to wait at the hotel, which lead to the suspect leaving without uttering a word or removing his mask.

Logan Township police officers called Kulis asking if Mangione had stayed at the hotel.

After arriving at the premises and surveilling his security footage, Kuklis said they told him: “‘Yeah, that’s him.’”

James Liddell11 December 2024 17:05

Mangione’s fingerprints apparently gleaned from Starbucks water bottle and cell phone

Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints were allegedly gleaned from a Starbucks water bottle and cellphone the shooting suspect dropped near the crime scene, according to law enforcement sources.

Police initially said the prints recovered from the items the day of Brian Thompson’s fatal shooting in Midtown Manhattan were smudged.

But two sources told ABC News that they appear to match the prints taken after Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday.

James Liddell11 December 2024 16:45

ICYMI: Luigi Mangione’s notebook reveals chilling alleged to do list and New York bomb plans

Luigi Mangione allegedly laid out his plot to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a spiral notebook, including a chilling “to-do list” and plans considering using a bomb in the Manhattan attack.

The notebook was found alongside a 262-page manifesto, a ghost gun, silencer and false ID cards in the shooting suspect’s possession at the time of his arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Monday, according to CNN.

Inside the notebook was a to-do list outlining tasks to be completed to carry out the killing, as well as notes that justified those plans, a source told the network.

Read the full story below.

Luigi Mangione’s notebook reveals chilling alleged to do list and bomb plans

UnitedHealth CEO shooting suspect allegedly opted against using a bomb, noting it ‘could kill innocents’

James Liddell11 December 2024 16:25

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