Luigi Mangione latest: Gun found on suspected killer 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
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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.
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The man arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday is now facing a murder charge in New York, linked to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was taken into custody in Altoon by Pennsylvania authorities, police sources told CBS. He is now being held without bond in Pennsylvania as he faces charges in two states.
On Saturday night, the New York Police Department released two new photographs of a person of interest pictured in the back of a taxi cab and walking alongside it.
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Fingerprints at crime scene match Mangione’s fingerprints: report
Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints match the fingerprints collected at the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, law enforcement sources told CNN Wednesday.
The development comes two days after the 26-year-old was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania after a McDonald’s employee recognized him from the photos circulated by NYPD.
On Tuesday, Mangione appeared at an extradition hearing, where he contested being moved to New York, where he faces a second-degree murder charge. A judge denied him bail.
“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!,” Mangione shouted as he was escorted into the Blair County Courthouse.
Luigi Mangione’s attorney maintain’s he’s yet to see evidence linking client to crime
Luigi Mangione’s lawyer has maintained that he has seen no evidence linking the gun found on his client during Monday’s arrest and that used by Brian Thompson’s killer in Manhattan last week.
“I have not been made aware of any evidence that links the gun that was found on his person to the crime. These are things we’re looking to see,” Thomas Dickey told Good Morning America host George Stephanoplous on Wednesday morning.
When Stephanoplous stated that the gun “kind of looks exactly the same to the one that was used” by the gunman who killed Thompson, Dickey replied: “A lot of guns look the same.”
The lawyer said he hopes to get his “hands on” other evidence, including the 262-word so-called manifesto which was allegedly written by Mangione, as early as Wednesday.
“Today’s another day. We’re looking forward to beginning our inquiry as to what evidence may or may not be out there.”
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Mangione’s lawyer said suspect will ‘plead not guilty’ on all charges
Luigi Mangione will fight his extradition to New York and is expected to plead not guilty against murder charges held against him there, his lawyer Tom Dickey said.
The Brian Thompson shooting suspect appeared at an extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
After the hearing, the lawyer said the 26-year-old would contest being moved to New York to face murder charges.
“He’s pleading not guilty to those offences,” Dickey told reporters on Tuesday. “I haven’t seen any evidence that he’s the shooter.”
Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said both Pennsylvania and New York’s governors remain confident they can get the warrant to transfer him back to the Empire State before the 30-day deadline.
Dickey also said that he hoped his client pleaded not guilty to charges faced in Pennsylvania – for offenses including forgery, falsely identifying himself and carrying a gun without a license.
‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ book tops Amazon bestseller list
The book Delay, Deny, Defend has ascended to the number one spot on Amazon’s bestseller law list 14-years after it was published – with its title bearing a striking resemblance to a key piece of evidence at Brian Thompson’s murder scene.
The gunman who murdered the UnitedHealth CEO in a horror early morning shooting a week ago left behind a cryptic message at the scene, carving the three words “depose,” “deny,” and “defend” into the live rounds and shell casings near the scene.
The three words appear to mirror professor of law at Rutgers Law School Jay Feinman’s 2010 book Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claim and What You Can Do About It.
“Today the name of the game is delay, deny, defend: to improve their profits, insurance companies delay payment of justified claims, deny payment altogether, and defend their actions by forcing claimants to enter litigation,” the book’s blurb reads.