Newly released body camera footage shows the moment Pennsylvania police confront Luigi Mangione in a McDonald’s and later find a gun, a magazine and a silencer in his backpack.
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In the footage, officers approach Mangione and ask him to pull down his face mask.
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“Yeah, sure,” Mangione says.
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An officer appears to immediately recognize him as the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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“That’s 100% him,” an officer says, standing outside the Altoona McDonald’s.
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“I told you, man,” another says.
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CNN first reported on the videos and said they were shown during a suppression hearing last year but were not made public until now.
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NBC News has obtained copies.
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Thompson, 50, was shot in the back on Dec. 4, 2024, as he headed to a UnitedHealthcare investor conference in Manhattan.
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Security video shows Mangione approaching him from behind and opening fire.
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Thompson was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Mangione was arrested at the McDonald’s five days later, after he was recognized from photos released by police.
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In the footage, officers say Mangione had checked into a hostel with fake identification and ask him about the name he used.
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“Is that your name, Mark Rosario?” an officer asks.
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“Uh, no, sir,” Mangione says, seated with his arms crossed.
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He then gives his real name.
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Officers search his backpack at the McDonald’s and find a gun magazine.
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“It’s f---ing him, dude,” an officer says.
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“It’s f---
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Mangione was taken to a police station, where officers found more items, including a gun, a silencer, a gun magazine hidden in a pair of underwear and a journal with handwritten notes.
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“He has a handgun, suppressor, his cellphone’s in a Faraday bag.
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He has a checklist for today.
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Tomorrow he’s supposed to do an intel check-in and get a survival kit,” another officer says, speaking on the phone.
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In August, Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges.
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In a statement to the court, he said that in 2024 he posed as a potential investor managing more than $50 billion in assets and emailed UnitedHealthcare executives to confirm the location of the investors conference so he could track Thompson.
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Mangione, who comes from a prominent Baltimore family, said he traveled to New York “with the intent to shoot Brian Thompson.”
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He said he was driven to kill Thompson because of his experience with the healthcare system as a patient with a back injury.
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Prosecutors have said Mangione was never a customer and had no personal connection to the insurance giant.
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His state trial, which includes a second-degree murder charge, was set to begin in September, but a judge postponed it to give prosecutors time to respond to a double jeopardy motion from his attorneys.
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Mangione’s defense argues the state charges should be dismissed because he pleaded guilty to the federal charges.
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